● CPD Certified · Professional Development Course
ADHD in Clinical Practice
A structured, evidence-based course for counsellors and mental health professionals. Build the understanding and skills to confidently support ADHD clients — from neuroscience to therapy.
✓ Evidence-based content | ✓ Designed for clinicians | ✓ Progress tracking built in | ✓ On Demand Access
Who It’s For
Built for Practitioners
Whether you’re new to ADHD in clinical settings or looking to deepen your expertise, this course meets you where you are.
Counsellors & Psychotherapists
Build a neurobiologically-informed framework for ADHD clients and adapt your existing therapeutic models.
Clinical Psychologists
Deepen your assessment toolkit and expand evidence-based treatment options for adult and adolescent ADHD.
GPs & Psychiatrists
Understand the psychosocial dimensions of ADHD to complement pharmacological management in shared care.
Educational Professionals
Understand lifespan presentations and RSD to better support neurodivergent students in educational settings.
Social Workers & Support Staff
Recognise masked ADHD presentations and apply neuroaffirming strategies in your professional relationships.
Supervisors & Trainers
Use this course as a structured CPD resource within team training or individual supervision frameworks.
Learning Outcomes
What You’ll Be Able to Do
Understand the neurobiology of ADHD
Explain the dopaminergic and noradrenergic mechanisms underlying attention, executive function, and emotional dysregulation.
Apply DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
Accurately identify adult thresholds, presentation subtypes, and use validated assessment tools in clinical practice.
Recognise masked and gender-diverse presentations
Identify why ADHD is systematically missed in women, girls, and adults, and address diagnostic disparities in your practice.
Select evidence-based interventions
Choose from pharmacological, CBT, coaching, mindfulness, and adjunctive interventions based on the latest RCT evidence.
Identify and work with RSD
Define Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, its neurobiological basis, and apply therapeutic approaches to reduce its relational impact.
Support neurodiverse relationships
Use neuroaffirming systemic approaches when working with couples and families where ADHD affects relationship dynamics.
Full Curriculum
What’s Inside the Course
18 lessons across 3 modules, each ending with a scored knowledge check.
About the Provider
The Centre for Counselling
The Centre for Counselling provides professional development and training for counsellors, psychotherapists, and allied mental health professionals. Our CPD materials are grounded in current evidence, peer-reviewed literature, and real clinical application.
This ADHD course has been designed to address a significant gap in professional training — equipping practitioners with the confidence to identify, understand, and therapeutically support clients with ADHD across the lifespan.
✓ Clinician-authored
✓ CPD aligned
● Self-paced · CPD
Ready to deepen your ADHD practice?
Join the course and walk away with a clinically-grounded, neurobiologically-informed framework for working with ADHD clients — from assessment to therapy to relationships.
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