You’re not lazy, scattered, or broken. Your brain just works differently, and therapy can help you learn to work with it.
ADHD Therapy for Artists, Musicians, and Creatives
Where Creativity Meets Healing
At Mindful Self Therapy, we offer therapy for adults with ADHD across New York City, helping you find clarity, balance, and confidence in how your mind works. Our approach is grounded in curiosity, authenticity, and collaboration because we believe growth happens with you, not to you.
We understand that living with ADHD isn’t about a lack of focus or discipline; it’s about navigating a world that often wasn’t built for your brain. Beneath the chaos or overthinking, there’s often frustration, shame, and the quiet question: “Why can’t I just get it together?” We’re here to help you answer that with compassion, not criticism.
When the Noise Never Stops
Life in New York City moves fast and for adults with ADHD, that pace can feel both thrilling and overwhelming. You’re juggling ideas, responsibilities, and expectations, yet still feeling scattered, anxious, or stuck. Maybe your mind never slows down, your to-do list feels endless, or your motivation disappears as quickly as it arrives.
You might look like you’re managing it all, but inside, your mind is constantly racing, jumping from one thought to the next, never truly resting. The truth is, even when things seem “fine,” your nervous system can still be running on overdrive. Therapy offers space to pause, understand your patterns, and begin working with your ADHD brain instead of fighting against it.
You deserve more than just managing your symptoms, you deserve to feel grounded, capable, and at home in your own mind.
What Happens in Therapy for Creatives
Feeling like your creativity has turned into pressure instead of joy.
Trouble sleeping or quieting the racing thoughts.
Feeling disconnected from your body, emotions, or sense of purpose.
Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, or burnout from constantly trying to keep up.
Emotional highs and lows.
Struggling to balance your ambition, relationships, and self-care without losing yourself in the process.
For many of our clients with ADHD, therapy isn’t about trying harder or becoming more disciplined, it’s about feeling understood. You might notice:
These are all signs that your mind is asking for support. You don’t have to wait until burnout or chaos hits to start finding balance.
How These Patterns Shape Your Life
When you’ve spent years trying to keep up, overcompensate, or mask your ADHD, it starts to take a toll. You may notice your relationships feel harder to manage, your focus comes in unpredictable waves, and your body feels constantly tense or overstimulated.
Many adults with ADHD describe it as living in overdrive and always “on,” yet never quite caught up. Therapy helps you slow down, understand your patterns, and give your nervous system the space to rest, regulate, and rebuild trust with your mind.
You’re tired of feeling like you should have it all together. You’ve tried every planner, productivity hack, and late-night promise that this time will be different. But no matter how hard you try, the overwhelm keeps creeping back.
The truth is, ADHD isn’t something you can out-organize and you don’t have to keep doing it alone. You deserve more than constant coping. You deserve clarity, calm, and the confidence to move through life on your own terms.
When you learn to work with your ADHD instead of against it, your focus, confidence, and sense of self can finally begin to expand again.
How Working with Mindful Self Helps
Our therapists aren’t here to judge, lecture, or hand you another list of strategies you’ll forget to use. We’re here to listen, collaborate, and help you understand your ADHD in a way that actually makes sense for you. We know what it’s like to live and work in New York’s fast-paced, high-pressure environment and we’re here to help you find balance, focus, and self-trust within it.
Feel grounded and regulated in your body, not just your thoughts
Reignite creativity and purpose without burning out
Strengthen relationships through clear communication and emotional attunement
Build focus, regulate emotions, and reduce overwhelm with ADHD-informed, evidence-based strategies.
Build awareness and compassion for yourself and your nervous system
Working with Mindful Self can help you:
