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ADHD Therapy for Adults in Colorado
If you’ve spent years trying to stay organized, motivated, or “on top of things,” only to end each day feeling overwhelmed or behind, you’re not alone. Many adults don’t realize their struggles are actually symptoms of ADHD.
ADHD can make daily life feel harder than it should be. You care about your relationships, work, and responsibilities but your brain doesn’t always cooperate. Maybe you forget tasks even when they’re important, lose track of time, or bounce between ideas without finishing anything. Or you try so hard to stay focused but end up feeling exhausted, ashamed, or misunderstood.
ADHD isn’t about laziness or lack of discipline. Your brain is simply wired differently and therapy can help you work with it instead of against it.
Common Signs of Adult ADHD
There are some common universal signs of ADHD in adults, but not everyone experiences ADHD in the same way. For adults, it often looks like:
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Struggling to prioritize or finish tasks
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Feeling overwhelmed by simple daily responsibilities
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Forgetting appointments, deadlines, or what you walked into a room to do
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Difficulty staying focused during conversations or meetings
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Feeling “all-or-nothing” with motivation
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Emotional intensity, quick frustration, or shutdowns
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Trouble managing time or estimating how long something will take
If these feel familiar, ADHD therapy can help you understand your symptoms and build tools that work for your life.
Why Many Adults Aren’t Diagnosed Until Later in Life
Many adults may have grown up masking their ADHD without realizing it. You may have been told you were “too sensitive,” “not living up to your potential,” or “spacey,” when the truth is that you were working twice as hard to keep up. Realizing you may have ADHD as an adult can feel confusing, validating, and overwhelming all at once. Therapy gives you space to make sense of it.
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How ADHD Therapy Helps Adults Find Clarity and Relief
ADHD therapy is about helping you understand how your brain works and giving you tools that make daily life feel more manageable. Many adults come to therapy feeling overwhelmed or unsure why certain tasks feel so hard, even when they care deeply about them.
In therapy, you’ll learn how to build routines that actually fit the way your brain operates. The main goal being to improve your ability to focus and follow through on things while also reducing the emotional intensity that often makes everyday stress feel heavier. ADHD therapy can also help you strengthen your communication skills and relationships, especially if you haven’t realized how much your ADHD may be affecting them.
Let’s replace that long-held shame with a sense of self-understanding and confidence. With the right support, you can find relief from the constant pressure of trying to keep up and begin experiencing more clarity and control in your life.
What ADHD Therapy Looks Like at Catalyss Counseling
We believe that ADHD therapy should be a collaborative and nonjudgmental space where you can explore your symptoms and learn skills that support your daily functioning. Our compassionate ADHD therapists can help you develop strategies for time management or organization while also helping you break overwhelming tasks into manageable steps.
Practicing skills that improve your executive functioning, reduce negative self-talk, and understand how ADHD influences your identity and relationships are crucial to the therapy process. Whether you’re processing a recent diagnosis or have been navigating ADHD for years, therapy with us is tailored to your unique needs. We offer in-person ADHD therapy at our Englewood office and online sessions for adults across Colorado, so you can get consistent support in the way that works best for you.
Who We Help through ADHD therapy
Many adults come to us unsure whether what they’re experiencing “counts” as ADHD or whether therapy can actually help. You might be newly diagnosed, questioning your symptoms, or recognizing patterns you’ve carried since childhood. No matter where you are in your journey, we’re here to help you make sense of your experiences with compassion and clarity. Adult ADHD shows up differently for everyone which is why we support a wide range of clients including:
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Adults navigating ADHD for the first time
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Late-diagnosed adults
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Women with ADHD
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Parents with ADHD and parents of ADHD children
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Neurodivergent adults seeking affirming, strengths-based support
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Professionals, students, and creatives juggling high expectations
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Adults experiencing both ADHD and anxiety, depression, trauma, or burnout
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Those who identify as AuDHD, as both autistic and ADHD
If you don’t see yourself in one of these categories above, that’s okay. ADHD often overlaps with other life experiences, identities, and mental health concerns, and many people seek therapy simply because life feels harder than it should. We work collaboratively to understand your challenges, build on your strengths, and create a path forward that feels supportive, grounded, and doable.
No matter your background or how long you’ve been struggling, you deserve a space where your experiences are understood and validated. ADHD therapy can help you move from feeling overwhelmed and unsure to feeling more equipped, empowered, and confident in your daily life.
Treating ADHD through Group counseling
Sometimes it's more effective to treat ADHD through group counseling. This is because you can learn skills and techniques from others and feel less alone in your struggles.
Perhaps you are newly diagnosed with ADHD or want to view your symptoms as a strength instead of a challenge. Whatever the reason, connect with others who think like you do in our ADHD Support Group.
Here are several ways that group therapy for ADHD can benefit you:
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Instead of feeling alone, you feel connected
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Develop a built-in support system of people who understand you
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Helps to create a routine of investing in yourself
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Gives you opportunities to improve your self-growth
We love group therapy for ADHD treatment, and maybe you will too!
Your brain looks different then other people's. There are areas that are more active than other brains, meaning you think differently, process information differently, and have some challenges with organization, being impulsive, and staying on task. These challenges can also be strengths because you can see more and think differently than others. If you’re ready to get additional support, our ADHD therapists in Colorado are here to provide a safe and open space for you!
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
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ADHD therapy can help you find clarity, confidence, and tools that make daily life feel easier. If you’d like to talk to someone more about our approach to ADHD therapy, we make it easy!
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Contact us today for a free 20-minute phone consultation to learn more about our ADHD specialists, Marie Clyne, LCSW or Heather Hyland, LCSW, ACS.
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Not ready for a call? Complete our online form and we’ll be in touch with next steps.
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Begin your journey to hope and healing today!
Other Therapy Services For You at Catalyss Counseling
Your ADHD does not indicate something is wrong with you. The neurotypical space does not provide great accommodations for those of us who think and process the world differently. Counseling is a great place to start, but we know there may be other issues to explore in therapy. That's why we want to make sure you know we are here for your counseling needs in the Denver area. That's why we want to make sure you know we are here for your counseling needs in the Denver area. Our supportive therapists provide depression counseling, therapy for caregiver stress, grief and loss therapy, stress management counseling, couples counseling, men's issues, and relationship therapy. We also have specialists in trauma and PTSD, women's issues, pregnancy and postpartum depression or anxiety, pregnancy loss and miscarriage, and birth trauma. We look forward to connecting with you to help support your journey today.