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ADHD Therapy in St. Catharines

Deadlines spread across a whole term, a classroom to run, a shift rota that keeps turning. Practical ADHD support for adults in St. Catharines and across Niagara, online.

Free15-min consult
OnlineAcross Ontario
$180Individual · 60 min
Tina Abadi, Registered Psychotherapist
Tina Abadi
Registered Psychotherapist
RP, MACP · CRPO #13777
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
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.)

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

I.

Something to use this week

CBT and solution-focused work, so sessions end with a concrete step rather than a general principle.

II.

A Registered Psychotherapist

Tina Abadi, RP, CRPO #13777, with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology.

III.

English or Farsi

Including the part of this that was never only about focus. Sessions in either language.

IV.

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 hold it together at work as a teacher or nurse, then fall apart at home. Could that be ADHD?
It could be one explanation, though a Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose ADHD. Many adults with attention difficulties spend so much effort compensating in a demanding job that nothing is left for home: the forms, the bills, the plans. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works on where the day actually breaks down, building a few sturdy routines for the hours after work and addressing the self-criticism that tends to come with them. Sessions are online across Ontario.
I don't have an ADHD diagnosis. Can I still get help in St. Catharines with starting and finishing things?
Yes. You do not need a diagnosis for this work to be useful. Tina focuses on the practical difficulties themselves, such as getting started, keeping track and switching between tasks, and on the self-talk that has built up around them. Sessions are online, so you can join from home anywhere in Niagara, 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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NoorMinds offers online ADHD therapy to adults in St. Catharines and across Niagara, from Thorold and Welland to Niagara Falls, and to nearby Hamilton and the rest of Ontario.

ADHD Therapy Across Ontario

NoorMinds provides virtual ADHD therapy for adults throughout Ontario. Select your city to learn more:

St. Catharines

ADHD Therapy for St. Catharines adults

Brock University brings thousands of students to St. Catharines, and for many adults with ADHD university is where the structure disappears: no bells, nobody checking, a handful of large deadlines spread across a term, often in a new city away from the family routines that used to hold things together. Graduate students meet the same problem at a larger scale, with a thesis that has no obvious next step. Brock's own counselling service is a sensible first stop for registered students, and individual therapy can sit alongside it.

Working life in the city asks something similar in other forms. Teachers juggle lesson plans, marking and constant interruptions; hospital staff work shifts that rotate before a routine can settle; plant workers adjust to schedules that change with production. None of that causes ADHD, but each removes the outside structure that attention leans on, and the cost tends to show up as unfinished paperwork, missed appointments and a private conviction that everyone else is simply trying harder.

The work with Tina is cognitive behavioural and concrete: breaking long horizons into starts that can actually happen, building a few sturdy anchors that survive a changing rota, and addressing the self-criticism that years of “capable but disorganized” tend to leave behind. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi, which also removes the planning load of getting to an appointment in a city where most errands mean a drive.

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