Adult ADHD Therapy in Ohio
Because ADHD affects a lot more than your attention.
ADHD is often described in terms of distractibility, procrastination, forgetfulness, and difficulty staying organized.
And while those are certainly part of the picture, they don't tell the whole story.
ADHD can also affect how you experience and regulate emotions, navigate relationships, respond to stress, and manage the expectations you place on yourself. Sometimes the most challenging parts of ADHD have very little to do with attention at all.
At Imperfect Human Counseling, I offer virtual ADHD therapy for adults throughout Ohio. My approach combines practical strategies with a deeper understanding of the emotional and psychological experiences that often accompany ADHD.
The goal isn't to turn you into a productivity machine. It's to help you better understand yourself, develop tools that fit your life, and build a healthier relationship with your brain.
What Can ADHD Therapy Help With?
No two people experience ADHD exactly the same way. Some adults struggle most with executive functioning, while others find that emotional overwhelm, self-criticism, or relationship difficulties have a greater impact on their daily lives.
ADHD therapy can address a variety of challenges, including:
Emotional Regulation & Rejection Sensitivity
ADHD isn't just about managing attention. For some adults, emotions can feel particularly intense, difficult to regulate, or hard to move past.
This might show up as frustration that escalates quickly, feeling especially sensitive to perceived criticism, or replaying interactions long after they've ended.
Therapy can help you identify emotional patterns, develop regulation strategies, and respond to difficult experiences without automatically turning them into evidence that something is wrong with you.
Executive Functioning & Procrastination
Knowing what you need to do and actually doing it are two very different things.
Executive functioning challenges can affect task initiation, planning, organization, prioritization, working memory, and time management.
Rather than relying on another generic productivity system, we'll explore what's getting in the way and develop approaches that work with your strengths, needs, and circumstances.
Perfectionism & Self-Criticism
ADHD and perfectionism can create a particularly frustrating combination.
You might struggle to get started because you want to do something correctly, avoid tasks that feel overwhelming, or hold yourself to standards that leave little room for mistakes.
Therapy can help you understand these patterns, challenge unhelpful expectations, and develop more flexible ways of approaching yourself and your responsibilities.
ADHD Burnout & Masking
Constantly compensating for executive functioning challenges, managing expectations, and trying to keep up can take a toll.
For some adults, masking ADHD-related difficulties becomes so automatic that they don't recognize how much energy they're spending trying to appear organized, consistent, or unaffected.
We'll explore the patterns contributing to exhaustion, identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary demands, and work toward a more sustainable relationship with productivity, rest, and expectations.
Anxiety, Relationships & Self-Esteem
ADHD rarely exists in isolation.
Repeated experiences of frustration, criticism, misunderstandings, or feeling different can influence self-esteem, relationships, and the way you interpret your own behavior.
Therapy can help you untangle these experiences, understand how ADHD interacts with anxiety and relationship patterns, and develop ways of communicating your needs more effectively.
ADHD in Women & Late-Diagnosed Adults
ADHD doesn't always present in the ways people traditionally expect.
Some women and adults diagnosed later in life have developed effective ways of compensating for difficulties with attention, organization, or executive functioning.
Others may have initially sought support for anxiety, depression, emotional overwhelm, or burnout without recognizing that ADHD could be contributing to the picture.
Receiving an ADHD diagnosis in adulthood can bring relief and clarity, but it may also lead to new questions.
How has ADHD influenced your experiences? Which patterns are connected to ADHD, and which developed in response to years of trying to manage those challenges? What does it look like to approach yourself differently moving forward?
These are all things we can explore in therapy.
And while I have a particular interest in how ADHD presents in women, my practice welcomes adults of all gender identities.
My Approach to Adult ADHD Therapy
I'm Celena Tunila, LPCC, ADHD-CCSP, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider.
At Imperfect Human Counseling, ADHD therapy is collaborative, individualized, and neuroaffirming.
That means we're not approaching ADHD as a collection of flaws that need to be corrected.
Instead, we'll work toward understanding how ADHD affects your life, identifying challenges that deserve attention, and recognizing strengths that can support meaningful change.
Depending on your needs, our work might involve:
Developing strategies for executive functioning and everyday responsibilities.
Building emotional awareness and regulation skills.
Addressing perfectionism, self-criticism, and unhelpful thinking patterns.
Exploring the impact of masking, burnout, and chronic stress.
Improving communication, boundaries, and relationship patterns.
Processing past experiences that continue to influence how you see yourself.
Some sessions may be practical and skills-focused. Others might involve exploring emotions, relationships, or patterns that have developed over time.
Often, it's a combination.
There's no universal ADHD therapy formula, and what works for someone else might not be what works for you.
Do You Need an ADHD Diagnosis to Start Therapy?
No, a formal ADHD diagnosis isn't required to begin therapy.
Some clients have known about their ADHD for years. Others are newly diagnosed, questioning whether ADHD might explain their experiences, or simply looking for support with challenges involving executive functioning, emotional regulation, and overwhelm.
We can explore those concerns together without assuming ADHD is necessarily the explanation for everything.
If you're specifically interested in a diagnostic evaluation, I also offer comprehensive adult ADHD testing through Imperfect Human Counseling.
Learn more about virtual adult ADHD testing in Ohio.
Virtual ADHD Therapy Throughout Ohio
Imperfect Human Counseling provides online ADHD therapy for adults located throughout Ohio, including Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, and surrounding communities.
Sessions are conducted virtually through a secure telehealth platform.
Individual Therapy Rates
Initial intake session: $200
Ongoing therapy sessions: $180
IHC is a private-pay practice. Superbills are available for clients who want to explore potential out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
Getting Started With ADHD Therapy
Whether you're interested in developing practical strategies, working through the emotional impact of ADHD, or simply understanding yourself better, therapy can provide space to explore what meaningful change looks like for you.
You don't need a perfectly organized list of goals before your first appointment. We'll work together to determine where to begin.
Ready to get started?
Request an appointment through the secure SimplePractice client portal.
Because being human is hard sometimes. You don't have to figure everything out on your own.