ADHD Therapy in Edinburgh & Online
You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're not too much.
Maybe you've spent years being told you just need to try harder. That you're disorganised, forgetful, too intense, too sensitive, too all-over-the-place. Maybe you've developed an exhausting set of strategies just to appear like everyone else — and you're tired of it.
Or maybe you've recently been diagnosed, or started to wonder if ADHD might explain a lot of things that never quite made sense. And now you're trying to figure out what that means for you.
Either way, you're in the right place.
What to expect from neuroaffirming ADHD therapy
ADHD therapy isn't about teaching you to be more organised or managing your symptoms with a checklist. It's about understanding yourself — how your brain works, why certain things feel so hard, and what gets in the way of living the life you actually want.
Together we'll explore the deeper layers — the shame, the self-doubt, the patterns that developed as a way of coping. We'll work through what ADHD means for you specifically, not what a textbook says it should look like.
My approach is person-centred and neuroaffirming. That means I start from the position that ADHD is a difference, not a deficit. You are not a problem to be fixed. The goal isn't to make you neurotypical — it's to help you understand yourself more clearly and move through the world with more ease and self-compassion.
You don't need a diagnosis to start
One of the most common questions I get asked is: do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis before I can come to therapy?
Whether you have a formal diagnosis, are currently being assessed, or simply recognise yourself in what you've been reading about ADHD — there is space for you here.
Many adults, particularly women, go undiagnosed for years. The waiting lists for assessment are long. You shouldn't have to wait to get support.
What matters is your experience — not a piece of paper.
Who I Work With
Adults with ADHD
Many adults come to therapy after a late diagnosis — finally understanding why so many things felt harder than they should have. Others come without a diagnosis, recognising patterns in themselves and wanting to explore them. Wherever you are in that journey, there's space here.
Women with ADHD
ADHD in women is still significantly underdiagnosed. The presentation is often different — more internalised, more masked, more likely to look like anxiety or low self-esteem on the surface. If you've spent your life feeling like you're failing at things other people find easy, this might be worth exploring.
Teens with ADHD
Adolescence is hard enough without the added layer of a brain that works differently. I work with young people aged 13–19 who are navigating ADHD — whether diagnosed or not — alongside everything else that comes with being a teenager.
What we might explore together
Why person-centred therapy for ADHD?
There are lots of approaches to ADHD support — coaching, CBT, medication management. Person-centred therapy sits alongside all of these, not in competition with them.
What person-centred therapy offers that other approaches often don't is space — space to slow down, to be heard, and to explore the emotional and relational side of living with ADHD. The shame. The grief. The exhaustion of masking. The relationships that have been affected. The parts of yourself you've hidden.
This isn't about strategies and productivity hacks. It's about understanding yourself at a deeper level — and learning to treat yourself with the same compassion you'd offer anyone else.
This might be the first time someone has really listened
A lot of people with ADHD have spent their whole lives being misunderstood — by teachers, employers, partners, even themselves. Therapy with me is a space where that changes.
Ready to take the first step?
The first step doesn't need to be perfect — it just needs to be yours.
Whether you're based in Edinburgh or anywhere across the UK, I'd love to hear from you. Get in touch for a free, no-obligation introductory call and we can take it from there.