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eLearning Course

Understanding and Supporting Clients with ADHD

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● 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.

3
Modules
18
Lessons
3
Quizzes
CPD
Accredited

✓ 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.

1

Module 1

Understanding ADHD

8 Lessons + Quiz

Covering the neurobiological, diagnostic, and lifespan dimensions of ADHD — the essential foundation for clinical work.

Lesson 1

What is ADHD?

Foundations of ADHD: definitions, presentations, and neurobiological basis

Lesson 2

DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Criteria

Current diagnostic thresholds and symptom domains for ADHD

Lesson 3

Executive Function Domains

The six domains of executive function and their expression in ADHD

Lesson 4

Working Memory & Time Blindness

Two of the most functionally impactful ADHD deficits explained

Lesson 5

ADHD Across the Lifespan

How ADHD presents, is identified, and impacts functioning at different life stages

Lesson 6

ADHD in Women & Girls

Diagnostic disparities, masked presentations, and the clinical cost of under-identification

Lesson 7

ADHD & Comorbidities

The rule, not the exception: understanding ADHD’s high comorbidity burden

Lesson 8

Clinical Assessment Tools

Validated instruments for adult ADHD assessment in clinical practice

Knowledge Check

Module 1 Quiz · 5 Questions

2

Module 2

Evidence-Based Interventions

7 Lessons + Quiz

The therapeutic toolkit for ADHD — from medication literacy to CBT adaptations, mindfulness, and emerging digital approaches.

Lesson 1

Pharmacological Treatments

Medication as a component of comprehensive ADHD treatment

Lesson 2

CBT Protocols for ADHD

Adapting cognitive-behavioural therapy for the ADHD presentation

Lesson 3

Coaching & Skills Training

Structured, function-focused programs with RCT support

Lesson 4

Emotion Regulation Strategies

Evidence-based approaches for managing emotional dysregulation in ADHD

Lesson 5

Mindfulness-Based Interventions

Emerging evidence for mindfulness in adult ADHD management

Lesson 6

Sleep & ADHD

The bidirectional relationship between ADHD and sleep disturbance

Lesson 7

Digital, Exercise & Gamified Interventions

Emerging and adjunctive interventions for ADHD symptom management

Knowledge Check

Module 2 Quiz · 5 Questions

3

Module 3

RSD & Neurodiverse Relationships

3 Lessons + Quiz

A clinically-focused deep dive into Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and the systemic, relational dimensions of ADHD in couples and families.

Lesson 1

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: Definition & Neuroscience

RSD definition, internalising/externalising patterns, and the dopamine/norepinephrine basis

Lesson 2

RSD & Romantic Relationships

Emotional reactivity cycles, hyperfocus→avoidance patterns, and elevated relationship dissolution risk

Lesson 3

Therapy for Neurodiverse Couples

Neuroaffirming systemic approach and five evidence-informed therapeutic techniques

Knowledge Check

Module 3 Quiz · 5 Questions

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.

✓ Evidence-based content
✓ 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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