Young Adults: Risky Behaviors, Failing to Launch, and Beyond – 2021

Parents of emerging adults tend to feel like they are sitting on a ticking time-bomb, desperate to prepare their teens and young adults for the responsibilities of adulthood. And yet, they are very often uncertain as to how best to support their kids once they become adults in the eyes of the law. The risks facing teens and young adults, especially when they have not yet learned how to manage their ADHD well, include many impulsive or stimulation-seeking behaviors such as substance use and abuse, promiscuous sexuality, self-harm, and more. 

In this extraordinarily compelling conversation, Roberto Olivardia and Dulce Torres draw from extensive experience as therapists and/or coaches supporting families of young adults to offer suggestions for parents to improve dynamics with their emerging young adults.

About Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D.

Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington, Massachusetts where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD, Eating Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. He has presented at many talks, webinars and conferences around the country. He serves on the Professional Advisory Boards for CHADD, ADDA and the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders, is a Featured Expert on Understood.org and a frequent contributor and Scientific Advisory Board Member for ADDitude.

About Dulce Torres, LPC-S, BCC, ACC