ADHD
underfocused and hyperaroused
ADHD - the still misunderstood condition — means a life of inner restlessness and fragmentation for countless people.
In adulthood, ADHD often presents as the result of a neurobiological difference that has been present since childhood but long overlooked. While early symptoms were often buffered by the environment, intelligence, or compensatory strategies, they tend to become more pronounced in adult life — especially when professional demands increase or personal structures fall away. As a result, attention regulation, impulse control, and emotional stability are increasingly challenged.
We work to stabilize your level of functioning, improve your emotional self-regulation, and help you use your resources in a more targeted way.
Psychoeducation & self-regulation
If it feels helpful for you, we work together to develop a deep understanding of your ADHD symptoms — how the brain works, which patterns are typical, and why certain difficulties arise. This knowledge can be relieving and provides a foundation for targeted change.
A central element of the therapy is learning to better perceive, understand, and regulate intense emotions. Developing a more conscious relationship with impulsivity helps reduce emotional overwhelm in everyday life.
trauma-sensitive
On the one hand, the symptoms of ADHD and developmental trauma overlap significantly; on the other, developmental trauma can intensify the expression of ADHD — particularly in later adulthood.
When developmental trauma and ADHD symptoms come together, this often results in a nervous system that is both underfocused and overaroused, with shutdown frequently becoming the only way out.
In such cases, it is especially helpful to approach treatment after an ADHD diagnosis in a trauma-sensitive way, in order to create genuine relief for you.
„Trauma disrupts connection - separating us from ourself and others and from the sense of belonging.“