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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 Whitby
School runs, a long drive or train ride, and a household that depends on you remembering everything. Practical ADHD support for adults in Whitby, 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
My partner has ended up managing everything, and it is causing real resentment. Can therapy help with that as well?
Yes, and it is worth addressing directly rather than treating as a side effect. Tina Abadi, RP (CRPO #13777), works with individuals and couples, so the practical ADHD strategies and the conversation about how the household load is shared can happen together rather than separately.
I take the GO train from Whitby. Can I use that time for ADHD strategies?
Yes. Commute time can become useful planning time if the system is simple enough to run from a phone or a small notebook. Tina Abadi, RP, can help you design a short routine for the ride, such as reviewing the day's three priorities, so the rest of the day is not left to memory. The sessions themselves happen from home rather than on the train, since they need a private space.
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
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NoorMinds offers online ADHD therapy to adults in Whitby and across Durham Region, from Ajax and Pickering to Oshawa, and throughout Ontario.
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Whitby
ADHD Therapy for Whitby adults
Whitby is a young-family town: 19.3% of its residents were under 15 at the 2021 Census. For an adult with ADHD, family life is where executive function is tested hardest, because a household runs on exactly the kind of low-urgency, many-step tasks that ADHD makes difficult to start: permission forms, appointments, meal plans, the renewal that was due last week. When those things slip, a partner often picks them up, and a loop of resentment and guilt can set in.
Many Whitby adults also spend a large part of the day travelling. In the 2021 Census, more than a quarter of the town's commuters took 45 minutes or longer each way. That is time in which nothing can be crossed off, and it pushes the household's tasks into the hours when attention is lowest. For those who ride the Lakeshore East GO line rather than drive, the train can become useful planning time, if there is a simple system to plan into.
The work is cognitive behavioural and practical: move tasks out of working memory and into something external, design routines that survive a disrupted week, and, where it helps, talk directly about how the household load is shared. Tina works with individuals and couples. Sessions are online across Ontario, in English or Farsi.
Local support in Whitby
Independent organizations, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that adults in Whitby may find useful alongside or between sessions.
- CMHA Durham: Durham's CMHA branch, with community mental health services and programs.
- CADDAC (Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada): national ADHD information and education for adults, parents and families.
- Durham College: counselling for students at its Whitby and Oshawa campuses.
- Carea Community Health Centre: primary care and counselling, with a Whitby site.