Mondie Gonzales
LISW-S | EMDR CertifiedOwner/Founder. 30+ years. ADHD across the lifespan — children through adults. Co-occurring trauma and anxiety. Strongsville + telehealth.
ADHD Therapy
ADHD Therapy in Ohio — For Children, Teens, and Adults
ADHD therapy at Oasis Counseling Solutions builds the practical skills, emotional regulation, and self-understanding that medication alone cannot provide. We work with children, teens, and adults — including those with a recent late diagnosis — using CBT, DBT, and strengths-based approaches calibrated to each age group. No formal ADHD diagnosis is required to start. Telehealth is available for all ADHD clients anywhere in Ohio. Free 15-minute consultation.
Why Therapy
Can Therapy Help with ADHD?
Yes — and specifically in ways that medication cannot. Medication for ADHD manages the neurochemical environment that affects focus and impulse control. What it does not do is teach you how to structure your environment, build routines that work with your brain, regulate emotional reactivity, repair relationships that have been strained by ADHD-related patterns, or shift the negative self-concept that years of struggling can produce. Therapy addresses all of that.
Research consistently shows that CBT for ADHD produces meaningful, durable improvements in organization, time management, emotional regulation, and self-esteem — particularly for adults. For children and teens, the most effective model involves the parent or caregiver alongside the young person, building shared strategies that transfer to the home environment between sessions. The skills developed in therapy are not a replacement for medication when medication is appropriate — they are what medication cannot do on its own.
Telehealth is particularly well-suited to ADHD clients of all ages. Many people with ADHD find it easier to engage consistently from a familiar, comfortable environment rather than commuting to an office. Telehealth also eliminates the logistical barriers — scheduling friction, transportation, parking — that disproportionately affect people with executive function challenges. All three ADHD therapists at Oasis Counseling Solutions offer telehealth for clients anywhere in Ohio. Learn more about telehealth at Oasis.
Who It Helps
Who Benefits from ADHD Therapy?
ADHD therapy at Oasis Counseling Solutions is appropriate for anyone navigating the practical, emotional, or relational challenges of ADHD — regardless of whether they have a formal diagnosis.
- Children with diagnosed or suspected ADHD — focus, behavior, school performance
- Teens navigating ADHD alongside identity development, social pressure, and academic demands
- Adults with late diagnosis — reprocessing a lifetime of experiences through a new lens
- Anyone struggling with executive function — time management, task initiation, organization, follow-through
- People experiencing relationship friction related to ADHD patterns — forgetfulness, impulsivity, emotional reactivity
- ADHD with co-occurring anxiety or depression — which is common and requires both conditions to be addressed
- Parents navigating a child's ADHD diagnosis — understanding the condition and developing effective home strategies
Our Approach
How We Approach ADHD Therapy
The foundation of ADHD therapy at Oasis Counseling Solutions is a simple reframe: ADHD is a neurodevelopmental difference, not a character flaw. It is not laziness, not a lack of effort, not a failure of willpower. It is a brain that works differently, with genuine strengths — creativity, pattern recognition, hyperfocus, intuition — alongside genuine challenges. Therapy that treats ADHD as a deficit to be corrected tends to produce shame. Therapy that treats it as a difference to be understood and worked with tends to produce results.
For children and teens, ADHD therapy at Oasis draws from CBT, Trauma-Focused CBT when relevant, and systems-informed approaches that include the parent in treatment. Parent coaching is integrated into the process because the strategies a child learns in session need to be reinforced at home. The school environment may also be discussed, with the therapist helping parents navigate IEP and 504 accommodations when appropriate.
For adults, the work focuses on the specific areas where ADHD is creating friction in daily life — work, relationships, finances, self-esteem, or the emotional dysregulation that research now recognizes as one of the most impairing features of adult ADHD. DBT is particularly effective for adults with ADHD-related emotional reactivity. Strengths-based practice keeps the work from becoming exclusively deficit-focused. Systems theory helps clients understand how their environment and relationships interact with their ADHD patterns rather than looking at ADHD in isolation.
ADHD frequently co-occurs with anxiety and depression. When it does, the therapist addresses all three conditions together rather than treating each in isolation. An adult who is depressed because ADHD has cost them jobs, relationships, and self-esteem needs both the ADHD and the depression to be treated simultaneously. Learn more about anxiety and depression therapy at Oasis.
Your Therapists
ADHD Therapy Specialists at Oasis
Three therapists at Oasis Counseling Solutions specialize in ADHD across all age groups. Meet all six therapists.
Emily Davis
LISW | Telehealth OnlyTrauma-informed, CBT, mindfulness. ADHD with co-occurring anxiety. Telehealth statewide across Ohio.
Erin Feldman
LSW20+ years. CBT, DBT, systems theory. ADHD for children through adults, behavioral challenges, family dynamics.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions About ADHD Therapy
Can therapy help with ADHD?
Yes. Therapy helps with the practical, emotional, and relational challenges of ADHD that medication alone cannot address. While medication manages neurochemistry, therapy builds the skills medication cannot provide: organization, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and systems that work with the ADHD brain rather than against it. Research shows that CBT for ADHD produces meaningful, durable improvements — particularly for adults. Therapy and medication are most effective when used together, though therapy is also valuable on its own.
What type of therapy is used for ADHD?
CBT is the most researched and effective therapy for ADHD, helping clients restructure negative self-talk and build executive function skills. DBT is particularly effective for emotional dysregulation, which is one of the most impairing features of ADHD across all ages. Strengths-based approaches help clients identify and build on their natural capabilities. For children and teens, systems-informed approaches that include the parent in treatment improve outcomes significantly by extending the work into the home environment.
Is ADHD therapy different for adults than for children?
Yes. Adult ADHD therapy focuses on workplace performance, relationship friction, financial management, time management, late diagnosis identity processing, and reframing a lifetime of experiences through a new understanding. Child and teen ADHD therapy involves more parent coaching, behavioral strategies, school-focused skill building, and developmentally appropriate approaches. Oasis Counseling Solutions works with all age groups using approaches specifically calibrated to each developmental stage and life context.
Do I need a diagnosis to see an ADHD therapist at OCS?
No. You do not need a formal ADHD diagnosis to start therapy at Oasis Counseling Solutions. Many clients come in suspecting they or their child may have ADHD and use therapy to explore that possibility. Your therapist can help clarify the clinical picture and, if appropriate, refer you for a formal evaluation. The executive function skills, emotional regulation tools, and self-understanding developed in therapy are useful regardless of whether a formal diagnosis is eventually confirmed.
Does insurance cover ADHD therapy in Ohio?
Yes. ADHD is a covered diagnosis under most major insurance plans. Oasis Counseling Solutions accepts Medicaid, Medicare, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna / Evernorth, UnitedHealthcare, CareSource, Buckeye, Medical Mutual, Humana, and over 20 additional plans. The self-pay rate is $145 per session. Contact us or visit our insurance and fees page to verify your specific coverage before your first session.
Fees & Insurance
ADHD Therapy Rates
$145
Per session — ADHD therapy, in-person and telehealth statewide
Sliding scale available for eligible clients. Medicaid and Medicare accepted. Oasis Counseling Solutions accepts Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, CareSource, Buckeye, Medical Mutual, Humana, and 20+ plans total. Telehealth sessions are the same rate as in-person and are available to any client in Ohio.