“There’s no person in the whole world like you, and
“I like you just the way you are.”
- Mr. Rogers
Hi, I'm Jordan
My pronouns are she/her. I live in sunny Colorado and love spending time with my dog, Petey.
I’ve been a therapist for nearly a decade and have been specializing in ADHD treatment for women since 2022.
Women are often incorrectly diagnosed with anxiety or depression because the current diagnostic criteria for ADHD was made with little boys in mind. Many women I’ve worked with were good students and behaved well in class, a far cry from the stereotype of ADHD being loud, disruptive boys who can’t sit still and barely pass their classes. That’s because many women with ADHD experience internal hyperactivity; a flood of thoughts, constant mental lists, or a buzzing energy counterbalanced by collapsing exhaustion. Many women with ADHD are anxious or depressed as a result of living with undiagnosed ADHD, not the other way around.
Many women with ADHD struggle with low self-esteem. Looking around and seeing others manage aspects of life that leave you floundering creates self-doubt and can lead to negative beliefs. That’s why an important aspect of my work with clients includes Mindful Self-Compassion, an evidenced-based intervention that has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression, increase resilience, and enhance self-esteem.
Since no one is an island and ADHD is often passed down genetically, I frame our work through the lens of Attachment-Focused Therapy. This often looks like getting a good understanding of what life was like growing up and piecing together how your early experiences shaped how you think and feel about the world and yourself. When we take a closer look, we often find that the ways we coped as a kid don’t apply to our adult selves. Once we come to that place, we can develop new beliefs that fit our life now, which brings us to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy links our thoughts to our actions and provides experiments to try in our day-to-day life. I like to think of CBT as Tylenol or Advil. If you have chronic headaches, you would probably ask your doctor to give you something to treat the immediate pain while undergoing additional screening to determine the root cause. It’s a helpful tool to provide relief while other interventions are being discovered.
I know you can like yourself and know that you are enough, just as you are. I can help you get there by creating a space where you can be yourself and feel accepted, especially when it’s hard to accept yourself.
