Therapy for Adults with ADHD

Located in Boston, MA. Serving adults throughout Massachusetts & Florida.

Is ADHD getting in the way?

ADHD can be a heavy load to carry.

No matter how hard you work to stay organized, you always feel like you’re drowning.

Those few moments when everything falls into place feel fleeting, and you fear the small glitch that destroys your carefully laid house of cards. It’s exhausting and overwhelming. 

You’ve been wanting support for a while, but something has always gotten in the way of reaching out.  You wonder if, with support, you could stop feeling like such a failure.

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You’ve been managing your ADHD for years:

— In school, it’s made it hard to complete homework and pay attention in class.

— At work, it contributes to feeling bored, exhausted, and uninspired.

— At home, you can’t find your keys and you keep forgetting to water your plants.

—ADHD even shows up in your email in-box, where you have over 3000 unread messages. 

— You fear that it makes your friends feel neglected when you forget to text them back or show up late to dinner.

—It’s affecting your mental health– you vacillate between feeling keyed up and anxious and feeling exhausted and slightly depressed. 

ADHD affects every area of life. In some ways, it’s a positive: ADHD is associated with higher creativity and outside-the-box thinking. It can even be tied to empathy. But, ADHD can also be very challenging. It’s those challenges that lead people to seek support. ADHD is different for each person. While some things I mentioned may feel true for you, others may not. Our work together means figuring out exactly what ADHD means to you.

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Embrace your strengths.
understand your challenges.
reshape Negative misperceptions of yourself. 

Therapy for ADHD can help you:

    • Unpack negative self-perceptions that have built up over time. 

    • Quiet that inner voice that loves to tell you how you’re failing.

    • Manage the self-recrimination spiral that happens when you think you’ve done something wrong.

    • Embrace your strengths and feel more empowered to use them.

    • Feel like you can be yourself in social situations and especially with close friends and family.

    • Ease the anxiety and self-doubt that accompany ADHD.

    • Better understand what feels challenging for you.

    • Learn what supports work for you and feel better able to communicate your needs to others.

    • Identify your strengths and feel empowered to use them.

    • Clarify a life path that feels good to you and take steps toward following that path.

    • Feel less overwhelmed by the list of t-do’s and shoulds that constantly runs through your mind.

    • Move past decision paralyis and take steps toward accomplishing your goals.

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In Therapy, we will...

  • Explore the shape of your ADHD: By looking at your past and your present, we can better understand what ADHD looks like for you. What are you strengths? What feels challenging for you? How does ADHD interact with all of your skills, interests, and experiences to make you the unique person who you are?

  • Identify tools, supports and resources that feel helpful. As an adult with ADHD, you’ve already built a number of systems and structures that work for you. Let’s identify what’s serving you and what may need some tweaking. If needed, we can add some new tools to your toolkit. And, we can help you feel more confident communicating your needs to others. 

  • Explore and unpack the hurts and misconceptions that have built up over time. Growing up with ADHD is not easy. And, it can lead people to make negative and inaccurate assumptions about themselves. ADHD is often accompanied by low self-esteem and a loud inner-critic. Let’s dismantle those misperceptions to create more space for embracing your strengths.

  • Focus on what comes next. Folx with ADHD often find themselves boxed into work and life situations that feel mismatched to their wants and needs. Let’s explore possibilities and help you identify environments that feel good to you.

ADHD doesn’t have to be a burden.

create a life that works for you.

Frequently Asked Questions About Online Therapy for ADHD:

  • I do not formally diagnose ADHD. I can help you explore the possibility of an ADHD diagnosis, and I can share my observations with you. I recommend completing an assessment with a neuropsychologist and/or psychiatrist to obtain a formal ADHD diagnosis.

  • No. Therapy will help you better understand your ADHD and how it affects you. It will help you manage symptoms, work with your strengths, and build a life that allows you to embrace and work with your ADHD. While it is not possible to get rid of ADHD, it is possible to live a wonderful and fulfilling life with ADHD.

  • Executive function coaching focuses on building tools for managing symptoms of ADHD. It can help you create systems for organization, time management, focus, etc.

    Therapy delves into issues underlying ADHD. It can help you better understand your diagnosis and the role it plays in your life. It can help you address the low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety that often accompany ADHD. It can also help you recognize and build on your strengths. And, it can help you recognize and build tools to manage your symptoms.

  • Outside-of-the-box thinking: People with ADHD are able to make connections that others can’t. They are often good with: innovation, invention, and shifting perspectives.

    People skills: People with ADHD are often able to read the room, identify subtle shifts in energy and emotion, and know what people need to feel more comfortable. They can be fun to be around and good at making people feel welcome.

    Creativity: Remember that outside-the-box thinking? It can lead to increased creativity, and you’ll find a number of people with ADHD in the arts.

    Energy: That high energy that wasn’t always welcome in the classroom can be a great motivator in group settings and leadership positions.

    Crisis Management: Crisis situations can increase our adrenaline levels. While this may be paralyzing for some, it can lead to calm, focused thinking for people with ADHD.

  • I cannot prescribe medication for ADHD. If you are interested in pursuing medication to help manage your symptoms, I can help you find a prescriber to work with.

    You do not have to take medication to manage your ADHD. While medication can be beneficial for many people, it is not helpful for everyone. If you prefer not to utilize medication, we can explore other methods for managing ADHD symptoms.

    Therapy can be helpful whether or not you choose to use medication.