ADHD Therapist for Women in North Carolina & South Carolina

Neurodivergent-affirming telehealth therapy for adult women in North Carolina and South Carolina

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ADHD in women is often missed or misunderstood. You may have spent years working hard to manage things that seem easier for other people, without understanding why they take so much effort.

ADHD can affect much more than attention. It can affect how you start tasks, keep track of time, remember things, organize daily life, regulate emotions, manage relationships, respond to stress, and recover when too much has been asked of you.

I’m Kristen McClure, MSW, LCSW. I have been a therapist for more than 30 years and specialize in working with adult women with ADHD.

Many of the women I work with have spent years masking, overpreparing, pushing through exhaustion, or judging themselves for things that were genuinely harder for them.

I understand ADHD in women as more than the textbook description. I am interested in how ADHD is actually showing up in your life—including the parts other people may not see.

Email me to inquire about availability →

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ADHD Therapy That Looks at the Whole Picture

You may be dealing with burnout, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, perfectionism, people pleasing, shame, work stress, relationship difficulties, or the exhaustion that can come from working hard to hold everything together.

Some women come to therapy after a late ADHD diagnosis and are trying to make sense of their history differently.

Others have known they have ADHD for years but want therapy that actually takes their ADHD into account.

We look at what is happening, what is making things harder, and what might help.

Sometimes you need a skill or strategy.

Sometimes you need more support.

Sometimes the task, environment, expectation, or way something is being done needs to change.

Often, several things are happening at once.

Learn more about ADHD in women →

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A Neurodivergent-Affirming Approach to ADHD

I do not begin with the assumption that every difficulty belongs inside you or that the answer is simply to try harder.

We look at ADHD in context.

That may include executive functioning and emotional regulation. It may also include sensory load, masking, chronic stress, unrealistic expectations, hormonal changes, lack of support, or environments that require much more effort from you than other people realize.

We may ask:

• What is actually making this hard?
• What are you doing to compensate that other people cannot see?
• What happens to your capacity when you are tired, stressed, overstimulated, or carrying too much?
• Would this be easier with a different strategy—or does something about the task or environment need to change?
• What support or accommodation would reduce the amount of effort this requires?

Over time, many ADHD women also develop shame and self-criticism and become less trusting of their own needs. That can become part of the work too.

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My Five-Part Empowerment Model

My work with neurodivergent women is organized around five areas.

Self-Awareness
Understanding how ADHD shows up for you—your patterns, needs, strengths, limits, and capacity.

Self-Compassion
Working with the shame and self-criticism that can develop after years of struggling without enough understanding or support.

Self-Accommodation
Changing tasks, environments, routines, expectations, or supports so they work better for your brain.

Self-Advocacy
Recognizing what you need and learning to communicate it more clearly at home, at work, in relationships, and in healthcare.

Self-Care
Paying attention to what affects your capacity, including sleep, stress, sensory load, hormones, recovery, movement, and rest.

These are not about making you better at appearing neurotypical. They are ways of understanding yourself more accurately and creating conditions that work better for you.

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What We May Work On

Therapy is shaped around what is happening in your life.

• late ADHD diagnosis and identity
• burnout and capacity
• emotional regulation
• executive functioning
• masking
• perfectionism
• shame and self-criticism
• people pleasing and boundaries
• relationships
• work stress
• anxiety
• OCD
• depression
• trauma
• hormonal changes that affect ADHD

We may also look at what everyday functioning is costing you.

Being able to do something does not necessarily mean the way you are doing it is sustainable.

Part of our work may involve changing tasks, routines, environments, expectations, communication, or support so you are not relying on effort alone.

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Individual and Group ADHD Therapy for Women

Individual Therapy

I provide one-on-one telehealth therapy for adult women throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.

Sessions are 55 minutes. The fee is $110. Most BCBS plans are accepted. I am also an out-of-network provider and can provide superbills.

Group Therapy

I also offer small telehealth therapy groups for women with ADHD in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Groups provide a place to understand your ADHD more clearly, try practical strategies, and connect with other women who may recognize experiences that have been difficult to explain elsewhere.

Group availability changes throughout the year.

Learn more about therapy services →

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Online ADHD Therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina

I provide therapy exclusively through secure telehealth.

You can attend sessions from a private space anywhere in North Carolina or South Carolina.

For some ADHD women, telehealth removes some of the additional demands that come with getting to an appointment, including commuting, transitions, waiting rooms, and changes in routine.

Sessions are held through a confidential, HIPAA-compliant platform.

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About Kristen McClure, MSW, LCSW

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 30 years of experience.

I began my career working with girls affected by trauma in the juvenile justice system and later developed school-based mental health programs in underserved communities in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ADHD in women has been a central part of my clinical work for more than a decade. My work also includes anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, emotional regulation, and neurodivergence.

I am a member of APSARD, CHADD, ADDA, and the ADHD Coaches Organization.

More about my background and approach →

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