Adult ADHD Therapy Pasadena | Skills-Based Treatment

Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates, A Psychological Corporation

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you treat adult ADHD even if I’ve never been diagnosed?

Yes. We can discuss symptoms, history, and options for evaluation and diagnosis support. Treatment can still focus on skills and functioning while you pursue formal assessment as needed .

Is this coaching or therapy?

This is psychotherapy that is skills-based and structured, often overlapping with coaching-style tools—but grounded in evidence-informed clinical care and attention to emotional health, comorbid anxiety/mood concerns, and nervous system regulation.

Do you offer telehealth for ADHD therapy?

Yes—telehealth is available across California, and structured skills-based interventions have shown feasibility and benefit when implemented well.

What if my ADHD is tangled up with anxiety, trauma, or depression?

That’s common. We treat the full picture while keeping executive function and regulation at the center so ADHD doesn’t get missed under the surface.

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Expert Adult ADHD Therapy in Pasadena + Telehealth Across California

Expert ADHD Treatment Designed for You

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Intelligence isn’t the obstacle—structure is. ADHD therapy designed for real life, real demands, and meaningful change.

You’re not lazy. You’re not “bad at life.” And you’re definitely not the only capable, high-functioning adult who can run meetings, manage teams, or hold a whole family system together—then somehow forget to reply to a two-sentence email for six days.

Adult ADHD often shows up as inconsistent access to attention, planning, follow-through, working memory, emotional regulation, and motivation—especially when stress is high or life is complicated. It can look like procrastination, overwhelm, decision fatigue, unfinished projects, chronic disorganization, time blindness, or the exhausting loop of “I know what to do… so why can’t I do it?” (American Psychological Association, n.d.; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE], 2018).

Our ADHD offering is built for adults who want real skills, not generic coping tips. We provide expert psychotherapy that targets the day-to-day friction points of ADHD—while also addressing the emotional fallout: shame, anxiety, relationship strain, burnout, and the quiet grief of feeling like you’re always one step behind your own potential.

Concierge-level care. Evidence-informed strategy. Human-first treatment.

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ADHD Isn’t a Character Flaw. It’s a Nervous System Pattern.

Adult ADHD is not simply about “attention.” It’s about self-regulation—the brain’s ability to direct attention, initiate tasks, sustain effort, shift gears, manage time, and regulate emotion when demands spike (American Psychological Association, n.d.). Many adults develop impressive compensatory strategies, but those strategies can collapse under stress, high responsibility, sleep disruption, parenting demands, or trauma history (NICE, 2018).

And here’s the problem: when ADHD is misunderstood, people get treated for the smoke (anxiety, depression, performance stress) without addressing the fire (executive function + regulation). That mismatch can keep clients stuck in cycles of insight without traction—smart, motivated, and still overwhelmed.

Our goal is to help you build repeatable systems and nervous-system-compatible skills—so progress isn’t dependent on willpower.

This program is designed to support adults who want to improve:

Follow-through: starting tasks, finishing tasks, and recovering quickly when you stall
Time management: time blindness, chronic lateness, overcommitting, underestimating
Organization: home systems, digital clutter, paperwork paralysis, “doom piles”
Focus + distraction: attention drift, device spirals, difficulty sustaining effort

Emotional regulation: irritability, rejection sensitivity, shame loops, overwhelm
Work performance: prioritization, planning, deadlines, meeting fatigue
Relationships: communication breakdowns, conflict cycles, unequal mental load
Burnout recovery: depletion from overcompensating and masking

Our Approach: Skills-Based Therapy Designed for Adult ADHD

We use a structured, skills-forward psychotherapy approach tailored for adult ADHD presentation and your actual life constraints—workload, family system, sensory profile, sleep, stress load, and comorbid anxiety or mood symptoms.

Depending on your needs, our expert and individually designed treatment program commonly integrates:

CBT adapted for ADHD
Concrete tools for planning, prioritizing, time management, task initiation, and cognitive strategies to interrupt shame-based spirals. CBT for adult ADHD is recognized as an evidence-based psychological treatment with practical skills focus (Society of Clinical Psychology, n.d.; NICE, 2018).
Regulation skills for attention and emotion
Because attention is not just a cognitive skill—it’s often a state-dependent nervous system capacity. We build strategies that support regulation so you can access focus more consistently (American Psychological Association, n.d.).
Systems that work even when motivation disappears
If your plan only works on a “good brain day,” it’s not a plan—it’s a fantasy. We help you design supports that are friction-reducing, sustainable, and personalized.
Integrated care when ADHD overlaps with anxiety, depression, trauma, or burnout
Adult ADHD commonly co-occurs with other challenges that amplify executive dysfunction and emotional distress (NICE, 2018). We treat the whole picture—without losing the ADHD thread.

Pasadena In-Person + California Telehealth Options

We offer in-person sessions in Pasadena and telehealth therapy across California, so you can get consistent support without the extra friction of travel logistics when your schedule is already maxed out. (If you’ve ever been late because you lost your keys while holding your keys, you understand why this matters.

References:

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). ADHD. https://www.apa.org/topics/adhd/

Moëll, B., et al. (2023). Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for adults with ADHD: A randomized controlled trial (as indexed on ScienceDirect). The Lancet Digital Health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782923000362

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2018). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Diagnosis and management (NICE Guideline NG87). https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87

Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12, APA). (n.d.). Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult ADHD. https://societyofclinicalpsychology.org/psychological-treatments-archive/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-for-adult-adhd/

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