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 Colorado and love spending time with my dog, Petey.
I have 10 years of experience 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 hyperactive 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. 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.
Seeing others manage life while you flounder creates self-doubt and can lead to low self-esteem. An important aspect of my work with clients includes Mindful Self-Compassion, an evidenced-based intervention shown to reduce anxiety and depression, increase resilience, and enhance self-esteem.
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 yourself and the world When we take a closer look, we often find that our coping mechanisms from childhood don’t apply to our adult selves. Once we come to that place, we can develop new beliefs that fit our life now.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy links our thoughts to our actions and provides experiments to try in our day-to-day life. I 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 that you can like yourself and know that you are enough, just as you are. I can help you get there, especially when it’s hard to accept yourself.
