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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 Brampton
Early starts, a rota that keeps moving and a household that runs on a shared calendar: ADHD and an unsettled week are a hard combination, and structure built for it can help.
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
My shifts rotate, so every routine I build falls apart within a month. What actually helps with ADHD when the schedule keeps moving?
Fewer anchors, and sturdier ones. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works from the principle that a system which needs a stable week will not survive rotating shifts, so the work focuses on sleep, on transitions, and on two or three habits robust enough to move with the rota. Sessions are online from anywhere in Brampton and across Ontario, in English or Farsi.
I keep a busy multigenerational household running in Brampton and I keep dropping things. Can therapy help if I don't have an ADHD diagnosis?
Yes. You don't need a diagnosis for this work, and a Registered Psychotherapist doesn't diagnose ADHD. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works on the difficulties themselves: one visible family calendar instead of several, fewer decisions at the busiest times of day, and a plan for the handoffs where things usually fall through. Sessions are online, in English or Farsi.
I'm a student in Brampton juggling classes and a part-time job. Can ADHD-focused therapy fit around that?
It can. Sessions are online, so there is no travel between campus, work and home, and the focus is practical: breaking assignments into startable steps, protecting study time from a shifting work schedule, and handling the self-criticism that builds when deadlines slip. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works 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.
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Adults in Brampton, elsewhere in Peel such as Mississauga and Caledon, and next door in Vaughan and Etobicoke can work with NoorMinds online on ADHD, as can adults anywhere else in Ontario.
ADHD Therapy Across Ontario
NoorMinds provides virtual ADHD therapy for adults throughout Ontario. Select your city to learn more:
Brampton
ADHD Therapy for Brampton adults
Brampton households are large, about 3.6 people on average in 2021, so an adult with ADHD is often tracking far more than their own to-do list: school forms, a parent's appointments, whose turn it is to drive, and a family calendar that lives in several different heads. Working memory is exactly the capacity that gets stretched, and from the outside the result can look like carelessness.
If your job runs on shifts, the load gets heavier. An ADHD brain leans on routine and on sleep more than most, and a rota that moves every week takes both away. Add a drive on the 410 or the 407, or a Kitchener line GO train from Bramalea or Mount Pleasant that has to be caught to the minute, and much of what gets called a motivation problem turns out to be a structure problem wearing a disguise.
Students feel a version of it too: at Sheridan's Davis Campus, Algoma University's Brampton campus and elsewhere, coursework, part-time jobs and paperwork compete for the same limited executive function. Tina Abadi, RP, works in cognitive behavioural and solution-focused approaches: sleep and transitions first, then a few systems sturdy enough to survive a schedule change, then the self-talk that has been undermining both. Sessions are online, in English or Farsi, so the work fits around the shift rather than competing with it.
Local support in Brampton
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Brampton may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CADDAC (Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada): a national ADHD charity offering education, support groups and a resource navigator for adults.
- WellFort Community Health Services: community health centres in Brampton offering primary care and health programs.
- William Osler Health System: Brampton's hospital system, with adult mental health and addiction services.
- Catholic Family Services Peel-Dufferin: counselling for individuals, couples and families in Peel, open to all.