adhd. focus. rejection sensitivity. the mind that won't switch off.
ADHD therapy for adults. Keep the speed, lose the damage.
You're looking for ADHD therapy that goes further than medication and coping tips. Maybe you've been diagnosed, maybe you're on a waiting list, maybe you just recognise every trait. The way you're wired has carried you a long way. The patterns built around it are now costing you more than they give. I use hypnotherapy for ADHD and EMDR to change those patterns at the root, with or without medication, privately near Maidstone, Kent, or online.
- MSc Psychology
- MSc Communication, Behaviour & Credibility Analysis
- Diploma in Hypnotherapy (DHP)
- EMDR Practitioner
- Certified Hypnotherapist (CHyp)
- Master NLP Practitioner (MNLP)
- Member of the Complementary Medical Association (MCMA)
- Master Transformational Coach
- Published Author
- 25+ years in business & personal development
- Outskirts of Maidstone - Kent Practice
- London Clinic
- World Wide - Online or In Person
I've been where you are. That's not a line.
Before working with others, I had to do this work myself. For a long time I was good at the external picture. I had a career in photography, working with national magazines, then built and ran a marketing agency for over two decades. By most measures, it looked like things were going well. Underneath that, something else was running. Patterns I did not fully understand, reactions I could not always explain, a quiet but persistent sense that something was off despite the evidence to the contrary.
It took doing the work at a deep level to understand what was actually driving it. That experience changed the direction of everything. I spent years training across psychology, hypnotherapy, NLP, behavioural analysis and human communication, not to collect credentials, but because I wanted to understand precisely how these patterns form, how they hold, and how to shift them at the level they actually live.
Many of the people I work with are high achievers with ADHD traits. Some have a diagnosis, some are on a waiting list, some have never had a label and don't want one. What they share is that the way they're wired has taken them a long way, and the patterns built around it have started to cost more than they give. I don't treat ADHD as a deficit. I treat it as an engine that needs the right handling.
Sessions are private, direct, and built entirely around you. No worksheets. No therapy-speak. The work, and nothing else.
ADHD isn't the problem. The patterns built around it are.
Most adults with ADHD traits have spent years compensating: effort, speed, last-minute adrenaline, being the one who copes. It works, until the cost catches up. Burnout, a short fuse, criticism that lands like a blow, starting everything and finishing little.
The wiring doesn't need fixing. It's what makes you quick, creative and good in a crisis. What I change are the reactions and habits laid down on top of it, so you keep the strengths and lose what they've been costing you.
Talking about problems doesn't solve them.
Changing the patterns that create them does.
Where ADHD traits cost people most.
Focus, emotion, time and impulse. The traits are wired in, but how they play out is learned. Much of it is stored below conscious thought as automatic reactions and old memories of getting it wrong. That's the level hypnotherapy and EMDR are built to reach.
Focus & Follow-Through
You start brilliantly and finish rarely. The work that matters most is the work you can't make yourself begin, until panic arrives and does it for you. You're not lazy. Your brain runs on interest and urgency, and nobody ever showed you how to work with that instead of against it.
Rejection Sensitivity
A comment that would roll off someone else hits you like a physical blow. You replay it for days, rehearse what you should have said, and quietly decide never to put yourself in that position again. It's one of the most painful parts of ADHD, and one of the most changeable.
Emotional Reactivity
Nought to a hundred before you've had a chance to think. The short fuse with people who move slowly, the frustration that spills over at home, the guilt afterwards. The reaction fires faster than reason can catch it, which is why trying harder to stay calm hasn't worked.
A Mind That Won't Switch Off
Busy all day, louder at night. You scroll, drink or work until you're tired enough to drop, then wake up already behind. Rest feels like wasted time, so you never quite get any, and the tiredness becomes part of who you think you are.
Time & Procrastination
You're either early and agitated or late and apologising. Deadlines only become real the day before. You've built a whole working life on last-minute adrenaline, and it's starting to cost more than it pays.
