ADHD Counselling in Vancouver & Online Across BC
Counselling for adults navigating ADHD-related overwhelm, emotional intensity, and relationship stress — with care tailored to you as a whole person.
If This Feels Familiar
You may look capable on the outside, while privately feeling overwhelmed, behind, or worn out from trying so hard to keep up.
Starting tasks can feel hard, even when they matter to you.
You may put things off, rush to catch up, then blame yourself afterward.
Small demands, decisions, or interruptions can quickly feel like too much.
You might overthink, overprepare, or feel pressure to get everything right.
Criticism, conflict, or feeling that someone is disappointed in you may stay with you for a long time.
A Whole-Person Approach
I use a biopsychosocial approach to understand how ADHD-related struggles connect with your body, emotions, relationships, culture, and life context.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms or productivity, counselling looks at the full person — so support can be tailored to your needs, strengths, and goals.
You are not a diagnosis. You are a whole person with a story that deserves care and understanding.
Who This Counselling Is For
Counselling can be supportive whether you have already been diagnosed with ADHD, are wondering whether ADHD may be part of your story, or are making sense of a late diagnosis.
You may be looking for more than tips to stay organized. You may want a space to understand why life has felt so effortful, how ADHD-related patterns affect your emotions and relationships, and what kind of support truly fits you.
You live with ADHD and want support beyond productivity strategies.
You suspect ADHD may be affecting your daily life, self-worth, or relationships.
You were diagnosed later in life and are rethinking years of self-blame.
You feel overwhelmed by trying to manage everything on your own.
Counselling is not a formal ADHD assessment or diagnosis. It can, however, offer a supportive place to understand your experience, work with the emotional and relational impacts, and explore whether further assessment may be helpful.
Why It May Be Recognized Later
Some adults begin to recognize ADHD later in life because their struggles were quiet, internal, or hidden behind years of trying hard to cope.
ADHD can show up as daydreaming, overwhelm, emotional intensity, disorganization, or difficulty getting started — not only as visible hyperactivity.
Perfectionism, people-pleasing, overpreparing, and pushing yourself harder can sometimes hide how much effort daily life actually takes.
Parenting, work demands, caregiving, pandemic disruption, or perimenopause and menopause can make old coping strategies feel less sustainable.
Women and racialized clients may be more likely to have ADHD-related struggles interpreted through other lenses first, such as stress, anxiety, or mood concerns.
Recognizing ADHD later in life can bring relief, grief, and a new way of understanding yourself with more compassion.
More Than Attention
For many adults, ADHD-related struggles are not only about organization or productivity. They can also shape emotions, self-worth, and relationships.
Stress, criticism, conflict, or disappointment may feel intense and take time to settle.
Years of struggling to keep up can leave you questioning your effort, worth, or ability.
Misunderstandings, unequal mental load, and feeling criticized or unseen can strain connection.
How Counselling Can Help
Therapy can help you understand what has been hard, work with overwhelm more gently, and build support that fits your real life — not someone else’s idea of how you “should” function.
Make sense of how attention, procrastination, emotions, stress, and daily demands connect in your life.
Notice what happens before shutdown, spiraling, irritability, or self-blame begins to take over.
Shift away from harsh self-judgment and toward a more compassionate understanding of what has taken so much effort.
Explore misunderstanding, criticism, unequal mental load, and ways of relating with more clarity and care.
When helpful, I also offer ADHD-informed coaching around sleep, procrastination, follow-through, and relationship habits — tailored to your needs and goals.
My Approach to ADHD Counselling
ADHD support is not one-size-fits-all. I offer trauma-informed and collaborative counselling, which means we work at a pace that feels safe and focus on what matters most to you.
When life feels scattered or emotionally intense, therapy can offer a steadier place to slow down, feel understood, and sort through what is happening inside.
We can explore how ADHD-related stress affects self-worth, closeness, conflict, and the ways you respond when you feel criticized, disconnected, or overwhelmed.
Depending on what fits, I may draw from emotion-focused therapy, practical thinking tools, coping skills, mindfulness, body awareness, and ADHD-informed coaching — always with care for your comfort, safety, and pace.
Our work is shaped around what matters to you — whether that is feeling less overwhelmed, improving sleep, reducing procrastination, communicating more clearly, or treating yourself with more compassion.
Why This Work Feels Meaningful to Me
As a woman in menopause who has also wondered about previously unrecognized ADHD, this work feels close to my heart.
I understand how confusing it can be when attention, memory, emotional capacity, or day-to-day functioning begin to feel different — and how painful it can be to look back and wonder whether you have spent years blaming yourself for struggles that deserved more understanding.
I bring that personal sensitivity into my work, while always staying curious about your unique story, needs, and goals.
“So self-acceptance does not mean self-admiration or even self-liking at every moment of our lives, but tolerance for all our emotions.”
Begin With Understanding
If you are living with ADHD, wondering whether ADHD may be part of your story, or trying to understand why life has felt so effortful, counselling can offer a thoughtful place to begin.
In-person counselling in Vancouver
Online counselling across BC
Sessions available in English and Mandarin
Frequently Asked Questions
No. I support adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD, those who are wondering whether ADHD may be part of their story, and those making sense of a late diagnosis.
No. Counselling is not a formal ADHD assessment or diagnosis. It can, however, help you understand your experience, work with emotional and relationship impacts, and explore whether seeking further assessment may be helpful.
My work is counselling first, with ADHD-informed coaching added when helpful. Alongside emotional and relationship support, we may work on practical areas such as sleep, procrastination, follow-through, and daily routines in ways that fit your life.
Yes. ADHD-related stress can affect communication, emotional reactions, follow-through, and the balance of responsibilities in a relationship. Counselling can help you understand these patterns with more care and clarity.
Begin With Understanding
If you are living with ADHD, wondering whether ADHD may be part of your story, or trying to understand why life has felt so effortful, counselling can offer a thoughtful place to begin.
In-person counselling in Vancouver
Online counselling across BC
Sessions available in English and Mandarin
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