Adult ADHD

I work with adults navigating ADHD from a strengths-based perspective. Rather than treating it as a list of deficits to manage, I start from a different question: what are you good at, what lights you up, and how do we build a life that works with your mind instead of against it?

Many adults arrive after years of feeling like they're falling short — scattered, behind, working twice as hard for results that appear to come more easily to others. That experience is real, and we don't ignore the genuine challenges. But ADHD is never the whole of you, and often it may not even be what we work on most directly. It tends to travel with other things — anxiety, overwhelm, relationship struggles, low mood — and frequently those are what bring people in. Much of the work is understanding the deeper patterns of your ADHD and how they relate to the whole of you — including the creativity, imagination, and depth so many people bring alongside the difficulties.

My approach draws on a few ways of working I care about deeply:

Positive psychology — identifying the character strengths most naturally yours, and drawing on them intentionally as a foundation for growth and potential

Focusing — slowing down to listen inwardly and know the felt sense of your experience, building a steadier relationship with your emotions and attention over time

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - small experiments, forward motion that align with your values

From that ground, the work often extends into where ADHD makes itself felt:

Interpersonal patterns and skills — making sense of how ADHD shapes your relationships (often misread as carelessness or distraction), and building practical ways to connect and be understood

Emotional regulation and self-care — finding steadier ground with overwhelm, frustration, and rejection sensitivity, and building sustainable ways to care for yourself

A few things that shape how I work:

• I start from you, not the diagnosis

• I know ADHD well — its patterns, its research, its lived texture — so you don't have to explain or defend how you work

• We find a pace and approach that fit your strengths and goals

I offer ADHD-informed therapy, not formal testing or assessment. If a formal assessment is what you're looking for, I'm glad to help you find someone who does that

The aim isn't to make you into someone you're not — it's to help you understand how your mind works, lean on your strengths, and build a life that feels more like yours, with more ease and self-compassion.