Impulsivity & Habits
The decision made in a minute and unpicked over weeks. The spending, the drinking, the new project that replaces the last one. You know the pattern and you can explain it. Something underneath keeps resetting it, no matter how many times you decide this time will be different.
- Task Paralysis
- Procrastination
- Hyperfocus Crashes
- Unfinished Projects
- Distractibility
- Time Blindness
- Overwhelm
- Decision Paralysis
- Inconsistent Output
- Losing Track
- Rejection Sensitivity
- Short Fuse
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Shame & Guilt
- Mood Swings
- Frustration
- Overthinking
- Perfectionism
- Fear of Failure
- Low Self-Worth
- Forgetting What Matters
- Feeling Misunderstood
- Conflict at Home
- Partner Frustration
- Masking
- People Pleasing
- Intense Relationships
- Social Exhaustion
- Parenting Pressure
- Loneliness
- Impulsive Spending
- Alcohol & Substances
- Phone & Screen Use
- Emotional Eating
- Risk-Taking
- Novelty Seeking
- Quitting Early
- Self-Sabotage
- Interrupting
- Sleep Problems
- Crisis-Driven Working
- Leadership Pressure
- Imposter Syndrome
- Burnout
- Boredom
- Career Hopping
- Admin Avoidance
- Missed Deadlines
- Underachieving
- Creative Block
- Anxiety
- Low Mood
- Past Trauma
- Late Diagnosis Grief
- Autistic Traits
- Perimenopause
- Chronic Stress
- Exhaustion
- Identity Questions
- Waiting List Limbo
A different kind of process
The work is precise, not abstract. Clinical hypnotherapy for the automatic reactions and habits held below conscious thought. EMDR for the stored memories that keep them firing: years of being told you're lazy, too much, not trying hard enough. I use one, the other or both, depending on what you need.
Map the pattern
ADHD traits look similar from the outside, but the patterns built on them differ from person to person. In the first session we work out what's actually costing you, where it started and what we're changing first.
Work below conscious thought
Hypnotherapy reaches the level where the reaction is automated: the freeze before a task, the flash of anger, the 2am mind. EMDR clears the memories that set those reactions in place. We use one, the other, or both.
Keep the strengths
The aim isn't to make you less of who you are. It's to keep the speed, creativity and instinct, and stop the patterns that have been taxing them.
ADHD therapy for adults. What people ask first.
Most people who get in touch have already tried something. These are the questions they usually ask before they do.
Do I need an ADHD diagnosis?
No. I work with people who've been diagnosed, people on waiting lists and people who simply recognise the traits. The patterns are the same either way, and so is the work. You don't need a referral to get in touch.
I'm on ADHD medication. Is this still for me?
Yes. Medication can sharpen focus, and if it works for you, keep taking it. What it doesn't do is change patterns built over years: the reactions, the habits, the voice that says you're too much. That's the work I do, and it runs alongside medication or without it.
Can hypnotherapy help with ADHD?
Hypnotherapy doesn't change how you're wired. It changes what's been built on top: the freeze before a task, the overreaction, the habits you use to quieten a busy mind. It's focused, active work, not sitting still and talking.
What does EMDR do for ADHD?
Most adults with ADHD carry years of stored moments: being told off, written off, called lazy or too much. Those memories keep the rejection sensitivity and the shame firing. EMDR reprocesses them so they stop setting the tone.
How many sessions will I need?
Usually fewer than people expect. Many notice a real shift within a handful of sessions. A long history, or several things layered together, takes longer. After the first conversation I'll tell you honestly which you're looking at.
Where do sessions take place?
At my practice near Harrietsham, just outside Maidstone. Hypnotherapy can also be done online. EMDR is in person only.
When is this not the right place to start?
If you are in crisis, or having thoughts of harming yourself, please do not wait for a session. Call Samaritans free on 116 123, day or night, or call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. In an emergency, call 999.
Start the conversation
A free 15-minute call. We use it to look at how your ADHD traits are showing up and whether hypnotherapy, EMDR or both is the right fit. No pressure and no pitch, just a straight conversation so I can tell you honestly whether I can help.