ADHD IN HIGH-FUNCTIONING WOMEN
It’s not a character flaw. It’s neurodiversity.
You’ve always felt different—but learned to hide it well. You overcompensate, work twice as hard, and keep the chaos out of sight. From the outside, you look high-achieving and put-together. On the inside? You’re overwhelmed, exhausted, and constantly wondering:
Why can’t I just get it together?
Therapy for Women with ADHD
(Diagnosed or Suspected)
Many women go undiagnosed for years because their ADHD doesn’t look like the stereotypes.
It looks like:
1.
Burnout from masking and overcompensating constantly pushing yourself to appear “together” while feeling exhausted underneath.
2.
Emotional sensitivity and rejection overwhelm feeling deeply affected by criticism, silence, or even small shifts in relationships.
3.
Difficulty starting or finishing tasks everyday responsibilities pile up — laundry, emails, projects — leaving you feeling stuck.
4.
Disorganized, forgetful, or labeled “lazy” deadlines, appointments, and routines slip through the cracks, despite your best efforts.
Spoiler: you're not lazy. Your brain is wired differently—and once we understand how, we can work with it, not against it.
Therapy for High-Functioning Adults in New York City (and surrounding statewide areas)
Flexible, collaborative, and rooted in your lived experience. We currently offer:
1:1 Therapy for High-Functioning Adults
Weekly or bi-weekly sessions that focus on complex trauma, relational patterns, ADHD masking, and burnout.
Group Therapy for
Boundary-Setters
Supportive, therapist-led groups focused on healing people-pleasing, building emotional boundaries, and reconnecting with self.
Personalized Tools
Together, we’ll come up with strategies that make sense for you. This isn’t one-size-fits-all therapy. It’s built around your real needs and your goals.
Understanding your patterns is the first step toward compassion
In therapy, we help you:
Identify how ADHD shows up uniquely for you
Learn nervous system-regulation skills that actually work
Rebuild your self-worth outside of productivity
Release shame and internalized criticism
You’ve spent years trying to “fix” yourself. What if there’s nothing wrong with you? What if you just need support that’s built for your brain?
“Irene is an outstanding clinician who anyone would be lucky to have! Her overlapping specialities in ADHD and trauma make her an incredible asset to the field. Her authenticity and vulnerability is so valuable and refreshing!"
- Kendall Bierman, LMHC-D
This work is for you if:
You suspect you might have ADHD (diagnosed or not)
You mask constantly and feel exhausted by it
You live in cycles of hyperfocus and burnout
You’ve internalized a lot of shame about being “too much” or “not enough”
You are not broken. You’ve been adapting.
And it’s time for that to change. We’ll help you explore your neurodivergence with curiosity and self-trust—so you can stop apologizing for who you are, and start working with how you’re wired.
Not sure if it’s ADHD?
That’s okay. Therapy can help you unpack what’s going on beneath the surface—whether it’s ADHD, anxiety, trauma, or all of the above.
You Don't Need
to Earn Rest
If you were raised in a home where emotional safety wasn't a given, or you learned to earn love through achievement, it's no surprise you're exhausted. Here, we create space to slow down, soften, and make sense of it all—not by fixing who you are, but by healing what you've been carrying.
Many of our clients arrive feeling like they've checked every box but still feel unfulfilled. They're leaders, caregivers, creatives—people who know how to push through, but not how to pause.