With TL's ADHD Plan, you'll work with a licensed therapist who will assess your personal strengths and challenges and guide you through a sequence of evidence-based CBT interventions. The initial session two will include an assessment of your goals, psychoeducation about ADHD, and time spent identifying the impact of ADHD symptoms on all areas of your life.
Individuals with ADHD are at higher risk for depression and anxiety. In part, the ADHD tendency to rush to judgment can lead to rigid thinking and catastrophizing that drives anxiety, depression, and panic. Your TL therapist is an expert in CBT, and a primary cognitive therapy goal is to help you become adept in examining and challenging your own thinking so that negative thoughts have less control over you.
Mindfulness practice serves as a foundation for this work, as being aware of rigid thoughts is a key step in being able to manage their influence. Your TL therapist will help you find ways to be mindful in ways that actually feel right for you, since so many ADHD clients complain that they dislike mediation. But, that said, we persist because helping you find your own way to experience daily mindfulness can improve your focus and positive regard for self.
Targeted exposures form the third leg of the ADHD plan triad, and your therapist will design these for you so that you can practice new skills in your actual life. These might include time management exercises, focus tasks, or social scenarios that give you opportunities to challenge impulse control and avoidance.
Finally, the ADHD plan will help you learn to self-monitor your inattentive and hyperactive behaviors. The goal is to increase your self-awareness so that you are better able to manage your own symptoms and to find more resources or tools as you need them.
As you progress through the ADHD Plan, we hope you see improvements in your ability to focus, manage time, control impulses, and navigate daily challenges with greater confidence and pride.
