ADHD Counselling Vancouver – Compassionate, Effective Therapy for Adults & Teens
Evidence-based ADHD therapy to support focus, regulation, and daily functioning.
“ADHD is not a disorder of attention, but a disorder of self-regulation.”
—Dr. Russell Barkley, clinical psychologist and leading researcher on ADHD
Living with ADHD in Vancouver
ADHD can be misunderstood and misdiagnosed, especially in adults and high-masking individuals. At Thrive Downtown, our ADHD counselling in Vancouver offers support tailored to the unique ways attention, emotion, and executive functioning show up across the lifespan. Whether you’re an adult navigating career burnout, a teen struggling with school demands, or a parent supporting a neurodivergent child, we’re here to help you understand and work with your brain—not against it.
ADHD Counselling Tailored to Your Needs
Our ADHD counselling Vancouver services use evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming approaches that integrate CBT, DBT, executive function coaching, and somatic therapy. We work collaboratively to reduce shame, increase regulation, and improve practical functioning. Therapy doesn’t aim to “fix” you—it helps you better align with your strengths and needs.
What ADHD Therapy Vancouver Can Help With
- Emotional dysregulation and mood swings
- Time management and procrastination
- Rejection sensitivity and perfectionism
- Low self-esteem and shame
- Sleep challenges and overstimulation
- Relationship struggles due to communication and distraction patterns
Whether your ADHD shows up as restlessness, paralysis, or people-pleasing, our therapists meet you where you are.
Meet Rupert Arnett, RCC – ADHD Therapist Vancouver
Rupert is one of our go-to ADHD counsellors in Vancouver. As both a clinician and someone with lived neurodivergent experience, he creates a space where clients feel genuinely seen. If your brain jumps tabs faster than Chrome at midnight, if you’re exhausted from masking or craving someone who understands the chaos and creativity of ADHD—Rupert gets it. He offers ADHD therapy Vancouver clients can trust: practical, compassionate, and identity-affirming.
Rupert specializes in:
- Supporting adults with late-diagnosed ADHD
- Time blindness, burnout, and executive dysfunction
- ADHD and co-occurring anxiety or RSD
- Communication support for ADHD relationships
- Coaching tools grounded in self-trust and nervous system care
Neurodivergent-Affirming Support
We don’t pathologize difference. Our ADHD therapy in Vancouver is grounded in a strengths-based, identity-affirming approach that recognizes the diversity of human minds. Many of our clients are exploring how ADHD intersects with giftedness, trauma, autism, gender diversity, or cultural identity. Our goal is to help you understand your nervous system and create systems of support.
ADHD Support for Parents & Partners
If you’re a parent of a neurodivergent child or the partner of someone with ADHD, therapy can offer tools for connection, boundaries, and communication. Understanding ADHD doesn’t just help the person with the diagnosis—it helps everyone around them. We support parents navigating school IEPs and partners trying to bridge disconnects caused by different brain styles.
How to Get Started with ADHD Counselling Vancouver
We offer in-person ADHD counselling in downtown Vancouver, as well as online therapy for clients across BC. We’ll match you with a clinician who understands ADHD from both clinical and lived experience. Book a free consult to explore fit, ask questions, and start designing support that works for you.
Why ADHD Therapy Matters
Without support, ADHD can quietly shape a lifetime of missed potential, misunderstood relationships, and internalized shame. Therapy isn’t just about coping—it’s about rewriting the narrative. Our ADHD counselling in Vancouver helps you reclaim your story, identify your strengths, and build strategies that reflect who you really are. You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. Your brain just plays by different rules—and we’re here to help you learn how to work with it.
ADHD Counselling Vancouver for Adults Who Feel Misunderstood
ADHD isn’t just about distraction—it’s about feeling like your brain works on a different frequency. Our ADHD counselling Vancouver services help adults untangle chronic overwhelm, perfectionism, and emotional whiplash. We explore the nervous system’s patterns, build shame-free executive functioning tools, and support you in rewriting your story from scattered to self-led.
FAQ – ADHD Counselling Vancouver
What does ADHD counselling Vancouver involve?
We offer a mix of talk therapy, coaching, and practical tools that target executive function, emotional regulation, and self-understanding. Sessions are personalized to meet your needs.
Is ADHD therapy only for people with a formal diagnosis?
Not at all. Many of our clients are self-identified or exploring ADHD traits for the first time. We welcome anyone who relates to neurodivergence.
Can you support kids or teens with ADHD?
Yes. We work with children, adolescents, and families. Our clinicians have experience supporting young people through school challenges, anxiety, and peer relationships.
How is your approach different?
We practice from a neurodiversity-affirming lens, which means we don’t treat ADHD as a deficit. We focus on adaptation, strengths, and helping you build systems that work.
What if I’m not sure whether I have ADHD?
That’s completely okay. Counselling can be a space to explore your experiences and get clarity. We can also refer you to diagnostic professionals if needed.
What can I expect from ADHD counselling Vancouver sessions?
Sessions are tailored to your needs. We address executive dysfunction, emotional regulation, time blindness, and patterns of overcommitment or burnout using evidence-based approaches like CBT, DBT, and somatic tools.
Is ADHD counselling Vancouver only for diagnosed individuals?
Not at all. Many clients come to ADHD counselling Vancouver while exploring whether ADHD is part of their story. A formal diagnosis isn’t required to benefit from therapy.
Do you offer ADHD counselling Vancouver for adults with high-functioning symptoms?
Yes. We frequently work with clients who are successful on the surface but struggling internally with organization, focus, or emotional regulation—often undiagnosed until adulthood.
How does ADHD therapy differ from coaching?
ADHD counselling Vancouver focuses on emotional patterns, identity, trauma, and self-worth in addition to practical strategies. It goes deeper than productivity tips, creating long-term change.
Can ADHD counselling Vancouver help with relationships and communication?
Absolutely. Many clients come to therapy to work on ADHD-related impacts in relationships—like forgetfulness, impulsivity, or feeling misunderstood by partners.
