Most people I work with aren't only dealing with focus and time. They're carrying the anxiety, the burnout and the shame that built up around it. Because ADHD is what I trained in and who I work with every day, this is familiar ground.
The ADHD and the anxiety, the low mood, the sleep that never settles: they feed each other. I treat them as one picture.
Racing thoughts, worry and that constant on-edge feeling that so often rides alongside ADHD, and frequently gets treated instead of the ADHD underneath it.
When years of feeling behind tip into hopelessness, flat motivation or quiet burnout, the mood and the ADHD driving it are worked on together.
Feelings that arrive fast and land hard, and criticism that can flatten a whole day. Often described as rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD).
The exhaustion of holding it all together, masking all day, and running on adrenaline and last-minute deadlines for years on end.
Unwinding the “lazy / not good enough / why can't I just…” story built up over years of being misunderstood and trying twice as hard for half the credit.
The wired-but-tired brain that won't switch off at night and won't switch on in the morning, and the revenge bedtime procrastination that comes with it.
Conflict, forgetfulness, interrupting, and feeling chronically misunderstood by partners, family, friends and colleagues.
Focus, time blindness, procrastination, organization and follow-through, the core executive-function stuff, always at the centre of the work.
Some concerns need specialized care I don't provide, such as an active eating disorder or substance dependence. If that's the case, I'll tell you.
I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, after years of working hard and still falling short of what I knew I was capable of.
I trained as a therapist and kept meeting people who'd sat through years of therapy that was never really built for an ADHD brain. I built my practice around that gap.
