ADHD assessment is more than a checklist. It involves understanding how your brain works, how your symptoms show up in daily life, and how long they’ve been present.

As part of the process, we use an evidence based clinical assessment tool that’s directly aligned with current research on ADHD types and symptoms, alongside a detailed conversation about your history, strengths, and challenges.

The goal isn’t to label you — it’s to develop a clearer understanding of your experience and identify what will actually help.

ADHD shows up in insidious ways and often unknowingly shapes how we feel about ourselves in ways that hold us back. It can erode one’s self-esteem, cause shame spirals and result in harsh judgement both from oneself and from others.

Therapy can provide a gentle space to explore this, to grieve aspects of your life that have felt challenging, and to process intense feelings.

This is a really important question — and honestly, a lot of adults with ADHD benefit from both at different points.

The difference comes down to what’s getting in the way right now: skills vs. emotional/relational patterns.

Coaching is focused on practical interventions and accountability. It provides help building systems or new habits, tracking goals, and providing structure.

Therapy goes deeper into the emotional, psychological and relational layers of ADHD. It can be helpful if you feel shame, burnout or chronic self-criticism; if there’s anxiety and depression or trauma alongside ADHD; or if you often get stuck in avoidance or overwhelm. It helps by focusing on emotional regulation, nervous system overload, self-esteem, and unhelpful patterns.

Most people begin to notice small shifts within the first few weeks of ADHD therapy or coaching — like feeling more understood, gaining clarity about what’s been getting in the way, or finding a few strategies that start to help.

Deeper, more lasting change — like reduced overwhelm, less self-criticism, and more consistent self-trust — tends to develop over time.

Coaching can sometimes lead to quicker, visible changes in habits and routines, while therapy focuses on the underlying emotional and psychological patterns that make those changes sustainable. You don’t have to wait months to feel some relief, but meaningful, lasting change is something that unfolds gradually.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy can be a surprisingly powerful tool for ADHD—especially for adults who struggle less with knowing what to do and more with actually managing emotions, overwhelm, and follow-through.

While DBT was originally developed for intense emotional dysregulation, many of its core skills map directly onto the real-life difficulties adults with ADHD face. ADHD brains feel things more intensely, struggle more with impulsivity, and have a hard time managing distress which often leads to avoidance.

DBT can help with task initiation and follow through, starting and sticking with boring tasks, consistency, and relational stability.