ADHD‑informed online counsellor · UK‑wide
ADHD counselling for adults — from someone who actually has an ADHD brain too.
Online support for adults who have, or suspect they may have, ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence. With lived experience, professional training, and no requirement to bring a diagnosis with you.
If any of this sounds like you
You don't need a diagnosis to start.
Many of the adults I work with are somewhere on the journey: recently diagnosed, waiting (sometimes years) for an NHS assessment, considering a private route, or quietly recognising themselves in everything they’ve read but unsure if they “count”. You count. We don’t need a formal diagnosis to look at what’s actually going on.
What we usually find, when we start talking, is that ADHD isn’t really the issue. The exhaustion of a lifetime spent trying to push an ADHD brain through a system designed for somebody else’s — that is the issue. The shame that builds up. The patterns of overworking and then collapsing. The relationships that strain under the weight of unmet expectations no one ever said out loud.
This is what we work with together. Not the symptoms in a brochure — the actual texture of your life.
What we can work on
Some of the things people bring to ADHD‑informed counselling.
Bring what you have. We’ll sort through it together.
- Exploring gender identity — at any age, in any direction
- Awaiting an assessment, and the limbo that goes with it
- Self‑identified ADHD without a formal diagnosis
- Autistic adults and those exploring autism
- AuDHD — being both autistic and ADHD
- Dyslexia, dyspraxia, and other types of neurodivergence
- Emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity (RSD)
- Burnout from sustained masking and overworking
- Low self‑esteem and imposter syndrome
- Procrastination, executive function, and the shame loop
- Relationships, communication, and ADHD‑in‑couples patterns
- Work struggles, career change, and the question of what comes next
How I work differently
Therapy that accounts for the way your brain works.
Traditional therapy can be unintentionally unfriendly to ADHD brains — long silences, strict 50‑minute timing pressure, an expectation that you’ll arrive ready to articulate the week, homework you forget by Tuesday. I do this differently.
Flexible structure
Some weeks we’ll talk in a roundabout way and arrive somewhere real. Some weeks we’ll start with something practical — body doubling around a difficult email, breaking down a stuck task — and find ourselves talking about something deeper twenty minutes in. I follow what’s most useful in the moment, rather than forcing a single approach.
No homework, no shame
I won’t ask you to fill in a worksheet between sessions. If something useful comes up that you want to take into your week, brilliant. If you forget it the moment you close the laptop, also fine. We’ll pick up where we left off.
“You’re not broken. You don’t need a better planner. You need somebody to take you, and your brain, seriously.”
Many ADHD clients prefer fortnightly or flexible scheduling rather than strict weekly slots. That’s something we can talk about — there’s no single right answer.
If this sounds familiar
Some of the things my ADHD clients say in our first session.
“I was diagnosed at 36 and I don’t really know what to do with all of it.”
“I’m so tired of being the person who lets everyone down.”
“I can do hard things, but I can’t do the easy ones. It makes me feel insane.”
“I’m waiting for an NHS assessment and it’s been 18 months.”
“I think I might be autistic too. I don’t know how to even start with that.”
“I just want to talk to someone who doesn’t think I need to try harder.”
Looking for an ADHD counsellor in the UK?
A free 30‑minute call is the easiest place to start. No commitment — just a conversation.
I respond within 2 working days.