Clinical Challenges in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of ADHD Patients: A Commentary on Dr. Whitman’s Case Presentation

Francine Conway, PhD is an accomplished scholar and clinical psychologist recognized for her work in child psychopathology, and is the dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Conway, a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University, earned her doctoral degree from the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University. Conway has treated children with a range of behavioral problems in hospital settings and private practice for over 20 years. She has gained national and international recognition for her work on the psychodynamic treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, collaborating with colleagues nationally and internationally. She serves as the research editor for the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Conway continues to gain national prominence in translational presentations of her research and clinical work with children diagnosed with ADHD through national forums, such as her TEDx talk “Cultivating Compassion for the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child: Shifting Our Stance from Moral Indictment to Empathy” and through her book “Cultivating Compassion: A Psychodynamic Understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” published by Rowman & Littlefield.
CONTACT Francine Conway, PhD Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.