Ellie, a writer, speaker, and neuro-inclusion consultant talks about the symptoms that anxiety alone never fully explained. She describes the simple, curious question that prompted her to look into neurodivergence, and how her diagnoses in her twenties gave new meaning to therapies she once thought had failed.
Ellie’s experience is far from rare. More than half of U.S. adults with current ADHD were first diagnosed at 18 or older, with many arriving in therapy for something else entirely. Our e-book pairs Ellie’s lived experience with current research to help you recognize when a presenting concern may not tell the whole story, and what to do once a diagnosis enters the picture.
In this e-book
- Why ADHD and autism can go unrecognized into adulthood, including the role of stereotypes and co-occurring anxiety and depression
- How to decide when to screen, assess within your scope, or refer
- What masking can look like in and out of the therapy room, and what to ask instead of asking about ability
- How to revisit treatment goals after a diagnosis
- Ways to support clients through the work of making sense of diagnoses
