You are not lazy. Your brain may be working overtime.
Structured, relational, and neurodivergent-affirming counselling for adults navigating ADHD.
Support in Calgary, Cochrane, and across Alberta
You may be looking for more than productivity tips. You want to understand why things that seem simple for other people can take so much effort, and you want support that fits the way your brain actually works.
At The Right Room, ADHD counselling is collaborative, evidence informed, and neurodivergent affirming. Together, we build practical supports for attention, executive functioning, emotional regulation, burnout, and the exhausting gap between knowing what to do and being able to do it.
The Focus of Treatment
More than trying to focus harder.
Effective ADHD counselling looks beyond productivity and willpower. Together, we work toward a clearer understanding of your patterns, practical systems that reduce daily friction, and a way of functioning that does not depend on constant self-criticism or overcompensation.
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Greater clarity
We map how attention, motivation, working memory, time awareness, emotional intensity, and task initiation show up in your life. The goal is not to explain everything through ADHD. It is to make recurring patterns easier to recognize so that your struggles feel less confusing and less morally loaded.
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More workable systems
We build practical supports that reduce your reliance on memory, motivation, and last-minute urgency. This may include external reminders, task breakdowns, routine design, decision supports, environmental changes, and strategies for making invisible steps more visible.
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Stronger self-trust
Many adults with ADHD have spent years being told they are careless, inconsistent, dramatic, or simply not trying hard enough. Therapy creates space to separate real areas of impairment from shame, rebuild trust in yourself, and develop supports that work with your brain rather than against it.
What Treatment May Include
A plan built around how your brain works.
Treatment is tailored to the way ADHD affects your work, relationships, routines, emotions, and day-to-day functioning. We decide together which areas are creating the most friction and where support would make the biggest difference.
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Understanding your history and ADHD patterns
Your care begins with a structured exploration of how ADHD shows up in your life. Together, we look at attention, motivation, task initiation, working memory, time awareness, emotional regulation, sleep, relationships, work demands, and long-standing patterns of overwhelm. The goal is to build a treatment plan grounded in your actual experience rather than a generic picture of ADHD.
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Executive functioning support
ADHD can affect planning, prioritizing, task initiation, working memory, time awareness, and follow-through. We identify where daily life is creating the most friction and build practical systems that reduce reliance on willpower. This may include external reminders, task breakdowns, routine design, decision supports, and strategies for making invisible steps more visible. The goal is not perfect organization. It is making life easier to enter.
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Emotional regulation and sensitivity to rejection
For many adults, ADHD is not only about attention. It can also involve quick emotional escalation, frustration, shame spirals, sensitivity to criticism or rejection, and difficulty returning to baseline. Therapy may include DBT-informed and ACT-informed strategies to help you notice emotional cues earlier and respond in ways that better reflect your values.
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Burnout, masking, and self-compassion
Many adults with ADHD have spent years masking, overcompensating, apologizing, or pushing through until they crash. We pay attention to the hidden cost of appearing more functional than you feel and work toward ways of protecting energy, reducing shame, and building support that does not require constant self-abandonment.
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Medication collaboration
When medication is part of your care, therapy can support you in tracking ADHD symptoms alongside medication changes, noticing possible side effects, and preparing questions for your physician or psychiatrist. With your written consent, I can also collaborate directly with your medical provider so that your psychological and medical care remain aligned.
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Neurodivergent-affirming support
ADHD treatment should not be about making you more convenient for other people. A neurodivergent-affirming approach makes room for both the impairments and strengths that may come with ADHD. We address the areas causing real distress while respecting creativity, intensity, curiosity, and the ways your brain may differ from conventional expectations.
Who This Approach Is Designed For
ADHD counselling does not look the same for everyone.
This approach is designed for adults who are:
- Living with ADHD or wondering whether ADHD may explain long-standing patterns
- Newly diagnosed and trying to understand what this means
- High-functioning on the outside but overwhelmed behind the scenes
- Struggling with task initiation, procrastination, time blindness, or follow-through
- Tired of cycling between pushing through and burning out
- Wanting more than surface-level productivity strategies
Many of my clients are thoughtful, capable, and deeply self-aware. They are not looking for someone to tell them to try harder. They are looking for structure, clarity, and support that makes real life more workable.
