ADHD Counseling, Learning Differences & Executive Functioning
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Counseling
can adults be diagnosed with ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is often thought of as a childhood disorder. Often ADHD conjures up pictures of young people who have excessive energy and cannot focus. Children are typically diagnosed with ADHD, but many adults are affected by ADHD as well.
Hyperactivity is not the only type of attention deficit difficulty. Many people experience inattention which looks quite different. Typically, students who are manageable in class and do not cause disruption are not flagged for potential inattention. It’s likely that you are much more capable than your grades or scores may indicate.
Through ADHD counseling, we help people understand their learning style and how that might not fit the typical educational system. Many people do better when they can be hands on with tasks instead of memorizing from text. This does not make you less than, it is a different ability not a disability!
We understand that BIPOC and women are often not diagnosed until much later life.
This is due to a lot of factors that we want to change.
IS counseling RIGHT FOR ME IF I DON’T HAVE AN ADHD DIAGNOSIS YET?
If you think you might meet the criteria for a diagnosis, let’s talk! We will gather information, explore your background for symptoms, how it impacts your functioning and provide assessments to potentially identify a diagnosis. We can also help you find appropriate supports or make other connections to gain more thorough assessments to tease out other potential reasons for the symptoms you are experiencing.
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM ADHD counseling?
If you already have a diagnosis, we can explore what having ADHD means for you and to gain a better understanding of internal self. So often we work with people who have negative self-talk because of grades, feedback from school, and others who provide critical and negative feedback. We understand that many people with ADHD experience rejection differently than others
We value your viewpoint and want to help you see your strengths in problem solving, ability to “super” focus, or jump into action when others might freeze.
We want you to know: You are not Lazy!
ADHD counseling can help to:
Improve communication
Identify possible accommodations at school or work, and gain advocacy skills.
Increase abilities for planning, organizing, managing time, focusing, starting, and completing tasks.
Reduce procrastination and address the anxiety and depression cycles.
Explore and improve the quality of your relationships.
Enhance parenting skills as a parent with ADHD or having a child with ADHD.
Improve the way you talk to yourself.
Change your mindset from seeing limits to seeing potential, seeing success, experience satisfaction.
Counseling for Learning Challenges
Learning differences can affect us in various ways depending on the severity and social implications. By addressing your self-worth and acceptance of these positive differences the counseling process will impact your success. The things that make us different reveal our strengths!
Many of our clients experience shame or embarrassment around their learning challenges. Sometimes good intentions of those around us keep us in a holding pattern. We become stagnate and desire the opportunity to grow but are uncertain of how to make that shift. In counseling we move can away from helplessness and develop a growth mindset.
Think of it like a potted plant. After awhile a plant becomes root bound and needs to be given a larger pot to live in. There, the roots expand and grow, allowing the plant to flourish. We want to help you flourish!
Executive Functioning Counseling
Executive functioning is a set of skills which allows us to plan, prioritize, focus, organize and manage time. Difficulties in these areas can impact our daily functioning, relationships, self-concept/worth, regulating mood, and motivation. You could think of executive functioning as the assistant who helps you be where you need to be, when to be there, and have everything with you for the situation. These skills help us to manage life.
Counseling can aide in your strategy development to increase your success while also looking at the cycle of anxiety and depression that may very well coincide.
If you are wanting skill development and accountability, then consider our executive functioning coaching services.
We have a passion for supporting Neurodivergent people!
What is neurodiversity?
It is a positive viewpoint on differences. It is a way of seeing learning and thinking differences as variation instead of disabling. Neurodiversity empowers and reduces stigma around topics such as learning differences, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism. Consider the numerous ways we take in information, the complex ways in which our brain stores and retrieves information, of course there are going to be difference!