ADHD & neurodivergence therapy
Culturally responsive adult ADHD therapy for executive functioning, emotional regulation, masking, burnout, and self-trust—in Richardson and virtually across Texas.
your brain is not broken
Build Systems That Fit
Develop flexible approaches to time, organization, routines, and task completion based on how your brain functions—not how you have been told it should function.
Notice Your Needs Earlier
Recognize emotional, sensory, and environmental needs before overwhelm becomes avoidance, shutdown, conflict, or burnout.
Rebuild Trust in Yourself
Replace years of shame and self-criticism with a clearer understanding of your patterns, strengths, limitations, and capacity for meaningful change.
therapists for ADHD & neurodivergence
Shivani Solanki Patel, M.S., LPC, MT-BC | Clinical Director
Peyton Sutton, M.S., LPC, LMHC
Baylen Roundtree, M.A., LPC
Ayesha Kadri, M.A., LPC
Shreya Aggarwal, M.A., LPC
Sanjana Iyer, M.A., LPC Associate
Skye Adams-Thomas, M.S., LPC Associate
Sylvia Kim, M.S., LPC Associate
When Everything Takes More Effort Than Anyone Can See
Are you working twice as hard to manage time, focus, emotions, responsibilities, and expectations while still feeling as though you are falling behind?
You may procrastinate until urgency takes over, lose track of time, forget responsibilities, or become overwhelmed by tasks that appear simple to everyone else. Perhaps you move between distraction and intense hyperfocus, leaving little energy for your relationships, routines, or yourself.
Years of being called careless, inconsistent, overly sensitive, or “full of potential” may have shaped how you see yourself. You may have learned to hide your difficulties through perfectionism, overpreparation, people-pleasing, or constant self-monitoring.
You are not failing at being a person. You may need support that works with your brain.
Intentional Therapy offers adult ADHD and neurodivergence therapy in person in Richardson and virtually across Texas, depending on clinician availability.
The goal is not to turn you into someone who never forgets, becomes overwhelmed, or needs support. It is to help you create a life that does not require constant masking, crisis-driven productivity, or punishment to keep moving.
As you understand your patterns, you can make more intentional choices about your environment, commitments, relationships, and routines. Progress may look like beginning sooner, recovering more gently, asking for help earlier, or no longer treating every difficult day as evidence that you have failed.
Build a Life That Fits
How ADHD Can Affect Daily Life
Adult ADHD reaches beyond attention. It can influence how you experience time, emotions, relationships, responsibilities, and your sense of self.
Starting and Completing Tasks
Knowing what needs to be done but feeling unable to begin, organize the steps, or maintain momentum until the task is finished.
Emotional Regulation
Experiencing frustration, rejection, criticism, excitement, or disappointment with an intensity that can feel difficult to manage or explain.
Time and Working Memory
Underestimating how long something will take, losing track of appointments, forgetting information, or feeling as though responsibilities disappear when they are not visible.
Masking and Perfectionism
Overpreparing, rehearsing, people-pleasing, or appearing highly organized to prevent others from noticing how difficult daily functioning feels internally.
Hyperfocus and Exhaustion
Becoming deeply absorbed in one task while losing awareness of time, physical needs, competing responsibilities, or the energy required to recover afterward.
Relationships and Communication
Interrupting, forgetting conversations, missing cues, withdrawing when overwhelmed, or struggling to explain needs without feeling defensive or ashamed.
When Everything Takes More Effort Than Anyone Can See
Are you working twice as hard to manage time, focus, emotions, responsibilities, and expectations while still feeling as though you are falling behind?
You may procrastinate until urgency takes over, lose track of time, forget responsibilities, or become overwhelmed by tasks that appear simple to everyone else. Perhaps you move between distraction and intense hyperfocus, leaving little energy for your relationships, routines, or yourself.
Years of being called careless, inconsistent, overly sensitive, or “full of potential” may have shaped how you see yourself. You may have learned to hide your difficulties through perfectionism, overpreparation, people-pleasing, or constant self-monitoring.
You are not failing at being a person. You may need support that works with your brain.
Intentional Therapy offers adult ADHD and neurodivergence therapy in person in Richardson and virtually across Texas, depending on clinician availability.
Understand the Story Beneath the Struggle
Living with ADHD or another form of neurodivergence can affect how you understand years of criticism, missed expectations, unfinished goals, or feeling different without knowing why.
Culture, gender, race, and family expectations may also influence whether your difficulties were noticed, dismissed, or hidden. You may have been expected to remain accomplished, obedient, responsible, or emotionally controlled even when maintaining that image required enormous effort.
Therapy can help you explore:
The difference between executive-functioning challenges and a lack of effort
How criticism or misunderstanding shaped your self-esteem
Why certain environments make functioning easier or harder
How masking and overcompensating contribute to burnout
Which expectations reflect your values and which were inherited from others
How to advocate for your needs without viewing them as excuses
Understanding your patterns can help you replace self-blame with more accurate language, realistic expectations, and meaningful support.
What You Can Build Through Therapy
• More sustainable systems for time, routines, and responsibilities
• Greater awareness of emotional and sensory needs
• Practical strategies for beginning and completing tasks
• Clearer communication and more supportive boundaries
• Reduced shame around inconsistency, overwhelm, and executive functioning
• Greater trust in your ability to make decisions and navigate daily life
• A more compassionate and accurate understanding of your brain
Our Approach to ADHD and Neurodivergence Therapy
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We do not treat difference as personal failure. Therapy helps you understand your needs while respecting the strengths, complexities, and challenges of your neurotype.
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Together, we identify practical strategies for task initiation, organization, transitions, time awareness, and follow-through.
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We explore emotional intensity, rejection sensitivity, sensory overwhelm, masking, perfectionism, and the exhaustion of constantly compensating.
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We consider how family roles, cultural values, gender expectations, race, work, and academic pressure influence your experience of neurodivergence.
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Item descriptionYour therapist will work with you to establish goals and select strategies based on your specific needs, environment, strengths, and lived experience.
Important Note: Therapy for ADHD-related concerns should not be presented as formal psychological testing or diagnosis unless a qualified Intentional Therapy clinician is specifically providing that service.
THE PROCESS
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free consultation
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first session
personalized treatment plan
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ongoing therapy
You Do Not Have to Earn Support by Becoming More Productive
Your needs remain valid on the days when your systems work and the days when they do not.