Therapist in Los Angeles working with women who have ADHD and difficulties verbalizing needs, thoughts and emotions in relationships.
If the following resonates with you, we might work well together:
You’ve experienced difficult or emotionally complex relationships for as long as you can remember. As an adult, you often feel stuck, emotionally disconnected, or overwhelmed by your current relationships and the world—you might find yourself avoiding the people in your life or caught in relationship patterns you can’t explain. Maybe you ask yourself “am I ever going to be able to express my authentic self?” And find yourself moving away from just that.
Being emotionally disconnected and overwhelmed might create self doubt, feelings of shame or questioning life choices. Maybe you don’t know where to begin or how to articulate your difficulties. You just know something does not feel aligned with your authentic self and you would like to feel different.
My ultimate goal is for therapy to be supportive and helpful. Together, we work to build insight, reconnect with your emotional experience, and develop practical ways of being in relationship—both to self and others. My style is active, warm, and nonjudgmental with a dose of humor when appropriate.
ADHD Symptoms in Women
Do you feel overwhelmed in stores, at the office, or at parties? Is it impossible for you to shut out sounds and distractions that don’t bother others?
Is time, money, paper, or “stuff” dominating your life and hampering your ability to achieve your goals?
Do you often shut down in the middle of the day, feeling assaulted? Do requests for “one more thing” put you over the top emotionally?
Are you spending most of your time coping, looking for things, catching up, or covering up? Do you avoid people because of this?
Have you stopped having people over to your house because you’re ashamed of the mess?
Do you have trouble balancing your checkbook?
Do you often feel as if life is out of control, and that it’s impossible to meet demands?
Do you feel like you’re always at one end of a deregulated activity spectrum — either a couch potato or a tornado?
Do you start each day determined to get organized, and end each day feeling defeated?
Have you watched others of equal intelligence and education pass you by?
Do you despair of ever fulfilling your potential and meeting your goals?
Have you ever been thought of as selfish because you don’t write thank-you notes or send birthday cards?
Are you clueless as to how others manage to lead consistent, regular lives?
Are you called “a slob” or “spacey?” Are you “passing for normal?” Do you feel as if you are an impostor?
Is all your time and energy taken up with coping, staying organized, and holding it together, with no time for fun or relaxation?
Source: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-symptoms-in-women
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