Your bright girl is slipping — and pulling away.
You can see she's capable. That's what makes this so confusing. The homework's late even when she knew it cold, the binder's a disaster, and when you ask what's wrong she goes quiet or comes apart. Maybe high school hit and something changed. Maybe college is coming and she can't tell you whether she wants it. Somewhere in there she started keeping the hardest parts — how she feels about her body, the friendships and boys she can't set a limit with, the sense that she's falling behind — to herself.
Often what looks like not trying is an ADHD brain that's been masking so well nobody saw her struggling — sometimes an anxious one, sometimes both. She's not giving you a hard time; she's having a hard time. You don't need a diagnosis to begin. We figure out what's actually going on, together.
My Approach
I'm Jessie Lamb, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), and before private practice I was a head school counselor — so I've sat on the school side of exactly this girl, and I'm raising neurodivergent kids of my own. With your daughter, the work is warm, grounded, and direct: understanding how her brain actually runs, taking the shame off the parts that keep slipping, and building a rhythm that holds on ordinary days. I draw from ACT, IFS, CBT, and motivational interviewing, matched to what she actually needs.
Everything is fully online, across California. Sessions are $205; I'm an out-of-network provider and offer superbills you can submit for possible reimbursement — I'm glad to walk you through how that works.
