ADHD Therapy and Coaching in Kitchener-Waterloo for Adults
Support for focus, follow-through, and feeling understood.
Neuro-affirming therapy and coaching for adults navigating ADHD, executive functioning, emotional regulation, overwhelm, burnout, and everyday life.
ADHD can make everyday life feel harder than it looks
Adult ADHD is not just about being distracted. It can affect focus, time management, memory, emotional regulation, motivation, follow-through, relationships, work, school, and the ability to keep up with daily responsibilities.
When ADHD is misunderstood, it can leave you feeling lazy, inconsistent, too sensitive, or like you are always falling behind. You are not broken. With the right support, you can better understand how your brain works and build strategies that feel realistic for your life.
AT COLIBRI NEUROWELLNESS, WE SUPPORT ADULTS WITH ADHD THROUGH NEURO-AFFIRMING THERAPY, COACHING, PRACTICAL TOOLS, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE.
ADHD THERAPY & COACHING | KITCHENER-WATERLOO & ONLINE
What Is ADHD Therapy and Coaching?
At Colibri NeuroWellness, ADHD therapy and coaching offer support for the real-life challenges that can come with adult ADHD, including focus, planning, procrastination, emotional regulation, overwhelm, time management, and self-trust.
Therapy can help you understand the emotional impact of ADHD, including shame, burnout, anxiety, masking, rejection sensitivity, or feeling misunderstood. Coaching can support practical strategies for routines, organization, follow-through, and everyday problem-solving.
In our warm, neuro-affirming environment, we work with your brain instead of against it. Together, we can help you build tools, insight, and support that fit the way you think, feel, and move through the world.
- Trouble starting tasks, finishing tasks, or following through on plans
- Time blindness, lateness, missed deadlines, or feeling like time disappears
- Emotional overwhelm, rejection sensitivity, frustration, or quick mood shifts
- Racing thoughts, distractibility, restlessness, or difficulty staying focused
- Messy routines, disorganization, forgetfulness, or decision fatigue
- Burnout, masking, shame, or feeling like you are always trying to catch up
ADHD THERAPY AND COACHING CAN SUPPORT YOU IN UNDERSTANDING YOUR BRAIN, BUILDING PRACTICAL STRATEGIES, AND CREATING SYSTEMS THAT FEEL MORE SUSTAINABLE.
ADHD THERAPY & COACHING | KITCHENER-WATERLOO & ONLINE
How ADHD Therapy and Coaching Can Help
Work With Your Brain,
Not Against It
Understand your ADHD patterns
Explore how ADHD shows up for you, including focus, motivation, time, memory, emotions, sensory needs, relationships, work, school, and daily routines.
Build executive functioning strategies
Develop tools for planning, prioritizing, task initiation, follow-through, organization, time management, and reducing overwhelm.
Support emotional regulation
Therapy can help you understand intense emotions, rejection sensitivity, frustration, anxiety, shame, or shutdowns with more compassion and practical support.
Reduce burnout and masking
Explore the cost of constantly pushing, hiding, overcompensating, or trying to meet expectations that do not fit how your brain works.
Create systems that feel realistic
Coaching can help you build routines, reminders, structures, and supports that are flexible enough to work in your actual life.
Strengthen self-trust
Over time, support can help you better understand your needs, advocate for yourself, and feel less defined by past struggles or missed expectations.
ADHD THERAPY & COACHING | KITCHENER-WATERLOO & ONLINE
How ADHD Therapy and Coaching Works
We use a collaborative, neuro-affirming approach that is personalized to your goals, needs, strengths, and daily life.
We Get to Know You
Your therapist or coach will take time to understand how ADHD shows up for you, including focus, motivation, routines, emotional regulation, sensory needs, work, school, relationships, burnout, and self-trust.
We Identify What Support Should Focus On
Together, we explore what feels hardest right now and what you want to feel more manageable. This may include task initiation, planning, time management, organization, emotional overwhelm, communication, or recovery from burnout.
We Build Practical Strategies
Therapy and coaching may include executive functioning tools, nervous system support, CBT-informed strategies, emotional regulation skills, routines, reminders, environmental supports, and self-compassion practices.
We Help You Move Forward
Over time, support can help you understand your ADHD with less shame, create systems that fit your brain, and feel more confident navigating daily life.
ADHD Therapy | Kitchener-Waterloo & Online
Connect With an ADHD Therapist for In-Person or Online Sessions
Heather Wesselo
MN. NP. CNE.
Nurse Practitioner
Teodora Kostadinovska
MACP, RP(Q)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Tess Ingram
BSc, MSW
Therapist
Elizabeth Scanlon
BPH, M.Sc. (OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)
Occupational Therapist
Leanna Callum
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Amy Battistone
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Di-Anne Martin
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Michelle Helder
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Melissa Aguto
M.Sc. (OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)
Occupational Therapist
Christina Kahlou
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Our therapists offer compassionate care in a safe and respectful environment where healing and lasting change can take place. We value authenticity, fostering genuine and transparent relationships with clients to support growth.
ADHD THERAPY & COACHING | KITCHENER-WATERLOO & ONLINE
FAQ About ADHD Therapy and Coaching
What is the difference between ADHD therapy and ADHD coaching?
Therapy often focuses on emotions, self-understanding, anxiety, burnout, shame, relationships, and mental health. Coaching is often more practical and strategy-based, supporting routines, planning, organization, follow-through, and executive functioning. Many adults benefit from both.
Do I need an ADHD diagnosis to start?
No. You do not need a formal ADHD diagnosis to reach out for support. If you relate to ADHD traits or executive functioning challenges, therapy or coaching may still help you understand your needs and build practical tools.
Can ADHD therapy help with anxiety or burnout?
Yes. ADHD can overlap with anxiety, perfectionism, masking, sensory overwhelm, and burnout. Therapy can help you understand these patterns and support your nervous system, emotions, boundaries, and self-trust.
Is ADHD coaching only about productivity?
No. ADHD coaching is not about forcing you to do more. It is about helping you create systems that are realistic, sustainable, and supportive of how your brain works.
Do you offer ADHD support online?
Yes. ADHD therapy and coaching may be available in person for clients in Kitchener-Waterloo and online across Ontario, depending on clinician fit and availability.
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ADHD THERAPY & COACHING | KITCHENER-WATERLOO & ONLINE
How Life Can Feel After ADHD Support
Starting ADHD therapy or coaching is a supportive step toward understanding your brain, your needs, and your capacity with more compassion.
- More clarity around how ADHD affects your focus, emotions, routines, and relationships
- Practical systems for planning, organization, reminders, and follow-through
- Less shame around procrastination, overwhelm, time blindness, or unfinished tasks
- Stronger emotional regulation and more self-compassion during hard moments
- Better understanding of burnout, masking, sensory needs, and energy limits
- More confidence advocating for what helps you function and feel supported
“ADHD coaching isn't about becoming someone else. It's about building systems that help you become more of who you already are.”
Colibri NeuroWellness
How To Get Started
You deserve to feel supported and understood, and connecting with us is simple. You can reach out in the way that works best for you.
Book a free 20-minute consultation online, send a message through the form, or contact us by phone or email.
226-212-4842
info@colibrineurowellness.com
826 King Street North, Unit 17, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 4G8
We provide in-person therapy in Waterloo and surrounding communities, including Kitchener, Cambridge, Elmira, and St. Jacobs. For those across Ontario, we also offer secure virtual therapy so you can access support from the comfort of your home.