a specialist service for adhd and neurodiverse individuals, and couples affected by neurodiversity.
David Levy MBACP
I am a BACP-registered counsellor with a dedicated focus on ADHD and the emotional experience of diagnosis and treatment, and the reframing of a lived experience seen through a new lens.
After my own diagnosis, I went looking for emotional support for the sadness, the confusion, and the anger I felt. What I found was mischaracterisation, lacking understanding, and supposed ‘fixes’ which simply didn’t work for someone with my condition. It’s something I’ve heard repeated from numerous clients since.
Using my extensive experience from years of training and working with clients, and my own technical and lived experience of neurodiversity, I have developed a way of working with ADHD clients and couples which supports and affirms their lived experience; arming them with tools and language that helps them work with their ADHD and not against it, and seeks to ensure that my clients are not treated as a list of symptoms.
In addition to my work with couples and individuals, I train other counsellors and therapists how to work with ADHD clients in my twice-yearly ‘Working with ADHD’ seminars, and am currently writing a book on the emotional experience of being diagnosed with ADHD.
Clients and couples contact me at various stages of their ADHD journey – from discovery, to help process the emotional aspect of diagnosis, to discuss the impact of ADHD on their relationships, to the complexities of reframing one’s past, present, and future. I offer sessions weekly or fortnightly, either online or from my office in Whetstone, North London.
About
I’m a counsellor specialising in working with ADHD clients and the challenges which come with navigating diagnosis, whether that be the emotional impact, the impact on relationships, the difficulty in reframing your past, present and future, and the difficult and often drawn-out experience of waiting for assessment, assessment itself, diagnosis, treatment, and medication. I am combined-type ADHD, diagnosed aged 39, and possess a deep and wide-ranging knowledge of ADHD and neurodiversity, its symptomology, treatment and diagnostic pathways, and train other therapists in how to work with neurodiverse clients.
Trained in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, my practice has developed to emphasise the relationship between therapist and client to create a safe and understanding environment free from judgement, in which your presenting issues can be explored and better understood. My training allows me to work with ADHD and non-ADHD individuals and couples alike, and I work extensively with with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, self-esteem, addiction, and repeating patterns of behaviour you’d like to change.
In thousands of hours across individual, couples and group sessions, I have developed an effective way of working with ADHD people which doesn’t pathologise the condition, and considers the entire self rather than working symptomatically or reducing people to a set of stereotypes. I endeavour to work in a way which does not pathologise any protected characteristic such as sexuality, race, religion, disability, or gender identity or expression.
In response to overwhelming client demand, in 2024 I began offering couples counselling designed to help foster communication between neurodiverse couples through psychoeducation, mediation, and the establishment of structures which offer a platform for couples going forward. The response has been overwhelming, and has only highlighted further the need for specialist support.
In addition to my counselling work, I am currently writing a book about the impactful emotional experience of adult ADHD diagnosis, and I can be found talking about the condition in numerous magazine articles and podcasts.
I work from my home in Whetstone, London and offer sessions five days a week either in-person or online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. My standard fee for individual sessions is £100, and sessions with couples start from £160, payable by bank transfer, credit or debit card, or Apple or Google Pay.
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INDIVIDUALS
Struggling with focus, organisation, or overwhelm? ADHD counselling provides personalised support to help you navigate challenges, build strategies, and embrace your strengths.
COUPLES
ADHD can add unique challenges to relationships. Counselling helps couples improve communication, navigate differences, and build a stronger, more supportive, and resilient bond.
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