Book directly with Shoreline Health
For private pay, out-of-network care with a superbill, or UnitedHealthcare/Optum insurance.
View availability and scheduleAccepting new clients for virtual therapy in Connecticut & Rhode Island
Schedule your first appointment ↗← All specialties
ADULT ADHD · EXECUTIVE FUNCTION · SELF-TRUST
You are not lazy. Your brain needs a different kind of support.
You may have twenty-five tabs open, three half-written texts, and a to-do list you rewrote because yesterday’s disappeared. You are bright and capable—and quietly exhausted from working twice as hard to do what seems easier for everyone else.
The goal is not to fix who you are. It is to build a life that works with your brain.
SHORELINE HEALTH · CT + RITHIS MAY FEEL FAMILIAR
You do not have to keep pushing through.
- ✦You start with energy and good intentions, then lose momentum when the task is no longer new or urgent.
- ✦Time disappears, deadlines sneak up, and switching between tasks can feel harder than the tasks themselves.
- ✦Small mistakes, criticism, or perceived rejection can trigger an emotional response that feels immediate and overwhelming.
- ✦Years of being told to try harder have left you questioning your discipline, reliability, or worth.
WHAT THERAPY CAN OFFER
Support that feels both compassionate and useful.
Maybe you were diagnosed recently, have known for years, or are only beginning to recognize yourself in what you have learned about ADHD. Either way, executive-function challenges are not a moral failure. Motivation, memory, time awareness, emotional regulation, and task initiation can all be affected—even when you care deeply and understand exactly what needs to be done.
Together, we will skip the shame spiral and look at how your brain actually works. We can build realistic systems around your attention, energy, environment, and responsibilities while making room for the grief, frustration, and self-criticism that often come with years of feeling misunderstood.
WHAT WE MAY WORK ON
Practical change, without reducing you to a checklist.
Make tasks easier to start
Break through task-initiation friction with smaller entry points, visible cues, realistic planning, and less reliance on willpower.
Build systems that fit
Experiment with supports for time, organization, transitions, follow-through, and remembering what matters before it becomes urgent.
Leave shame out of the plan
Understand emotional sensitivity, challenge internalized criticism, and build self-trust without pretending ADHD is effortless.
HOW I WORK
Warm, collaborative, and grounded in real life.
We will use practical, research-informed tools while making space for the experiences that cannot be solved by a checklist. You do not need a clear plan before you arrive; we can begin with what feels hardest right now.
CBTACTExecutive-function strategiesDBT skillsCompassion-focusedStrengths-based
WHEN YOU'RE READY
Reaching out can be the tab that stays open. The next step can be one sentence.
If this feels like the kind of support you have been looking for, send a message or schedule your first appointment.