What is driving the cycle
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
ADHD & addiction therapy
Understanding the cycle without judgement
ADHD and addiction can interact in powerful and often misunderstood ways. Many people use substances to cope with overwhelm, emotional intensity, or difficulties with focus and regulation. Over time, this can create cycles that feel hard to break.
Common challenges
You are not alone in this.
People often describe impulsivity, shame, emotional highs and lows, and a sense that they are being judged or misunderstood. Therapy offers a space to understand these patterns and develop new ways of coping.
- Impulsivity and acting quickly without thinking
- Emotional highs and lows
- Shame and self-criticism
- Difficulty managing urges
- Using substances to cope with overwhelm
- Struggles with routines, planning, and follow-through
- Feeling misunderstood or judged
How therapy can help
We work with curiosity, compassion, and clarity.
How ADHD traits and coping strategies interact
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
Skills for emotional regulation
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
Tools for managing urges and cravings
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
Strategies for routines, planning, and structure
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
Ways to reduce shame and build self-compassion
We make the pattern visible, then build practical strategies that respect your needs, values, and capacity.
What sessions are like
Practical work, paced to suit you.
Sessions focus on what feels most important and achievable. We might work on emotional regulation, urges and cravings, routines, shame, impulsivity, or planning.
The approach is collaborative and grounded in understanding, not judgement.
Is this for me?
This approach is suitable for adults with diagnosed, suspected, or overlapping difficulties.
- ADHD
- Suspected ADHD
- Addiction or substance use concerns
- Both ADHD and addiction
- Emotional regulation difficulties
- Long-standing patterns they want to understand
Free 15-minute consultation
If you are unsure where to start, that is completely okay.
We can explore it together in a free 15-minute consultation.