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ADHD Therapy for Adults

Living with ADHD is about more than difficulty focusing.
You may know exactly what you need to do and still find yourself unable to start. You may be highly capable in some areas and completely overwhelmed by others. You may move between periods of intense focus and periods when even small tasks feel impossible.
For many adults, particularly those diagnosed later in life, understanding ADHD can bring both relief and grief.
There was a reason this was so hard.
And sometimes: Why did it take me so long to understand myself?
Foxfire Therapy offers neurodivergence-affirming therapy for adults with ADHD who want to understand themselves more deeply, reduce shame, and build systems and relationships that work with their brains rather than against them.

How ADHD shows up

ADHD can show up in many ways. You may experience:

  • Difficulty starting or completing tasks
  • Time blindness or difficulty estimating how long things will take
  • Forgetfulness or losing track of responsibilities
  • Executive-function challenges
  • Procrastination despite caring deeply about the outcome
  • Hyperfocus followed by exhaustion
  • Emotional intensity or difficulty regulating emotions
  • Rejection sensitivity
  • Chronic overwhelm or burnout
  • Difficulty maintaining routines
  • Problems with organization or prioritization
  • Relationship misunderstandings
  • Shame about inconsistency or perceived underachievement
You may also have developed years of strategies for compensating—masking, over-preparing, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or pushing yourself far beyond what is sustainable.

ADHD and identity

An ADHD diagnosis can change the way you understand your own history.
You may begin looking back at school, work, relationships, parenting, or creative pursuits differently. You may grieve the years spent believing you were lazy, disorganized, unreliable, or simply “not trying hard enough.”
Therapy can be a place to hold both sides of that experience: the relief of understanding yourself differently and the grief that can accompany that understanding.
Together, we may:
  • Explore how ADHD has affected your sense of self
  • Reduce shame around executive-function differences
  • Identify strengths as well as challenges
  • Develop practical strategies for routines, planning, and follow-through
  • Explore emotional regulation and rejection sensitivity
  • Work with perfectionism and overcompensation
  • Navigate relationships and communication
  • Address burnout and chronic overwhelm
  • Explore work, creativity, and environments that support your brain
  • Reconsider expectations that may no longer serve you

Our Approach to ADHD

The goal isn’t to make you appear less ADHD.
Instead, we can explore how to build a life that accommodates the way your brain works while still supporting the things that matter to you.
Sometimes that means learning new strategies. Sometimes it means changing an environment, expectation, relationship, or definition of success.
And sometimes it means letting go of years of shame.

Who this work is for

ADHD therapy may be helpful if you:
  • Were recently diagnosed as an adult
  • Are questioning whether ADHD explains some of your experiences
  • Feel overwhelmed by executive-function demands
  • Are experiencing ADHD-related burnout
  • Struggle with relationships, boundaries, or emotional regulation
  • Want to understand how ADHD has shaped your identity
  • Are tired of relying on crisis, perfectionism, or adrenaline to get things done

Your brain is not a problem you need to overcome before you can build a meaningful life. Therapy can help you understand what you need—and create more room for the way you naturally work.

Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

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Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

Learn More

Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

Learn More

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