Adult ADHD Assessment and Tailored Psychological Treatment

Step One: Initial 15-Minute Consultation

Cost: FREE

Initial 15 minute consultation to discuss your difficulties and consider if an assessment may be helpful to you. There is no charge for this appointment as we recognise that picking an organisation and therapist that you feel comfortable with is vital in allowing you to get the most out of your experience. If at this stage you wish to book into an assessment the process of arranging your availability will allow us to match you to an appropriate clinician.

Step Two: Pre-Assessment Questionnaires

In order to gather some further information prior to your assessment you will be emailed some pre assessments questionnaires. These will need to be completed and returned prior to your assessment.

Step Three: Assessment

Duration: 3 hours (with breaks)

This can be conducted in person or online. Within this assessment further information will be gathered on background history, presenting concerns whilst conducting the formal gold standard ADHD assessment (the DIVA) and follows NICE guidelines. This assessment will typically last 3 hours with breaks throughout. We aim to make our assessments as relaxing as possible as we recognise this allows people to feel more comfortable in speaking and gaining the most out of the assessment. The outcomes of the assessment will be discussed with you in the session. In line with good practice we may on occasion confidentially discuss your case with an MDT before finalising any diagnosis; in these cases we will offer you a 20 minute telephone call following the assessment to discuss outcomes.

Step Four: Conclusions and Report

After meeting for the assessment we will review the outcomes of this and the pre assessments questionnaires. This information is then drawn together to make a psychological view of your current difficulties. Often this may be related to ADHD diagnosis and/ or additional areas of need. Our reports are neuroaffirmative and will be non judgmental. Please note that full reports take 4-6 weeks to complete. If you need something sooner, we can provide a brief overview letter in the meantime.

Step Five: Treatment Options

Often services will provide a diagnosis with limited support other than medication. While we don't have an in house psychiatrist, we have established referral partnerships with Malvern Hills Private Practice and Rainbow Clinical Partnership who are able to offer privately prescribed ADHD medication (please see our ADHD Medication section and FAQ's below for details). We do, however believe in offering individuals a more diverse approach to accepting, adapting and managing adhd. As such we offer a number of therapy programs that may be of value including:

• 1:1 individual therapy (unique to your needs identified via assessment)
• Psychosocial program delivered on a 1:1 basis which include psychoeducation on ADHD and managing day to day demands
• Sessions for parents/partners on what ADHD is and how to offer support in the best psychological informed manner

Please note our treatment options can be accessed if a pre existing ADHD occurs.