Adult ADHD Therapy

Falls Church, VA & Silver Spring, MD & Washington DC

Life with ADHD Isn’t a Lack of Willpower — It’s a Nervous System That’s Been Misunderstood

You might be here because of...

  • Chronic overwhelm and burnout, even around tasks that seem simple or routine for others

  • Difficulty with organization, follow-through, and time management, despite strong intentions and effort

  • A constant cycle of urgency, stress, and last-minute pressure, often accompanied by feeling behind

  • Emotional intensity and dysregulation, including frustration, anxiety, or shutdown under pressure

  • Working harder than others just to keep up, yet still worrying about performance or expectations

  • Long-standing self-doubt, shame, or imposter syndrome, even while knowing you’re capable and intelligent

You’re Not Broken — This Is How Adult ADHD Often Shows Up

There’s a Silver Lining: ADHD Therapy Can Help You Feel Different in Real Ways

You are not destined to “just cope.” With the right kind of therapy, you can develop regulation in your nervous system, build work-able systems that support your unique executive functions, and slowly shift from surviving to thriving.

This isn’t about pushing harder — it’s about understanding how your brain actually works and realigning how you relate to your challenges.

You’re Not Alone — These Experiences Are Common in Adult ADHD

Many adults with ADHD feel misunderstood, stuck, or like nothing they try sticks. It’s common to have:

  • Tried productivity tips that fade fast

  • Felt shame because tasks feel “easy for others”

  • Tried therapy or coaching that missed emotional and nervous-system depth

These are NOT personal failures — they’re predictable outcomes when ADHD is treated as a problem of willpower rather than a difference in brain wiring and executive functioning.

How ADHD Therapy Works: Not Just Coping Skills, But Real Change

Adult ADHD therapy isn’t just about “to-do lists” or shortcuts.

It’s about developing strategies that work with your brain, not against it.

This work:

  • Helps you understand how your ADHD brain processes attention, motivation, and executive functions

  • Supports you in regulating emotional intensity and overwhelm with body-aware tools

  • Guides you in building systems and routines that actually fit your neurobiology

  • Helps reduce burnout, self-criticism, and shame

  • Enhances clarity, confidence, and sustainable productivity

This isn’t about perfection — it’s about harnessing your strengths while addressing real challenges with nervous-system-informed care.

What You’ll Gain from This Integrative ADHD Therapy

1. Clarity About How Your ADHD Brain Works

Rather than guessing or relying on willpower, you’ll learn how attention, motivation, and impulse regulation function in your nervous system.

2. Tools for Emotional Self-Regulation

ADHD often includes dysregulation — intense frustration, shutdown, or panic — and therapy supports nervous-system regulation so these responses soften over time.

3. Personalized Systems That Work

Together, we craft tactical, brain-friendly approaches for:

  • Time management

  • Task initiation

  • Prioritization

  • Organization

These aren’t “one-size-fits-all” tools — they’re tailored to your needs based on how your brain functions.

4. Strengths-Based Growth

ADHD brings creativity, adaptability, out-of-the-box thinking, and resourcefulness. We amplify these while softening patterns that cause distress or shame.

How Is This Therapy Approach Differs from Traditional Treatment?

Many adults with ADHD experience therapy that focuses only on behavior or thoughts. While techniques like CBT can help with organization and planning, true transformation requires understanding how your nervous system and brain processing influences your behavior, emotions, and self-perception.

My approach integrates:

  • Nervous system and body-based awareness

  • Brainspotting and other bottom-up processing

  • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

  • Strengths and identity integration

  • Trauma-informed, neuro-affirming care

This allows you to not only manage symptoms, but shift internal patterns that have kept you stuck.

Fears Clients Often Have — and My Response

“What if therapy doesn’t help me like it did for others?”

Response: Everyone’s experience with ADHD is unique. My work is not rigid — it’s tailored to your brain and nervous system. We pace this exploration together so you feel safe, understood, and supported throughout the process.

“I’m afraid this will feel overwhelming or re-traumatizing.”

Response: Safety and pacing are core principles here. We work with your nervous system, not around it. You are in control of pace, depth, and timing — we never push beyond what feels supporting and manageable.

“I’ve tried coaching before and didn’t get lasting results — how is this different?”

Response: Coaching alone often overlooks the emotional, nervous system, and identity layers of living with ADHD. This therapy combines practical strategy with deeper emotional support, helping you feel different from the inside out.

Why This ADHD Therapy Works Better for You

🧠 Neuro-Affirming, Holistic & Integrative ADHD Therapy — Not Deficit-Focused

ADHD is not a disorder of effort or motivation. This is holistic, neuro-affirming ADHD therapy that works with your brain’s natural wiring, nervous system patterns, and lived experience. Rather than trying to “fix” symptoms, we focus on sustainable change through an integrative, whole-person approach to adult ADHD treatment.

🔬 Trauma-Informed, Nervous System-Based & Integrative Therapy for Adult ADHD

This is more than talk therapy. My approach to integrative ADHD therapy is trauma-informed and nervous system-based, supporting emotional regulation, stress resilience, and executive functioning from the inside out. By working with the body and nervous system, therapy helps reduce overwhelm, emotional reactivity, and chronic burnout commonly experienced by adults with ADHD.

💡 Strengths-Based, Whole-Person ADHD Treatment

Effective adult ADHD therapy is not about correcting deficits — it’s about understanding how ADHD brains adapt, process, and respond to stress. Using a strengths-based, holistic framework, we build on your creativity, intuition, and adaptability while gently addressing patterns that contribute to shame, self-criticism, and exhaustion.

🌱 Personalized, Client-Centered & Integrative ADHD Care

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to ADHD. This is personalized, integrative ADHD therapy for adults, tailored to your goals, nervous system capacity, and daily life demands. You set the pace and priorities; I provide clinical expertise, structure, and ongoing support to help you create meaningful, sustainable change.

Ready to Reclaim Your ADHD Brain as an Asset?

Take the Next Step With a Low-Risk Consultation

Begin with a free 15-minute consultation — no pressure, no obligations. This is your chance to talk about your experience, ask questions, and see if this approach fits you.

I provide adult ADHD therapy for clients in Silver Spring, Maryland & Falls Church, Virginia & Washington, DC through secure online sessions.

👉 Contact today to schedule your consultation and start feeling more empowered, regulated, and confident with ADHD.

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