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Something to use this week
CBT and solution-focused work, so sessions end with a concrete step rather than a general principle.
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ADHD Therapy in Barrie
Days that start and end in the car, and an attention system that was already stretched before the drive. ADHD support for adults in Barrie, online, built around the transitions where the day usually breaks.
Tina Abadi
Registered Psychotherapist
RP, MACP · CRPO #13777
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri
Founder & Clinical Director
RP (Qualifying) · CRPO #21300
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If the pattern goes back further than the to-do list, Ghazal Sheikhtaheri, RP (Qualifying), works in Schema Therapy (depth-oriented and unhurried).
Some people want tools for this week. Others want to trace a pattern to its root. Both are good therapy. Ghazal is currently booking by waitlist (3–4 weeks).
What This Actually Is
When the problem was never effort
Most adults arrive at this conversation having already tried harder. Harder is not the missing ingredient, and it has usually been the only advice on offer for twenty years. What is actually difficult is a specific set of things: starting, sequencing, holding information in place while you use it, and switching between one mode and the next.
(This page is general information, not an assessment. A Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose ADHD or prescribe medication, and you do not need a diagnosis for this work to be useful.)
- Knowing exactly what to do and being unable to start it.
- A week that goes to whatever was loudest rather than whatever mattered.
- Losing the thread mid-task, mid-sentence, mid-errand.
- Deep focus on what interests you, and none at all for what doesn't.
- Time that behaves strangely: an hour that vanishes, ten minutes that won't pass.
- The shame layered on top of all of it, usually the oldest part.
The Approach
Practical, and aimed at where the day actually breaks
Tina works in cognitive behavioural and solution-focused approaches, which in practice means sessions are structured without being rigid. You name what you want to be different, the two of you work out what is holding it in place, and you leave with something to try before the next one.
The systems are deliberately small. An elaborate one built on a good week will not survive a bad one, and every abandoned system becomes further evidence for a story you have been telling yourself for a long time. That story is the second half of the work, and for most people it turns out to be the half that was costing more.
Why NoorMinds
Four reasons clients choose this practice
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A Registered Psychotherapist
Tina Abadi, RP, CRPO #13777, with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology.
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English or Farsi
Including the part of this that was never only about focus. Sessions in either language.
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Online across Ontario
No commute and no waiting room, so the trip to an appointment is one less thing to manage.
Fees
Straightforward and stated upfront
Free15-min consultation
$180Individual · 60 min
Insurance receipts provided after every session. Tina is a fully Registered Psychotherapist, so psychotherapy with an RP is commonly covered; please confirm the details with your insurer.
Questions
Common questions
I leave early and get home spent. Is there any version of ADHD therapy that fits a Barrie commute?
Yes, and online sessions are a large part of the reason. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works with people across Ontario by video, so there is no extra trip after the drive home. The strategies are built for the energy you actually have at the end of the day, with particular attention to the transitions into and out of the car, and the work gives equal weight to the self-criticism that has usually built up by the time someone books.
I'm a student at Georgian College and I think I might have ADHD. Can I start therapy without a diagnosis?
Yes. You do not need a diagnosis to work on the difficulties themselves, such as starting assignments, planning around a part-time job, and managing the shame that often comes with falling behind. A Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose ADHD; for an assessment, speak with a physician. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), offers online sessions across Ontario in English or Farsi.
Can a psychotherapist diagnose ADHD?
No. A Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose medical conditions or prescribe medication, and this page is general information rather than an assessment. What therapy does is work on the difficulties themselves: starting, sequencing, remembering, and the shame that usually accompanies them. If you want a formal assessment, that is a conversation for your physician.
What kind of therapy do you use for ADHD?
Primarily cognitive behavioural and solution-focused work, which means sessions are structured and tend to end with something specific to try before the next one. Where there is trauma or long-standing self-criticism in the picture, the work is trauma-informed and paced to you.
Is online therapy effective for this kind of work?
Yes. Research finds video-delivered therapy comparable to in-person work for the concerns treated here, and executive-function strategies translate without loss. For many adults with ADHD, removing the trip to an appointment also removes one of the more common reasons appointments get missed.
Do I need a referral to start?
No referral is needed to begin psychotherapy with a Registered Psychotherapist. A free 15-minute consultation is the usual starting point, to talk about what is bringing you here and whether working together feels right.
What does it cost, and is it covered?
Individual sessions are $180 for 60 minutes, with a free 15-minute consultation to start. Receipts are provided after every session. Tina Abadi is a fully Registered Psychotherapist, so psychotherapy with an RP is commonly covered for her sessions; it is still worth confirming the details with your insurer.
Next Step
Start with something small and real
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NoorMinds offers online ADHD therapy to adults in Barrie, Innisfil, Springwater and across Simcoe County, and throughout Ontario.
ADHD Therapy Across Ontario
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Barrie
ADHD Therapy for Barrie adults
Statistics Canada's 2021 Census put the average car commute in the Barrie census metropolitan area at 29.6 minutes, the longest among Canada's large census metropolitan areas. For an adult with ADHD, the drive itself is only part of the cost. Leaving the house is a transition, arriving is another, and the stretch of unstructured time in between is where intentions get formed and then evaporate before there is any chance to act on them. It is easy to plan the whole evening in the car and have none of it survive the walk to the front door.
The city's other rhythms bring their own pressures. Georgian College's main campus is here, and students juggling coursework, part-time jobs and, for some, a new country are asking a great deal of working memory and planning at once. Shift work in health care and manufacturing removes the regular sleep and routine that ADHD brains lean on most heavily. And for many adults the question arrives late, after years of a private story about being lazy or disorganized that was never accurate.
The work is practical and structured. With Tina Abadi, RP, you look at where the day actually breaks (almost always at a transition) and put something small and repeatable there, whether that is the ten minutes before leaving, the first task after arriving, or the moment you walk back in at night. Cognitive behavioural and solution-focused strategies do the practical lifting; the shame gets its own attention, because it is often the heavier half. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi, which for Barrie means no extra drive.
Local support in Barrie
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Barrie may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CADDAC (Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada): national charity with information, education and advocacy resources for adults with ADHD.
- Georgian College: counselling and student wellness services for Georgian College students at the Barrie campus.
- Barrie Community Health Centre: non-profit community health centre offering primary care and health-promotion programs.