Don Adams, Ph.D.

Dr. Adams is a Senior Child & Family Psychologist who trained at Stanford and Duke. He has practiced in Cary for more than 25 years. He has dedicated his career to helping children be successful and happy. He and his wife, Jo, who is a retired psychiatric nurse, psychotherapist, and family nurse practitioner, have raised their own six successful and happy children. As an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of children's problems, Don has not only helped many thousands of children and their families, but has also trained hundreds of therapists, counselors, heath professionals and teachers in the Triangle in the best approaches to children in need. He brings to children and their caretakers his expertise in Psychological Evaluation, Play Therapy, School Consultation, and Family Guidance.

Don has learned that happy children must have happy parents and live in happy homes. As a highly experienced PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills) Professional Trainer, Don teaches skills couples need to build and sustain satisfying marital intimacy and to create strong lasting families. He believes that healing comes through:

• expressing and understanding emotions
• building one's personal strengths and interpersonal skills
• maintaining strong and happy relationships
• engaging one another with openness, humor, pleasure, acceptance, and love.

Don frequently shares poignant stories and picturesque metaphors that nudge his clients toward new paths for health and happiness. Clients and professionals find working with Dr. Adams an experience filled with fun, joy, philosophical perspective, spiritual depth, and reverence for life.