ADHD therapy for adults in California

What this may look like

Attention and overwhelm can also affect relationships. Anxiety and relationship worry may be part of the work.

• Knowing what needs to be done and still being unable to start
• Losing time, missing transitions, or dropping small responsibilities
• Feelings that arrive fast and take a while to come back down
• A short reply or a piece of criticism taking the rest of the afternoon
• Hiding the mess: rehearsing, staying late, performing focus you do not feel
• Running on urgency until rest stops working
• Replaying what you forgot, or what someone might think, long after the moment passed
• A harsh commentary that you are lazy, careless, or too much
• People reading your overwhelm as distance, or as not caring

Who this may be a good fit for

This is for adults who want direct online therapy that takes neurodivergence seriously. You might already have a diagnosis. You might have been missed for years. You might still be asking whether ADHD language fits.

When recognition came late

ADHD is often missed in women, and in people who look capable from the outside. You may have been called anxious, sensitive, or scattered while working twice as hard to look steady. That history can be part of the work. I work with adults, and you don't need to be a woman to be here.

For session style, see how I work.

What may keep the pattern going

Missed transitions and postponed decisions look small until they stack into a deadline, a fight, or a crash. The longer something waits, the more it feels like evidence that something is wrong with you. That shame makes starting harder.

If exhaustion is the main concern, burnout therapy may fit.

How therapy may help

We look for supports that fit your actual week, including the days when energy or attention is low.

The work is neurodiversity-affirming. Some sessions are mostly conversation about shame and old criticism. Some are about a routine that can survive an imperfect week. The mix depends on what actually helps you, not on a worksheet track for every session.

What sessions may include

• What gets in the way of starting, and what still works on a bad week
• Time, transitions, and the tasks that disappear
• What happens after criticism, conflict, or a sharp feeling
• The cost of masking, and what it is like to set some of it down
• Routines that can bend without becoming another thing to fail
• How overwhelm shows up with the people close to you
• Sorting attention, anxiety, and exhaustion when they arrive together

Scope of this work

I provide online therapy for adults throughout California. You need to be located in California at the time of each appointment. This outpatient telehealth practice does not provide crisis or emergency care, formal ADHD testing, medication management, court-ordered evaluations, intensive outpatient treatment, or therapy for young children.

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