Therapy for adults with ADHD
Focus, overwhelm, emotional regulation, and the shame that builds up after years of trying harder. ADHD therapy is a place to understand how your brain actually works and build tools that fit it, rather than trying to force yourself into someone else's system.
Online therapy for adults in Washington, Florida, Colorado, Idaho, Vermont, Delaware and South Carolina.
Is this you?
If several of these sound familiar, ADHD-informed therapy may be worth a conversation. A free 15-minute call is the place to start.
- ✓You lose time, lose track, or lose steam halfway through things that matter to you
- ✓Emotions arrive fast and big, and it takes a long time to settle afterwards
- ✓You were diagnosed late, or suspect ADHD and were never assessed
- ✓Years of being told to try harder have left you feeling like something is wrong with you
- ✓Work, relationships or burnout keep bringing you back to the same patterns
How ADHD therapy works here
Living with ADHD or another form of neurodivergence can be both a challenge and a gift. This is a supportive, understanding space to explore your way of thinking, feeling and experiencing the world, without judgement or pressure to fit in. Rather than trying to change who you are, the work focuses on your natural strengths while developing practical strategies for the areas that feel hard.
ADHD brains often work differently with attention, time, emotional regulation and executive functioning. Together we identify those patterns and build personal tools for focus, overwhelm and follow-through. Beyond skills, there is room to process the emotional side of being neurodivergent. Many adults with ADHD carry years of misunderstanding, criticism or shame, and part of the work is replacing those beliefs with something more accurate and more compassionate.
What we tend to work on
Every ADHD brain is different. These are the themes that come up most.
Focus and follow-through
Starting, sustaining and finishing. Systems that account for how your attention actually behaves.
Emotional regulation
Big reactions, rejection sensitivity and the long tail after a hard moment.
Shame and self-criticism
Undoing years of being told you are lazy, careless or not trying.
Work, relationships and burnout
Where ADHD shows up with other people and under pressure, and what to do about it.
Therapy for life transitions
Life is full of transitions. Some are exciting, others are incredibly tough. A new job, a move to a different country, the end of a relationship, becoming a parent, a new diagnosis, or a loss can all bring anxiety, grief or confusion with them. Therapy gives you a steady space to sort through what you are feeling and adjust with more clarity.
Change can feel overwhelming because it shakes up your sense of stability or identity. In therapy there is room to explore what this transition really means for you: what you are letting go of, what is shifting, and who you are becoming. With practical tools and a steady pace, you can manage the stress and face the uncertainty with more trust in yourself.
Transitions can also open the door to growth. Whether the change was expected or sudden, the work is to make sense of it and move through it on your own terms.
In network with United Healthcare, Optum and First Choice Health. Out of network with most BCBS plans, with superbills for reimbursement. Free 15-minute consultation.
Ready when you are.
Book a free 15-minute call. If I'm not the right fit, I'll point you to someone who is.
Email sean@innerstandingpsychotherapy.com
Text preferred (509) 341-0067
Telehealth Washington, Florida, Colorado, Idaho, Vermont, Delaware, South Carolina
In crisis? Call or text 988. This practice is not an emergency service.