Sometimes you think everyone else got an instruction manual for How To Adult and yours is still in the mail. Maybe you’re used to being the high-performer, but all of it exhausts you. Or you wonder if you’re wasting your potential. Perhaps you’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD and you’re wondering, “now what?” Or maybe you suspect you do. Either way you’re not sure what to do next. I’ve got you.
It’s not about getting better at to-do lists or finding the right planner. It’s about understanding why the to-do list feels impossible in the first place.
The world isn’t always friendly to people with differently wired brains. People often come to me because things at work feel hard. They’re struggling to get along with co-workers or they’re having tough performance conversations with managers.
Therapy can help you understand why:
A lot of adults were missed because they weren’t the hyperactive kid from movies. ADHD can also look like getting good grades while internally falling apart. Or hearing you’re “just anxious” or “stressed” for years.
Common things my clients say:
And it often looks different depending on who you are. Women and AFAB folks tend to be diagnosed later, if at all. Black and Brown boys are more likely to have been seen as “the troublemaker” or “the one with the attitude” rather than recognized as having ADHD. That can shape how someone sees themselves, and it means the support they actually needed never showed up.
For the most part, when someone with a neurotypical brain is burned out, they feel a lot better after a break from work, although they can get burned out again if they don’t make changes. For someone with ADHD, burnout can look a little different.
If burnout feels like the bigger piece of your story right now, you can also learn more about my approach to work stress and burnout therapy.
I was a precocious kid who loved school, until I got to the subjects I didn’t like. I somehow got through it, but always chalked up those difficult times at school to something other than what it was: having ADHD.
When I made the realization, everything, including my twisty career path, made more sense. Now I’m on a mission to help people learn what’s special about their brains and how to make life easier for the way they work. Besides my own lived experience, what sets me apart is:
I can use ADHD assessment tools in the work with my therapy clients to help us get more answers about how their brains work. Sometimes clients aren’t ready or don’t need a full assessment, or they want to engage in the process at their own pace.
We might start with a standardized self-reporting executive functioning scale like the Brown EF/A to see which are your areas of strength and which are worth a closer look.
If structured systems and strategies would help alongside this work, we can also incorporate executive functioning coaching techniques directly into our sessions. You don’t need to go find someone else. By then I’ll already know some of your preferences and how your brain works.
If you would rather start with a full assessment or you’re happy with your therapist and just want to be assessed, check out my assessments page to learn more.
No, we can work together either way.
My therapy clients get the benefit of coaching and therapy. With my coaching clients, we'll work primarily on strategies to manage your life without processing too many feelings or any past history.
Assessments are short engagements, usually 5-6 sessions. At the end of the assessment, I'll provide you with a report with findings and recommendations. Therapy is ongoing and will help you manage the emotional side of your struggles along with the tactical. Check out the assessments page to learn more.
No, and partly because I want to protect client data. Check out my blog on this topic to learn more.
I can only provide assessments and therapy to people residing in California or South Carolina. I can provide coaching to people across the globe. Learn more about executive functioning coaching with me here.
If it sounds like I may be able to help…