Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment in Kentucky
Have you been looking for a therapist to help reduce the impact or learn more about your ADHD in Kentucky?
Living with ADHD can impact focus, motivation, emotions, relationships, and self-esteem. New Step Therapy is located in Lexington, KY and provides therapy options in person and online throughout Kentucky to help individuals learn more about their ADHD symptoms and reduce the impact it has on their daily functioning.
What is ADHD?
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, and executive functioning. ADHD can show up differently in teens and adults and is often misunderstood or misdiagnosed as anxiety, depression, or “lack of motivation.” ADHD can also present with symptoms similar to trauma/PTSD and is important to be evaluated and thoroughly by a mental health professional. ADHD subtypes include predominately inattentive (previously called ADD), hyperactivity/impulsivity, or combination of both. Symptoms may include the following:
Difficulty sustaining attention or focus
Frequently losing or misplacing items
Trouble starting or finishing tasks
Chronic procrastination or task avoidance
Feeling mentally overwhelmed or scattered
Forgetfulness with appointments or responsibilities
Poor time management or “time blindness”
Difficulty organizing thoughts, tasks, or spaces
Impulsivity in speech, decisions, or spending
Restlessness or feeling internally “on edge”
Emotional sensitivity or intense reactions
Low frustration tolerance
Trouble following through on plans
Feeling bored easily, even with important tasks
Low self-esteem from years of feeling behind or misunderstood
Impulsive with decision making or reckless behaviors
Our ADHD experts:
Learn more about how New Step Therapy can help you with reduce the impact of your ADHD symptoms today!
How ADHD Therapy Can Help
Therapy for ADHD helps teens and adults better understand how their brain works while building practical skills to manage daily challenges. At New Step Therapy, ADHD counseling focuses on improving attention, organization, emotional regulation, and follow-through in a supportive, non-judgmental environment. Through evidence-based approaches such as CBT and DBT skills, clients learn strategies to reduce procrastination, manage overwhelm, and strengthen self-esteem. ADHD therapy also addresses co-occurring concerns like anxiety, trauma, or depression, which often intensify ADHD symptoms. New Step Therapy offers ADHD therapy in Lexington, Kentucky, as well as online ADHD counseling across Kentucky, helping individuals create routines and coping tools that support long-term success and emotional well-being. ADHD therapy focuses on both practical skills and emotional support. These skills may include identifying skills and building strategies to help with improve:
improve time management
relationship dynamics/functionings
emotion regulation skills
decision making
motivation and accountability
impulse control
improve self-esteem/confidence
Our approach to treating ADHD at New Step Therapy
New Step Therapy uses a neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed approach to ADHD treatment. Our therapist utilizes modalities that includes cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), solution focused, problem solving, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and more to help reduce the impact ADHD symptoms have on your life both virtually throughout Kentucky and in person in our Lexington, KY office. We currently have expert providers serving teens and adults starting at around age 11 and up.
Start your therapy journey today with New Step Therapy!
Book your first session or a free consultation with us online today!