I am looking for a therapist who treats ADHD

[Cloee]

Where do we go for treatment? I live on Long Island and am not sure how to proceed with my diagnosis.

[STEM_Dad]

Welcome to the community Cloee !

There are at least a few ways to find a therapist to treat ADHD. Since you are in or near a more populated area, it is more likely that there is help nearby for you.

Here are some ways that I can think of off the top of my head:

• Word of mouth - ask anyone who you personally know who has ADHD who they go to for therapy, and what the experiences like with that therapist.

• Referral from your healthcare provider - sometimes doctors know who at least some of the therapists in their area, and might know which ones have experience treating ADHD.

• Referral from your health insurance company - this is likely to be for finding a psychiatrist or perhaps a psychologist who treats ADHD.

• An online directory - I know that chadd.org , attitudemag.com , and psychologytoday.com I'll have directories; the first two specifically for ADHD, the third for various disciplines which you would have to search through for mentions of ADHD.

• If you are a student who has not yet graduated from high school, then your school district might be able to arrange for assessment and academic focused treatment, but a parent would have to be on board.

• if you are a college student, check with the college counseling program (if they have one), academic assistance program, testing center, or disability support services office to find out if they can refer you to a therapist for diagnosis and or treatment. When in doubt about where to go to make those inquiries, check with the Dean of Students office. [I worked at a public university for 10 years, which is how I found out about all these options... but I did not know much about them when I was a student at the same school.]

• Many employers these days will have either a health insurance benefit or an Employee Assistance Program which will have some therapy coverage as an option. ...[In my last year working at that University, I found out that the EAP would cover eight therapy sessions per year... I did not find out until I was leaving there that it was a sessions per issue, per year. At the employers I've had since then, it was five sessions, and then three sessions per issue, per year. Three sessions are barely enough to scratch the surface, and my current health coverage only covers medical or psychiatric care, not mental health therapy.]

If I can think of anything else, I will reply with more.

[Tigger4me]

Hi Cloee, STEM_Dad's suggestions are great. Depending on where you live, work etc., if it is near a Medical School you might want to check to see if there are any clinics that might be appropriate.

An ADHD Coach also might work for you, depending on your therapy goals.

Best of luck.