If you want a therapy process that respects your intelligence, honours your neurodivergence, and focuses on sustainable support rather than shame, this approach may be a good fit.
Counselling Locations
Support in Calgary, Cochrane, and online across Alberta.
ADHD counselling is available in person at both The Right Room locations, as well as virtually for clients located anywhere in Alberta.
In Person
Cochrane
In-person ADHD counselling is available from The Right Room’s downtown Cochrane office.
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In Person
Calgary
In-person ADHD counselling is also available from The Right Room’s northwest Calgary location.
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Virtual
Across Alberta
Virtual sessions are available for clients who are physically located in Alberta at the time of their appointment.
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Whether you prefer meeting in person or from the comfort of your own space, treatment is tailored to your goals, routines, executive-function needs, emotional patterns, and the supports you already have in place.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about ADHD counselling.
Starting therapy can bring up practical questions about referrals, medication, session frequency, cost, and what to expect. Here are answers to some of the questions people ask most often.
Do I need a referral to begin ADHD counselling?
No. You can self-refer for counselling. You do not need a referral from a family physician or psychiatrist to book a consultation or begin therapy.
If you already work with a physician or psychiatrist, I can collaborate with them with your written consent.
Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis to begin counselling?
No. You do not need a formal diagnosis to begin therapy. We can work with the patterns you are experiencing whether you are diagnosed, self-identified, questioning ADHD, or looking for support while you pursue an assessment.
How many sessions will I need?
The number and frequency of sessions depend on your goals, current challenges, and support needs.
Many clients begin with weekly or biweekly sessions while we clarify patterns, build practical systems, and strengthen emotional and executive-function supports. Sessions may become less frequent as the work becomes more stable and you feel more confident using those supports independently.
We regularly review whether the pace of therapy continues to feel useful and sustainable.
How much does ADHD counselling cost?
Individual counselling sessions are $235 for 60 minutes.
Insurance reimbursement may be available depending on your benefits provider and plan. A receipt is provided after each appointment for submission to your insurance company.
Can therapy replace medication for ADHD?
Therapy does not replace medication for ADHD when medication is part of your treatment plan. Medication decisions remain between you and your prescribing physician or psychiatrist.
My role is to support practical skill building, emotional regulation, self-understanding, executive functioning strategies, and structured support while your prescriber manages medication decisions.
What if I am already functioning well?
Many adults with ADHD appear high-functioning while privately feeling exhausted, scattered, ashamed, or overwhelmed. Therapy can be useful even when things look fine from the outside.
The goal is not only to keep functioning. It is to reduce the hidden cost of functioning and build a life that requires less constant compensation.
What happens during the first session?
The first full session focuses on understanding your current concerns, relevant history, strengths, treatment experiences, and goals.
We may begin mapping your ADHD patterns and identifying the areas creating the most friction, but you will not be rushed into strategies before we have a clearer understanding of what you need.
What should I do if I am in crisis?
The Right Room is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are at immediate risk of harming yourself or someone else, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
As part of ongoing treatment, we can create a personalized support or safety plan so you know which steps to take if risk or distress increases between appointments.
Still Unsure?
A no-cost 15-minute consultation gives you an opportunity to ask questions, discuss what you are looking for, and determine whether working together feels like the right next step.
Meet Your Therapist
Structured support with a real human.
Hi, I’m Hannah Tan, Registered Provisional Psychologist and founder of The Right Room.
I specialize in working with adults navigating neurodivergence and complex emotional patterns, including ADHD. My approach integrates evidence-informed treatment models such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, DBT-informed skills, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and neurodivergent-affirming practice.
ADHD treatment requires more than reminders, planner recommendations, or being told to try harder. I bring structure and practical tools to the work while remaining collaborative, relational, trauma-informed, and strengths-based.
You will never be reduced to a diagnosis here. Treatment is tailored to your history, strengths, relationships, goals, and the parts of everyday life that currently take more effort than they should.
Ready When You Are
Let’s make life easier to enter.
Living with ADHD can mean spending an enormous amount of energy trying to make yourself function in systems that were not built with your brain in mind. If you are looking for a collaborative, neurodivergent-affirming approach that balances practical structure with genuine human connection, I would be glad to meet you.