aDHD

Living with ADHD can feel overwhelming, confusing, and sometimes exhausting – not because you are “lazy” or “not trying,” but because your brain is wired differently. ADHD affects attention, focus, organisation, emotional regulation, and the ability to manage daily demands.

Many people with ADHD describe their minds as busy, fast, or constantly shifting. You may be full of ideas but struggle to begin tasks, or incredibly capable yet often misunderstood. For children and Young People, ADHD can impact school, friendships, and self-esteem. For adults, it can affect work, relationships, and confidence.

ADHD is not a flaw or a failure. It’s a neuro-developmental difference – and with understanding, support, and the right strategies, life can feel much calmer and more manageable.

Lots of people begin seeking support after searching for ADHD counselling near me, help with attention difficulties in Scunthorpe, or emotional support for ADHD in North Lincolnshire – reaching out is a positive step forward.

Understanding What’s Happening

ADHD isn’t about a lack of attention – it’s about difficulty regulating attention. You may pay too much attention to everything at once, or become intensely focused on something that captures your interest. This can lead to overwhelm, unfinished tasks, or frustration with yourself.

common experiences include:

• Difficulty focusing or sustaining attention
• Feeling mentally overloaded or scattered
• Impulsivity or acting quickly without thinking
• Restlessness or difficulty relaxing
• Emotional sensitivity or “big feelings”
• Forgetting tasks, deadlines, or appointments
• Feeling disorganised even when you try hard
• Trouble switching between tasks
• Periods of intense “hyper-focus”

These challenges aren’t about effort – they’re connected to how the brain processes information, motivation, and reward. ADHD often comes with incredible strengths too: creativity, problem-solving, intuition, humour, and unique ways of thinking.

Working Together to Heal

Therapy can be a powerful support for people with ADHD – helping you understand your brain, build practical tools, and develop self-compassion.

Together we can explore:

• Emotional regulation and managing overwhelm
• Strategies for focus, organisation, and routine
• Understanding and reducing shame, guilt, or self-criticism
• Supporting self-esteem and identity
• Navigating relationships affected by ADHD
• Coping with past experiences of being misunderstood
• Helping children and teens thrive a school and at home.

Therapy isn’t about “fixing” you – it’s about giving you the space to understand yourself, remove old labels that were never yours to carry, and find approaches that work with your brain, not against it.

For children and young people, sessions may include play, creativity, and tools that support emotional regulation. Parents are supported too-with guidance on how to help their child feel safe, understood, and successful.

There is Hope

ADHD doesn’t have to define you or your child. With the right support, people with ADHD flourish-discovering strengths, passions, and ways of living that feel sustainable and empowering.

Therapy can help you move from frustration to understanding, from self-blame to self-compassion, and from chaos to clarity. You can learn to work with your brain, celebrate your differences, and create a life that feels balanced, achievable, and joyful.

You are not “too much.” comes with strengths, creativity, and potential.

There is hope, and support is here.

You are not “not enough.”You are simply wired differently – and that difference

Criteria to access this service

• If you are suffering with any of the above symptoms and you would like to do the work to make the changes you want.
• If you have a diagnosis.
• You do not need a referral from your G.P.
• You are welcome to go onto our therapist’s page and choose your therapist. You are able to go ahead and book an appointment on there.

Our privilege
It is our mission and our privilege to support you on your journey to recovery and to reach your goals. We are confident that together we can make a difference to your world and help you to live your life the way you want to live it. Imagine what your life would be like after therapy and the difference it would make to you. 

We help hundreds of people every year to be the best they can be. Please don’t suffer unnecessarily any longer, get in touch with us today and take the first step to make great things happen!

ADHD symptoms are treatable and recovery is possible.

Telephone 07907613600
Email info@greymatterscentre.co.uk

We provide supportive therapy for ADHD, attention difficulties, emotional overwhelm and executive functioning challenges across Scunthorpe, Ashby, Bottesford, Brigg, Crowle, Messingham, Winterton, Barton-upon-Humber and the wider North Lincolnshire area.