Blog Highlight: Understanding ADHD
ADHD is about more than simply having trouble paying attention. It can affect organization, time management, impulse control, emotional regulation, motivation, and relationships. For children, teens, and adults, these challenges can make school, work, and everyday responsibilities feel overwhelming. ADHD may also contribute to frustration, anxiety, low self-esteem, and a sense of constantly trying to catch up.
The good news is that ADHD can be managed with the right support and strategies. Counseling can help individuals develop practical skills for organization, time management, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and managing impulsive behaviors. Therapy can also provide an opportunity to understand past struggles and build greater confidence in the abilities and strengths that often accompany an ADHD brain.
Therapist Spotlight: Maddie Kuehn, MS, LPC-IT
Maddie works with older adolescents and young adults navigating ADHD, executive functioning concerns, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, self-esteem, and life transitions. She creates a warm, collaborative environment and tailors therapy to each client’s individual needs and goals. Using approaches including CBT, person-centered, strengths-based, and psychodynamic therapy, Maddie helps clients better understand themselves, develop practical strategies, and build confidence as they navigate school, relationships, and the transition into adulthood.
Therapist Spotlight: Michael Decker, MS, LPC-IT
Michael Decker, MS, LPC-IT works with children, adolescents, and adults, with particular emphasis on ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and mindfulness. His therapeutic approach is grounded in genuine connection, compassion, and collaboration. Michael incorporates CBT, DBT, ACT, psychodynamic, relational, narrative, and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients better understand their experiences, develop effective coping strategies, and move toward meaningful growth.
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Book Recommendation: “Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents”
(Fourth Edition), by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
Barkley guides his readers through the challenge of understanding why kids with ADHD act as they do, getting an accurate diagnosis, working with school and health care professionals to get the support your child needs, building academic and social skills and creating more harmony at home.
This book is full of excellent information by one of the leading researchers/teachers in the field, and includes practical tools for parents and others.
👉 Find The Book Here
Podcast Pick: The ADHD Essentials Podcast
Hosted by ADHD and executive-function expert Brendan Mahan, The ADHD Essentials Podcast features conversations with clinicians, educators, authors, and ADHD experts. Episodes explore practical topics including executive functioning, productivity, anxiety, relationships, school, careers, and navigating everyday life with ADHD. The podcast combines education, practical strategies, and a compassionate, strengths-based perspective.
🎙️ Listen Here