You’ve always felt like basic tasks looked a lot easier for others than they did for you.
You’ve likely been told that you’re too sensitive…and also that you’re too intense.
You struggle with feeling like an imposter despite your success.
You’ve never understood why you can remember the words to a song you loved 16 years ago, but can’t remember why you walked into a room.
You are constantly exhausted from holding it all together.
You never knew why until now: ADHD.
ADHD Therapy isn’t about fixing you. You’re NOT broken. You’ve made it this far in life.
It’s about understanding yourself, letting go of the self-blame & unrealistic expectations, and figuring out what actually works for you.
ADHD Therapy in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Virtual Therapy Services available throughout California.
It is time for ADHD Therapy if:
You only feel motivated when you have high amounts of stress or panic.
You invalidate your ADHD symptoms because you don’t want to make excuses.
You know you are capable of more, but cannot seem to follow through despite your desire to.
You are tired of struggling to complete tasks that seem easy for others.
Planners, to-do lists, etc. do not seem to work for you.
Your personal relationships, job, etc. are being impacted by your ADHD symptoms.
You ignore your to-do list because looking at it feels overwhelming.
You frequently wonder what life could have been like if you knew you had ADHD sooner.
You know something needs to change, but are unsure where, or how to start.
You send yourself into a spiral of self-criticism over small mistakes.
You feel drained and/or paralyzed from trying to keep up with everything.
You feel guilty for letting down your loved ones, even if they tell you that you are not letting them down.
Therapy for ADHD in Rancho Cucamonga, CA can help!
You don’t need to figure things out all on your own.
ADHD impacts more than just your focus. It shapes how you talk to yourself, how you view yourself, how you handle relationships, and how you navigate the stressful world we live in.
Therapy can help you understand why some things feel so difficult, break the patterns that lead to you feeling overwhelmed, and find coping strategies for you.
The goal isn’t to be the most productive version of yourself every day. The goal is to help you build a more peaceful, meaningful, and manageable life.
Benefits of Therapy for ADHD
You’ve likely found lots of ADHD tips on the internet by now. Maybe the real issue isn’t knowing what strategies help; it’s actually figuring out why these strategies aren’t helping you.
Therapy can help you:
Feel less overwhelmed by life’s stressors:
Collaboratively find the actual source of stress and work together to make life more manageable
Spend less time overthinking:
Together we will find what triggers your overthinking and find ways to stop it before you waste your time spiraling
Be productive without waiting until the last minute:
As a team we will find out why the planners, reminders, etc. do not work for you and find what would work better
Be better at letting things go, specifically your mistakes:
We will examine your relationship with self-criticism and help quiet the negative voice in your head
Have more control when emotions run high:
Increase your awareness surrounding your intense feelings to help keep you from doing things you will later regret
My Approach to ADHD Therapy:
Step 1
First, we’ll talk about how ADHD shows up in your life.
We’ll talk about the things you keep getting stuck on, the strategies you’ve tried, and the parts of life that feel harder than they should.
You don’t need to have the answers, we’ll find them together.
Step 2
Next, we begin to connect the dots.
Why can you care deeply about something you started, but not finish it? Why does knowing what you should do, not make doing it easier?
We’ll explore how ADHD, emotions, relationships, and how you view yourself all connect.
Step 3
Now that we know what’s getting in the way, we can figure out what actually works for you.
That might mean strategies for completing tasks, setting boundaries & routines; or working through self doubt, shame, burnout, and relationship patterns.
The goal isn’t perfection, it’s to feel more comfortable being you.
You’ve spent enough time trying to figure this out on your own. If you’re ready to understand what’s really going on and find a way forward, I’d love to help!