You don’t need to experience all of these. Many adults with ADHD are highly capable, intelligent, and motivated, but feel like they’re constantly fighting their own brain.

Attention & Focus

• Difficulty sustaining attention, even on tasks that matter to you

• “Zoning out” during conversations, meetings, or reading

• Starting tasks easily but struggling to finish them

• Needing extreme urgency (deadlines, pressure, panic) to focus

• Trouble following multi-step instructions unless written down

• Feeling mentally scattered or like your thoughts are constantly jumping

Executive Functioning & Organization

• Chronic procrastination, even when you want to get things done

• Difficulty initiating tasks (“I just can’t get myself to start”)

• Poor time awareness (running late, underestimating how long things take)

• Disorganization at home, work, or both

• Forgetting appointments, deadlines, or important responsibilities

• Feeling overwhelmed by planning, prioritizing, or decision-making

Emotional and Internal Experience

• Intense emotional reactions that feel bigger than the situation

• Sensitivity to criticism or rejection (“I take everything personally”)

• Rapid frustration, irritability, or emotional shutdown

• Feeling chronically overwhelmed or easily overstimulated

• Shame or harsh self-criticism related to productivity or “not doing enough”

• Burnout that doesn’t improve with rest

Hyperactivity (Often INTERNAL with adults)

• Feeling restless, on edge, or unable to fully relax

• Racing thoughts or a constantly “busy” mind

• Difficulty sitting still or staying present without fidgeting

• Talking quickly, interrupting, or thinking out loud

• Alternating between high energy and complete exhaustion

Motivation, Interest & Productivity

• Difficulty doing tasks that are boring, repetitive, or uninteresting

• Intense focus on certain interests, projects, or hobbies (hyperfocus)

• Cycling through interests—very engaged for a time, then losing interest

• Feeling capable of doing amazing work sometimes and struggling other days

• Inconsistent performance that others don’t understand

Work, School, or Daily Life Impact

• Feeling like you’re working twice as hard as others to keep up

• Being labeled “smart but disorganized” or “not meeting potential”

• Trouble with paperwork, emails, follow-through, or administrative tasks

• Repeatedly burning out despite effort, intelligence, or success

• Needing systems, reminders, or coping strategies just to function

• A history of addictive or compulsive behaviors (e.g., substances, screens, gambling, impulsive spending), disordered eating patterns, or self-harm

Important Note:

ADHD doesn’t always look like being “hyper” or “bad at school.” Many adults—especially women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and high-masking or high-achieving people—go undiagnosed for years.

If these experiences resonate and feel persistent, lifelong, and impairing, a comprehensive ADHD evaluation may provide clarity, self-understanding, and access to appropriate support.

1. Brief Phone Consultation with Brittany (Optional): Discuss your assessment goals, provide some basic background information, and ask any questions you may have about the assessment process. This is a free, no-obligation consultation.

2. Schedule Interview and Payment: Choose the interview date and time that works best for you on our online portal, electronically complete the required legal documents, biopsychosocial history, and make your payment online.

3. Online Assessments: You will be sent links to all of the required electronic assessments such as the QbCheck, the Brown Executive Function/Attention Scales, among others. All legal forms and empirically validated measures must be completed prior to the clinical interview.​​​​​​​ (For adolescents, some assessments will be completed by the teens and some will need to be completed by their parent or guardian.)

4. Clinical Interview: Meet with Brittany via Telehealth for a 60-minute clinical interview.

5. Results and Report: Provider interprets and integrates the data from the empirically validated assessment measures, biopsychosocial history, and clinical interview. Written reports are available within 2-3 days of completing the clinical interview.

6. (Optional) Feedback Session: Schedule 50-minute follow-up session with Brittany to discuss the findings, recommendations, available supports, and your experience with the assessment and results.

Our fees are straightforward and transparent. Payment is due in full prior to the clinical interview. Please note: Heal ATL is considered an out-of-network provider with all insurance plans.

We offer 2 options and invite you to choose what meets your needs.

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Assessment and Formal Report: $700

Includes: electronic questionnaires and testing, HIPAA-compliant video conference clinical interview with your provider, and formal written report (~30 pages) that details the findings of the evaluation. Report will also offer customized recommendations for accommodations for work/school, strategies to help manage ADHD challenges effectively, and documentation for medication management with a psychiatrist to assist you in your daily life.

Assessment and Formal Report and Feedback Session: $700 + $225

Includes: electronic questionnaires and testing, video conference clinical interview with your provider, formal written report that details the findings of the evaluation, and 50-minute follow-up session with your provider to discuss discuss the findings, recommendations, available supports, and your experience with the process and results.

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• Estimates suggest that up to 50% of those with ADHD also have Autism Spectrum Disorder. If you would like to add on an Autism evaluation to your ADHD assessment, please consider the following:

Add-On Fee for Autism Evaluation (prior to completing your ADHD evaluation and report): $800

Add-On Fee for Autism Evaluation (After your ADHD evaluation and report have been completed): $1000

At Heal ATL, we want to eliminate the barrier of long wait times and wait lists for assessments. We deliver results quickly. Here’s what you can expect:

1. Consultation call with the Brittany (Optional) - Typically less than one week of your inquiry. Use our online portal to schedule a time that works best for you. Or if you don't have any questions, you can go ahead and schedule your interview from the same link!

2. Clinical Interview with Brittany - Typically within 1-3 weeks of your consultation. You will just want to make sure you allow enough time to be able to complete your paperwork and online assessments prior to the interview.

3. ​​​​​​​Written report - We try to have your report back to you within 1 week of completing the clinical interview.

4. Follow-up services - Can be scheduled any time after completing your interview and receiving your report.

Psychologists certainly offer testing for ADHD. . It is important to know that there are currently no standardized tests to assess if an adult has ADHD that are fit for purpose or reliable; that is, there is no ‘gold standard’ tests to identify ADHD adults. Assessments can help guide our clinical thinking, but are no substitute for thoughtful exploration with the neurodivergent person. Other barriers are significant costs associated with a formal evaluation with a psychologist or psychiatrist, incredibly long time commitments to reach a diagnosis, and long waits to even get an appointment.

Whoever you choose for your evaluation, you should make sure they are neurodivergent-affirming and are trained in assessing adult ADHD. The organization CHADD recommends, "Many times the professional’s level of knowledge and expertise about adult ADHD is more important for obtaining an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plan than the type of professional degree."

*Please note that Heal ATL does not provide neuropsychological testing. If your assessment results find that neuropsychological or learning disabilities testing may be needed, you will be referred for those services to the appropriate professional. Cognitive or intelligence testing is not required for ADHD evaluation unless you present with intellectual difficulties.

*We recommend having a physical medical examination within the past 6-12 months to rule out medical causes for symptoms. Some medical conditions, such as thyroid problems and seizure disorders, can cause symptoms that resemble ADH challenges. A medical examination does not confirm ADH neurotype but is important in helping to rule out other conditions or problems.

Brittany Hewitt, MA, LPC, CPCS, ACS, BC-TMH is currently offering ADHD evaluations to adults ages 16+. She is both Autistic and ADHD neurotypes, a psychotherapist with over a decade of experience treating these populations, and an ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider. She will hear, respect, and support you throughout this process. Book a free 15-minute consultation with Brittany to answer any questions you may have about ADHD evaluations.