ADHD Therapy for Kids and Teens in Gainesville

I offer practical, calm ADHD therapy for teens and kids in Gainesville, Florida, with telehealth available across the state.

ADHD often isn’t a lack of effort. It’s difficulty with starting, sustaining, shifting, and organizing. For kids and teens, it can show up as school stress, conflict at home, big emotions, and feeling like you are always behind.

Therapy can help your child build skills and routines that make school, home, and friendships more manageable.

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ADHD Counseling for Kids and Teens

In teen and kid ADHD therapy, we reduce shame and overwhelm, then build skills that actually work in real life. The goal is to help your child feel more capable, calmer, and more in control.

Counseling can help your child:

  • Improve follow-through with schoolwork and responsibilities

  • Build routines for homework, mornings, and sleep

  • Reduce overwhelm, shutdown, and emotional spirals

  • Improve frustration tolerance and impulse control

  • Feel more confident socially and at home

  • Communicate needs more clearly

You do not need a formal diagnosis to start.

For Parents

If your child is struggling with ADHD-related stress, you are not alone. A lot of families come in after a long stretch of:

  • Homework battles and late work

  • Mornings that feel chaotic

  • Emotional blowups or shutdowns

  • Arguing, defiance, or constant reminders

  • Phone and gaming conflicts

  • Low confidence, anxiety, or “I can’t do it” thinking

In therapy, we can focus on:

  • Homework and routine systems that actually stick

  • Emotion regulation and coping skills for overwhelm

  • Motivation and follow-through without constant fighting

  • School stress, performance anxiety, and procrastination

  • Communication and conflict reduction at home

  • Healthy boundaries around screens when needed

Joseph Brooks with his dog Ryder at Brooks Counseling & Wellness in Gainesville, Florida

About Joe:

Hello! My name is Joe.

This picture is me with my dog Ryder. He brings a calming presence to just about everything.

If you are reading this as a parent, you have probably already tried a lot. My goal is to make therapy feel practical and supportive, not like another place where your child gets “talked at.”

I work best with kids and teens who want help (even if they are skeptical at first) and families who want a plan that is realistic, not perfect.

How I approach ADHD Therapy for Kids and Teens

A nonjudgmental alliance with accountability
A consistent place for your child to be honest, track patterns, and recover quickly after a rough week.

Skills that fit an ADHD brain
Instead of generic advice, we build tools that work with attention variability, time blindness, and motivation swings.

Parent support when it helps
Short parent check-ins can help align strategies at home without turning therapy into “parent management.”

Between-session structure
Small weekly experiments so progress continues outside the office.

Joseph Brooks, ADHD therapist in Gainesville FL, providing counseling for adults and college students

Joseph Brooks, MA, RMHCI

Founder and Owner, Brooks Counseling & Wellness
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Specializing in ADHD therapy and Improving Focus
Florida registration status: Active
Clear Through: 10/2030. Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling.
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern (IMH28583)
Supervised by Jorelle Degen, LMHC (MH14882)
Based in Gainesville, Florida. Offering in-person and telehealth counseling for adults and young adults.

What a First Session Is Like

Pricing:

Sessions are 50 minutes and $120 per session, self-pay only and available in Gainesville or through telehealth.

I also offer sliding scale for those who would benefit from therapy but cannot afford the full rate.

First session plan:

  1. Talk about what has been hardest lately
    Schoolwork, emotions, family conflict, motivation, or feeling constantly behind.

  2. Clarify goals that matter in daily life
    What would actually be different at home, at school, and in your child’s mood?

  3. Create a workable plan
    A simple first-step plan that fits your family’s bandwidth, with one or two changes to test that week.

Feel free to reach out with any questions!

This page is part of Brooks Counseling and Wellness, a therapy practice specializing in Anxiety, ADHD, and Depression.