Adult ADHD Assessment

Christine conducts Adult ADHD assessments for people over the age of 25. As we become more aware of neurodiversity, assessments for adult ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are increasingly sought by people wanting to understand themselves better.

An Adult ADHD assessment can be a pathway to empowerment and self-discovery. Many adults with ADHD have struggled for years, without understanding why they experience certain challenges in their daily lives. An assessment provides validation by identifying ADHD traits and explaining how they impact your life. Women particularly may go undiagnosed as ADHD symptoms in women are often quite different to how ADHD is generally perceived. Women are also frequnetly diagnosed when they have children, and the mental load increases.

Once you have an ADHD diagnosis, you can start to understand which particular aspects of ADHD impact your life and support can be tailored to support you and help you navigate difficulties related to attention, impulsivity, and organization.

Adult ADHD Treatment

If diagnosed with ADHD, some people decide to pursue medication options through a psychiatrist, other people decide to use other strategies to help them manage ADHD symptoms in their life, while some may combine both strategies. This is very much a personal choice. The Australian Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for ADHD outlines that evidence suggests benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulnesse Based Cognitive Therapy over usual care. If you are diagnosed with ADHD, Christine can work with you in using these evidence based strategies to help you address and better understand your ADHD symptoms, as well as manage associated mental health conditions.

Seeking assessment and diagnosis is a personal decision, but it can be a crucial step in your journey towards self-understanding and fulfillment.

Adult ADHD Assessment Fees

I generally conduct ADHD assessments for clients who I am already working with, as therapy is my main area of interest. However the process is not dissimilar for new clients or existing clients. Sessions can be conducted in person, or they can be conducted via telehealth using video conferencing. So assessments can be conducted all over Australia and I have a particular interest in working with people in remote and regional areas.

We start with an initial session where we will get an understanding of your liklihood of meeting criteria for an ADHD diagnosis. This session involves you and an observer (someone who knows you well and has known you for some time) completing a psychometric online and you also complete an intake form. Both of these forms are completed prior to the sesion. We then discuss these results in session and you can make the decision about whether you would like to go any further. There is an upfront fee of $300 for this session. New clients will require at least one session prior to this session for collecting history and background information. This session will be charged at the standard session rate.
The next session involves a semi-structured interview and there may be the need to follow up with your observer if there are any questions. There is an upfront fee of $300 for this session. If follow up with an observer is required there will be an additional fee of $100 for this.
Sometimes additional sessions are required for a diagnosis, if this is the case, they will be charged at the standard session rate.
If you would like an ADHD diagnosis letter for a psychiatrist or other professionals there is an upfront fee of $440 including GST.
If you like, we could then have a session charged at the standard rate (see the fees page), where I feedback results.