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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 Thornhill
Two city halls, a rush-hour-only train, and a to-do list that never quite lands. ADHD support for adults in Thornhill, online across Ontario, in English or Farsi.
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 miss deadlines on bills and forms constantly, and it's embarrassing. Can therapy help with that specifically?
Yes. Paperwork is a common sticking point in adult ADHD: it is delayed, abstract and unrewarded, which is exactly what attention struggles to engage with. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works on practical systems for it, and on the embarrassment, online across Ontario in English or Farsi.
Can I do ADHD sessions in Farsi?
Yes. Tina Abadi, RP, works in English and Farsi, and sessions can move between the two. For some people the shame that comes with ADHD was learned in one language and is easier to talk about in that language. Sessions are online, for people in Thornhill and across Ontario.
My child is being assessed for ADHD and I recognize myself in the description. Where do I start?
That is a reasonable place to start. A Registered Psychotherapist does not diagnose ADHD; if you want a formal assessment, that is a conversation for your physician. Therapy does not require a diagnosis to be useful, and a free 15-minute consultation with Tina Abadi, RP, is a low-pressure way to talk about what you have noticed.
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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NoorMinds offers online ADHD therapy to adults in Thornhill, on both the Vaughan and Markham sides of Yonge, and across York Region and the rest of Ontario.
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Thornhill
ADHD Therapy for Thornhill adults
Thornhill is one community served by two cities: west of Yonge Street is Vaughan, east of it is Markham, as it has been since the old police village was dissolved in 1971. For most residents that is a curiosity. For an adult with ADHD it can be one more layer of administration: which city's website has the permit, which calendar says when the bins go out, which library card, which tax bill. None of it is hard on its own. Together it is exactly the kind of low-interest, high-consequence paperwork that attention slides away from.
Getting anywhere adds its own demands. The Richmond Hill GO line, which stops at Langstaff, runs only in weekday rush hours; Viva buses connect Yonge Street to the subway at Finch; the 407 is tolled. With that little margin, a late start or a missed train ripples through the whole day. Time blindness is not a character flaw, but in a commute like this it can feel like one. For parents, sometimes it is watching a child struggle with the same things that first makes an adult wonder about themselves.
The work is cognitive behavioural and solution-focused: external systems for the admin that working memory keeps dropping, buffers built into the commute, and small routines sturdy enough to survive a bad week. Alongside that, the self-criticism, which is usually the heavier half. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works online across Ontario in English or Farsi (فارسی), so the conversation can happen in whichever language you think in.
Local support in Thornhill
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Thornhill may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CMHA York Region & South Simcoe: adult mental health programs, case management and peer support across York Region, through central intake.
- Catholic Community Services of York Region: individual, couple and family counselling in several languages.
- Jewish Family & Child Service: counselling and family support across Toronto and York Region.