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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 Oshawa
Classes, placements, a rota that keeps moving: in Oshawa, adult ADHD often shows up when the structure around you changes. Practical ADHD support for adults, online.
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'm a mature student in Oshawa and I can't keep up with self-directed work. Can therapy help without a diagnosis?
Yes. You do not need a diagnosis for this work to be useful, and a Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose ADHD. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works in cognitive behavioural and solution-focused approaches on the practical side, such as starting, planning and breaking long assignments into steps, and on the self-criticism that tends to build up around them. Sessions are online, so there is no travel between campus and an appointment.
I work rotating shifts in Oshawa. Can ADHD strategies survive a schedule that keeps changing?
They can be built for it. The aim is a small number of routines anchored to events, such as waking, starting a shift or getting home, rather than to clock times that move every week. Tina Abadi, RP, works on this in a cognitive behavioural, solution-focused way, and because sessions are online, appointments do not add travel to an already irregular week.
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
Book a free 15-minute consultation. No commitment, no pressure.
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ADHD Therapy for Oshawa adults
Ontario Tech University and Durham College share a campus in north Oshawa, and Trent University Durham GTA teaches in the city too. For many adults, ADHD becomes hard to ignore at exactly this kind of turning point, when the timetable of high school or a structured job gives way to self-directed study, long reading lists and deadlines weeks away. Mature students returning after years of work can meet the same surprise: strategies that carried them through a job stop working once nobody else is setting the pace.
Outside the classroom, a lot of work in Oshawa runs on shifts. Hospital wards, manufacturing and the trades can all move start times from one week to the next, and rotating schedules unsettle sleep and routine, which are the scaffolding an ADHD brain leans on. The average commute in the Oshawa area, among the longest of Canada's large metropolitan areas in the 2021 Census, adds two stretches to the day in which nothing can be crossed off.
The work is cognitive behavioural and practical: find the exact point where the day breaks down, build systems small enough to survive a schedule change or exam season, and address the self-criticism that years of being told to try harder leave behind. Students can keep using their school's accessibility and counselling services alongside it. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi.
Local support in Oshawa
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Oshawa may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CMHA Durham: the Canadian Mental Health Association branch for Durham Region.
- CADDAC (Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada): a national charity offering ADHD information and education for adults and families.
- Ontario Tech University: student counselling and mental health services at the Oshawa university.
- Durham College: counselling for students at its Oshawa and Whitby campuses.