Therapy for Adults with ADHD in Ann Arbor
You may understand exactly what needs to be done and still feel unable to begin. A task that appears simple from the outside can require a surprising amount of mental effort, especially when it involves planning, prioritizing, switching attention, or tolerating uncertainty.
I offer ADHD-informed therapy for adults in Ann Arbor who feel overwhelmed by the gap between what they know and what they can consistently do. It is a place to understand your patterns, reduce shame, and develop ways of working with your mind rather than constantly fighting against it.
Sessions are available in person in West Ann Arbor and online throughout Michigan.
When Everyday Tasks Require Too Much Effort
ADHD can affect far more than concentration. You might struggle to start tasks until the pressure becomes intense, move between periods of hyperfocus and exhaustion, or lose track of responsibilities that genuinely matter to you. Even when you create a plan, following it may depend on interest, urgency, energy, and how overwhelmed your nervous system already feels.
You may recognize experiences such as:
Procrastinating until a deadline creates enough urgency to act
Feeling frozen when a task has too many steps
Knowing what would help but being unable to do it consistently
Frequently losing track of time, belongings, plans, or conversations
Becoming emotionally overwhelmed more quickly than you expect
Needing significant recovery time after work, school, parenting, or social demands
Criticizing yourself for being inconsistent, careless, lazy, or too sensitive
These patterns are not proof that you do not care. Often, they reflect difficulties with executive functioning, emotional regulation, and the amount of effort you have spent compensating.
ADHD, Anxiety, and Chronic Overwhelm
ADHD and anxiety often reinforce one another. Forgetting something important or falling behind can create anxiety. Anxiety may then lead to overthinking, perfectionism, avoidance, or difficulty deciding where to begin. The more pressure you feel, the harder it can become to organize your thoughts and take the next step.
Some adults become highly organized, responsible, or perfectionistic as a way to compensate. From the outside, they may appear capable and successful. Internally, they may feel tense, scattered, exhausted, or afraid that everything will fall apart if they stop working so hard.
Therapy can help you understand this cycle, while we look at how attention, stress responses, expectations, identity, relationships, and past experiences interact in your daily life.
The Cost of Constantly Compensating
Years of trying to keep up can contribute to burnout, self-doubt, and a persistent sense that you should be doing better. You may have learned to rely on urgency, overpreparation, people-pleasing, or harsh self-criticism to get through the day. Those strategies may have helped you function, but they can also leave very little room for rest, flexibility, or self-trust.
Therapy offers space to notice the patterns beneath the exhaustion. Instead of focusing only on what is not getting done, we can explore what your mind and nervous system are responding to, what makes certain tasks feel inaccessible, and what kinds of support are genuinely sustainable for you.
How ADHD-Informed Therapy Can Help
Our work is collaborative and tailored to your needs. Depending on what brings you to therapy, we may focus on:
Understanding executive functioning patterns and task initiation
Reducing shame and persistent self-criticism
Recognizing the overlap between ADHD, anxiety, and burnout
Building emotional awareness and regulation skills
Exploring perfectionism, avoidance, and fear of failure
Creating realistic structures that support you without becoming another source of pressure
I integrate evidence-based psychotherapy with nervous-system-informed and whole-person approaches. Our work can also support greater self-trust and a more accurate understanding of your needs. You do not need a formal ADHD diagnosis to explore attention, executive functioning, emotional regulation, or related concerns in therapy.
ADHD Therapy in West Ann Arbor and Across Michigan
In-person sessions are available at Vera Wellness, located at 231 Little Lake Dr., Suite G, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, inside Little Lake Wellness Hub on the west side of Ann Arbor. Online therapy is available to adults located anywhere in Michigan at the time of the session.
You can also review my therapy services, learn more about my approach, or request an appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need an ADHD diagnosis to begin therapy?
No. You do not need a formal diagnosis to discuss executive functioning, procrastination, overwhelm, emotional regulation, or other ADHD-related experiences in therapy.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. I offer in-person ADHD therapy in West Ann Arbor and online therapy throughout Michigan.
You Do Not Have to Keep Forcing Your Way Through
If you’re tired of understanding your patterns without knowing how to change them, therapy can offer a different place to begin. We can work toward greater clarity, steadiness, and self-trust without treating you like a problem that needs to be fixed.