ADHD Assessments
ADHD Assessments for Adults (18+)
A comprehensive, evidence-based assessment
Assessment standards
A high-quality ADHD assessment involves much more than questionnaires or symptom checklists. My assessments follow NICE guidance and recognised UK professional standards, including UKAAN principles for high-quality adult ADHD assessment.
Approach
Understanding the whole person, not just the symptoms
You may be wondering whether ADHD could help explain some of the difficulties you have experienced — whether with attention, organisation, time management, impulsivity, emotional regulation, restlessness, or getting things started and finished.
Perhaps you have always found certain aspects of life harder than they seem for others. You may have developed strategies to compensate for your difficulties, meaning that ADHD was not recognised earlier. Increasing demands at work, in relationships, or in everyday life can sometimes make these difficulties more noticeable.
ADHD can look very different from person to person. Some adults experience more noticeable difficulties with hyperactivity or impulsivity, while others primarily experience difficulties with attention, organisation, and executive functioning.
A comprehensive assessment looks beyond individual symptoms to understand your experiences across different stages and areas of life, including your developmental history, education, work, relationships, and everyday functioning.
I take an evidence-based, neuroaffirmative, compassionate, and culturally informed approach, considering both challenges and strengths, as well as the strategies you have developed to navigate them. Your cultural background, identity, values, and wider context are considered as part of understanding your experiences.
The aim is not simply to identify symptoms, but to understand the whole person.
What to expect
The assessment journey
Initial enquiry
Begin by completing the contact form with some information about what has prompted you to seek an ADHD assessment. If you decide to proceed, I will guide you through the next steps, including the forms and information needed before the assessment.
Comprehensive assessment
The assessment is expected to take up to 3 hours, depending on your presentation and the amount of information that needs to be explored. Appointments can take place in person or online, depending on your circumstances and preference. We will explore your developmental history, current experiences, functioning across different areas of life, strengths, and coping strategies. Where available, childhood records or information from someone who knew you as a child can be helpful in understanding your developmental history.
Feedback & recommendations
A feedback session will usually take place within 2–4 weeks of the assessment, allowing time to carefully review the information and prepare the comprehensive written report. Where a diagnosis is made, we will discuss what this means for you, along with appropriate recommendations and next steps. If the assessment does not support an ADHD diagnosis, I will explain the reasons clearly and, where appropriate, consider other possible explanations and recommendations. You will receive a comprehensive written report summarising the assessment, outcome, and recommendations.
Afterwards
Ongoing support after your assessment
An ADHD assessment can be an important first step in understanding yourself and your experiences. A diagnosis can bring clarity and validation, while also raising questions about what comes next.
Post-diagnostic psychological support is available to help you make sense of your diagnosis and explore how ADHD may be affecting different areas of your life.
Support is tailored to your individual needs and may focus on emotional regulation, self-esteem, relationships, executive functioning, coping strategies, and adjusting to a diagnosis.
It can also be an opportunity to develop a more compassionate understanding of yourself and the strategies you have developed to navigate life.
You don't have to navigate what comes next on your own.
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