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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 Pickering
A GO platform, a bridge over the 401, a car in the driveway: the in-between moments are where an ADHD day tends to break, and where small systems can hold. Practical ADHD support for adults in Pickering, online.
Tina Abadi
Registered Psychotherapist
RP, MACP · CRPO #13777
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri
Founder & Clinical Director
RP (Qualifying) · CRPO #21300
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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 lose the whole evening after the commute home from Toronto. Is that ADHD, tiredness or both?
Often both, and each makes the other worse. Tiredness drains the executive functions ADHD already makes costly, so by the time you are through the door, starting anything can feel impossible. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), builds strategies around the energy you really have in the evening rather than the plan you made in the morning. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi.
Can I have ADHD sessions online from Pickering after the kids are in bed or on a lunch break?
Yes. Sessions are online, so you can join from any private space in Ontario, whether that is home after bedtime or a quiet room at work. Each therapist's available times, including evenings, show when you book through Jane, and booking the same slot each week can take one more decision off your plate.
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 Pickering adults
Many Pickering days have a commute built into them, whether that means the 401 or the Lakeshore East GO line, where a pedestrian bridge carries people over the highway between the station and Pickering City Centre. For an adult with ADHD, the hardest parts of that day are rarely the long stretches. They are the transitions: getting out of the house on time with everything you need, switching from work mode to home mode, starting the evening task you planned in the morning. Each one asks for initiation and working memory at exactly the moment you have the least of both.
Life at home can multiply those transitions. In north Pickering, new neighbourhoods keep filling in as the planned community of Seaton grows, and a new house can arrive alongside a new baby, a new school or a longer trip to work. When routines are being rebuilt from scratch, adults whose ADHD felt manageable under the old ones can find that it suddenly isn't. That is usually not a sign of getting worse. It means the scaffolding that quietly did some of the work has been taken away, and it needs rebuilding on purpose.
By the time most adults reach out, there is also a long private history to deal with: years of concluding that the problem is character rather than attention, initiation and working memory. Naming that accurately is not an excuse. For many people it is the first accurate description they have had, and the self-criticism it replaces is often the part that cost the most.
The work with Tina Abadi, RP, is cognitive behavioural and practical. Together you find where the day actually breaks and put something small and repeatable there: a bag packed by the door the night before, a two-minute review on the platform, one shared list that everyone in the house uses. Where a partner has been absorbing the overflow, that is worth addressing too, and Tina works with couples as well as individuals. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi, so there is no extra trip to add to the week.
Local support in Pickering
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Pickering may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CADDAC (Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada): a national charity offering ADHD information, education and resources for adults.
- Canadian Mental Health Association Durham: counselling and community mental health programs across Durham Region.
- Carea Community Health Centre: a community health centre with sites in Pickering and across Durham, offering primary care and counselling.