Therapy for ADHD clients

The overlap nobody talks about

If you have both ADHD and anxiety, you're navigating two things at once: a brain that works differently, and an emotional system that's running on high alert.

The anxiety often makes the ADHD worse. You can't focus because you're worried. You're worried because you can't focus. You second-guess every decision. You ruminate about what you've forgotten. You feel like you're failing at things that "should" be simple.

And standard anxiety approaches often miss the ADHD part entirely — they ask you to do things that require the exact cognitive resources ADHD affects: working memory, sustained attention, executive planning.

How ACT focused CBT works differently

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) teaches you to work collaboratively with how your brain naturally functions, without any need to change or work against it.

For the anxiety: We practice defusion — stepping back from the thought pattern itself. Your mind generates anxious predictions; you notice them and let them pass, without needing to control or fight them. For ADHD brains especially, this is radically more effective than traditional thought-challenging, which requires holding multiple pieces of information in working memory at once.

For the ADHD: We work with how your attention actually functions, building practical systems that fit your neurology, and clarifying what genuinely matters to you — so your actions are driven by values, not by anxiety about what you "should" be doing.

Together: When you stop fighting the anxiety and stop fighting the ADHD, you gain energy. That energy goes toward what actually matters to you.

What this looks like in practice

We work through:

  • Defusion from anxious thoughts — noticing the patterns your mind generates without getting tangled in them

  • Emotional flexibility — making room for anxiety without it driving every decision

  • Values clarification — what genuinely matters to you, separate from what anxiety is telling you that you "should" care about

  • Practical executive function strategies — attention training, task initiation, planning systems that actually work with ADHD neurology

  • Acceptance — working with how your brain actually functions

Sessions are individual, tailored to your specific pattern, and focused on what will actually help you move forward.

How you'll know it's working

  • Anxiety stops controlling your decisions

  • You're able to start and complete tasks without the executive function feeling like a constant battle

  • You have clarity about what matters, and can move toward it even when anxiety is present

  • The "laziness" narrative starts to dissolve — you see the ADHD and the anxiety for what they actually are

  • You stop fighting yourself

Is this for you?

This approach works best if you:

  • Have received an ADHD diagnosis (or strong suspicion of undiagnosed ADHD)

  • Want practical strategies that improve functioning

  • Are ready to work with your brain as it is

  • Want individual, tailored support

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Next steps

Book a session or get in touch to discuss whether this approach fits what you're looking for.