Many adults with ADHD spend years — sometimes decades — receiving treatment for anxiety, depression, or trauma without meaningful improvement. Not because the treatment is wrong, but because the underlying diagnosis was never identified.

Adult ADHD often presents subtly: chronic overwhelm, emotional dysregulation, executive functioning difficulties, relationship strain, and persistent shame. These symptoms are frequently masked by coping strategies or misattributed to other conditions, especially in women and high-functioning adults.

For clinicians, this creates a high-stakes challenge: How do you recognize ADHD in adults when it doesn’t look like the textbook version?

What This Webinar Covers

This clinically focused training is designed to help mental health professionals identify and address undiagnosed ADHD in adults with greater confidence and accuracy.

You’ll explore:
➡️ Why adult ADHD is so frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed
➡️ How ADHD presents differently across gender, culture, and life stage
➡️ The overlap between ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, and personality traits
➡️ Practical screening and assessment strategies for busy clinical settings
➡️ Evidence-based treatment approaches for adults diagnosed later in life
➡️ Documentation best practices to support medical necessity and reimbursement

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
☑️ Identify key clinical red flags that suggest undiagnosed ADHD in adults
☑️ Apply validated screening tools and collateral strategies effectively
☑️ Differentiate ADHD symptoms from anxiety, depression, and trauma responses
☑️ Adjust treatment planning for adults diagnosed later in life
☑️ Document ADHD-related impairment clearly and defensibly in clinical notes

Why This Matters for Your Practice

Accurately identifying adult ADHD can:
▪️Improve treatment outcomes and client engagement
▪️Reduce chronic trial-and-error treatment cycles
▪️Strengthen therapeutic alliance through validation and insight
▪️Support ethical, defensible documentation and billing

When ADHD is recognized and treated appropriately, clients often experience relief — not just from symptoms, but from years of self-blame.