Adult ADHD rarely looks like the stereotype. It looks like twelve open tabs and a missed deadline, a brilliant start and a stalled finish, bills paid late by someone who is perfectly capable of paying them. It looks like years of being told you have so much potential.
Peace Love Wellness offers online therapy for adults with ADHD across New York — whether you were diagnosed as a kid, diagnosed last month, or are only starting to wonder. Three of our clinicians work with ADHD and are accepting new clients.
You do not need a formal diagnosis to start therapy. If these patterns are getting in your way, that is enough to work with.
Most adults with ADHD have already tried the systems: the apps, the planners, the alarms. Strategies matter, and we work on them. But they tend to stick only once the layer underneath gets attention — the shame, the anxiety, the exhaustion of compensating, and the story you have been telling yourself about why things are hard.
Therapy here does both. We build practical approaches around how your attention actually works, and we make room for what years of struggling quietly have cost you.
Ryn Cagle, LMHC, works with ADHD and autistic adults in an affirming way, including masking, burnout, and late identification. Zaire Smalls, MHC-LP, works with ADHD and focus-related challenges using CBT and DBT skills. Karen Garcia, MHC-LP, has experience working with ADHD and autistic clients and offers sessions in English or Spanish.
All three are accepting new clients. Zaire and Karen also see teens ages 16 and 17.
We offer therapy for ADHD. We do not offer formal ADHD evaluations, and our clinicians are therapists, so they do not prescribe medication. Many clients do therapy alongside medication managed by a psychiatrist or primary care provider, and many do therapy on its own. If you want an evaluation or want to explore medication, we can talk through how to find the right provider while therapy continues.
Neurodivergent-Affirming TherapyAll sessions are online for clients located in New York — no commute to forget or run late for. Many clients use insurance. We are in-network with Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross (including Excellus, Highmark, and out-of-state BlueCard plans), Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan. Coverage varies by plan and clinician, and we help clarify options before you begin.
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Currently accepting new clients
CBT and DBT skills for focus, follow-through, and emotional regulation, for teens ages 16+ and adults.
Currently accepting new clients
Practical, strengths-based support for ADHD at work, school, and home, for teens ages 16+ and adults, in English or Spanish.
Currently accepting new clients
Sessions are online for clients located in New York. We review clinical fit, insurance, and current openings before you begin. Insurance & Fees · Get Started
Questions we hear from adults with ADHD, and adults who think they might have it.
No. You can start therapy whether you are diagnosed, self-identified, or unsure. We work with the patterns that are getting in your way, such as focus, follow-through, overwhelm, and emotional intensity, whatever they end up being called.
Therapy can help with or without medication. It focuses on skills, routines that fit your brain, emotional regulation, and the shame and anxiety that often come with ADHD. Some people find medication helpful as well; that is a decision to make with a prescriber, and therapy can continue alongside it.
No. We do not offer formal ADHD evaluations, and our clinicians are therapists, so they do not prescribe medication. If you want an evaluation or want to explore medication, we can talk through how to find a psychiatrist or other provider, and coordinate with them if you would like.
Ryn Cagle, LMHC, Zaire Smalls, MHC-LP, and Karen Garcia, MHC-LP, work with ADHD, and all three are accepting new clients. Karen offers sessions in English or Spanish, and Zaire and Karen also see teens ages 16 and 17.
They overlap, and the same clinicians offer both. This page is about ADHD specifically: attention, follow-through, and the emotional side of living with it. Our neurodivergent-affirming therapy page speaks more broadly to ADHD, autistic, and AuDHD adults, including identity, masking, and late identification.
Many clients use insurance for therapy at Peace Love Wellness. We are in-network with Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross (including Excellus, Highmark, and out-of-state BlueCard plans), Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan. Coverage varies by plan and clinician, and we help clarify your options before you begin.
What usually helps is not more effort but a different kind of support. Tell us a little about what you're looking for, and we'll help match you with a clinician who feels like the right fit.