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Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work
Understand self-criticism, conflicting needs, and protective behaviors with curiosity.
Therapy for Young Adult Women in California
Therapy for women with
ADHD who feel capable and stuck
You're carrying work, relationships, and expectations without the structure you once had. Inside, you're tired of holding everything together.School ended years ago, and the structure went with it. You're supposed to have the career, relationship, maybe family figured out by now, and from the outside, it may look like you do. Inside, you're tired of holding everything together.
Online therapy for women ages 25–35 across California.
Capable on the outside.Exhausted underneath.
Here's what almost no one names for you: that isn't a character flaw and it isn't a motivation problem. For an ADHD brain, the open-ended years of early adulthood can be the hardest terrain because they require self-direction without much scaffolding.
A lot of women don't find out they have ADHD until now, after years of being told they were “so capable” and “just needed to apply themselves.” If that's you, there's often grief in it, and relief, and a lot to re-understand. You're capable, which is exactly what makes the stuck-ness so confusing and so heavy.
Add anxiety, the comparison to everyone who looks like they're ahead, and the sense that you're carrying all of it alone. Often more than one thing is going on, and you don't need a diagnosis to begin.
Common experiences
What may be weighing on you
The mental noise can make even ordinary decisions feel heavy.
You may know what would help and still struggle to start, finish, or follow through consistently.
Holding everything together can leave very little room to notice what you need.
The standard keeps moving, even when you are already carrying a lot.
It can be hard to ask for what you need when you are used to anticipating everyone else’s needs.
The path that once made sense may no longer feel like yours.
We can slow down enough to understand what keeps showing up in relationships.
Your needs deserve room alongside the needs of the people you love.
Transitions can bring practical stress and deeper questions about who you are becoming.
There can be space to reconnect with your values, wants, and sense of self.
These experiences can signal that there is more pressure in the system than it can keep holding.
We can get curious about the voice that says you are not doing enough.
Past experiences can keep shaping present emotions and choices without being the whole story.
Body-based tools may help you notice what is happening before everything becomes too much.
Therapy can make room for realistic expectations rather than more self-blame.
What therapy looks like
A place where you can stop performing
In therapy we work directly to understand how your brain actually runs, take the shame off the parts that keep slipping, and build a way of moving through your days that fits you instead of fighting you. That may include work, relationships, the home you're running, and the question of what's next.
Sessions are a place where you can stop performing and talk honestly about work, relationships, motherhood, identity, or whatever currently feels heavy. We'll address the immediate challenges bringing you to therapy while also getting curious about the deeper patterns underneath them.
I'll offer support and validation, but I'll also gently challenge you when it could help you move forward. Our work may involve conversation, reflection, practical strategies, or body-based tools, depending on what feels most useful to you.
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Approaches & tools
An integrative approach shaped around you
I use an integrative approach based on each client's needs, history, and goals. Our work may include:
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Somatic therapy and nervous-system regulation
Address overwhelm, stress, and disconnection from the body through body-based tools.
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Attachment-based therapy
Identify and shift patterns within romantic, family, and caregiving relationships.
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Psychodynamic therapy
Explore how past experiences influence current emotions and choices.
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CBT and ACT strategies
Work with anxiety, perfectionism, avoidance, and values-based decision-making.
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ADHD-informed support
Build realistic approaches to executive functioning, routines, and time management.
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Trauma-informed care
Prioritize safety, choice, and pacing in the work.
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Self-compassion, communication, and boundaries
Develop a more supportive inner voice and more balanced relationships.
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Mindfulness, movement, breathing, and grounding
Use practical tools when talking alone does not feel like enough.
Life transitions & maternal mental health
When adulthood brings more to the surface
Major life transitions can bring questions about identity, career direction, and self-esteem into sharper focus. Therapy can make room for what changes when work, relationships, marriage, or family responsibilities no longer fit the version of you that used to manage everything.
That includes maternal mental health across fertility, pregnancy, postpartum life, and motherhood. This includes the mental load, loss of identity in motherhood, and ADHD intensified by motherhood. You can talk honestly about what feels heavy without having to reduce your experience to one label.
We can stay with the immediate transition while getting curious about the deeper patterns underneath it.
Explore the patterns
Support for what brought you here
You can begin with the pattern you notice first and explore the other kinds of support available here.
Online therapy for women ages 25–35 · California
You don't have to keep holding it all together alone.
Use the booking link to request a FREE 15-MINUTE CONSULTATION. Prefer to review the details first? Contact Jessie about online therapy.