Adult ADHD Therapy in Atlanta
For adults who have spent a long time working twice as hard to look half as tired
Most of the people I work with are adults, and a good number of them arrive somewhere in the middle of an ADHD story. Some have just been diagnosed. Some have suspected it for years. Some came in for burnout or anxiety and found ADHD underneath it.
What they tend to have in common is a long history of being told to try harder, and a quiet suspicion that the effort was never the problem. Therapy here is not about learning to mask more convincingly. It is about understanding how your brain actually works and building a life that does not require you to fight it all day.
This May Sound Familiar
- You were called bright but disorganized, or told you were not living up to your potential
- You can focus intensely on what grips you and stall completely on what does not
- Your systems work beautifully for a few weeks and then quietly collapse
- Rest does not feel restful, because there is always something you are behind on
- You are exhausted from running a version of yourself that other people find easier
None of that means you are broken or lazy. It usually means you have been running unsupported for a long time.
What We Work On
Making sense of a late diagnosis
Finding out in adulthood reframes a lot of history at once. Relief and grief usually arrive together, and both deserve room.
Burnout and recovery
Years of compensating has a cost. We look at what it took out of you and what sustainable actually looks like for your brain.
Perfectionism and procrastination
These two feed each other. We work on the shame cycle underneath rather than adding another productivity system on top.
Regulation and overwhelm
Sensory load, emotional intensity, and the recovery time you need afterward, treated as real needs instead of character flaws.
Work and relationships
Communication, boundaries, and self-advocacy when the people around you process the world differently than you do.
Identity beyond the diagnosis
ADHD explains a lot, but it is not the whole of you. We make space for what you actually want your life to look like.
How I Work
I draw on Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and experiential and person-centered approaches, woven together based on what you need. In practice that means we pay attention to the self-critical parts that formed while you were compensating, and to what your body is doing when you are overwhelmed, not just to strategies and calendars.
Sessions are unhurried and low-pressure. There are fidgets in the room. You do not have to arrive organized, and you do not have to perform being fine.
Common Questions
- Do you diagnose ADHD or prescribe medication?
- No. I am an Associate Professional Counselor, so I do not provide formal ADHD testing or prescribe medication. I work with adults who have been diagnosed, who are in the process of being assessed, or who strongly suspect ADHD and are trying to make sense of it. If a formal evaluation would be useful, I can point you toward providers who do that work.
- I was only diagnosed recently. Is it too late for therapy to help?
- No. A lot of my adult clients were diagnosed in their thirties, forties, or later. Coming to it late usually means there is more history to unpack, not less to gain. Understanding why things have felt hard tends to change how you treat yourself going forward.
- What if I have not been formally diagnosed?
- That is common and it is welcome. Many adults recognize themselves long before they have a piece of paper, and assessment can be expensive and slow to access. We can work with what you are experiencing regardless of where you are in that process.
- Do you offer sessions online?
- Most sessions are in person at my Atlanta office, which tends to build the strongest working relationship. I also offer online sessions when that fits your needs better.
- How do we start?
- With a free 15-minute consultation. It is a low-pressure conversation to see whether we are a good fit before you commit to anything.
Start With a Free Consultation
Fifteen minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about what is going on and whether working together makes sense.