ADHD Therapists in Charlottesville, VA
I offer primarily ADHD assessments, individual therapy, and couples work using innovative approaches such as Imago Therapy.
I specialize in ADHD Testing, Neuropsychology, hypnosis, Imago therapy, and cognitive behavioral techniques. We can provide psychological assessments remotely making this process seamless. Psychological testing can aid in developing strategies to leverage strengths and plan for any identified weaknesses, particularly in the area of ADHD for adults over 18.
I offer primarily ADHD assessments, individual therapy, and couples work using innovative approaches such as Imago Therapy.
I specialize in ADHD Testing, Neuropsychology, hypnosis, Imago therapy, and cognitive behavioral techniques. We can provide psychological assessments remotely making this process seamless. Psychological testing can aid in developing strategies to leverage strengths and plan for any identified weaknesses, particularly in the area of ADHD for adults over 18.
Jamie R. Wyatt
Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
5 Endorsed
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Waitlist for new clients
While I enjoy working with people from all walks of life, I especially enjoy working with the LGBTQIA community, the "misfits," and those living with ADHD.
Ready to embrace a more fulfilling life? Whether you're facing loss, navigating a transition, or dealing with anxiety, trauma, or depression, healing starts with one bold step. I’m here to support you with compassion as we work together to uncover what's holding you back. Through a proactive, tailored approach, we’ll shift old patterns, build confidence, and unlock your true potential. Let's create lasting change and help you step into the life you deserve.
While I enjoy working with people from all walks of life, I especially enjoy working with the LGBTQIA community, the "misfits," and those living with ADHD.
Ready to embrace a more fulfilling life? Whether you're facing loss, navigating a transition, or dealing with anxiety, trauma, or depression, healing starts with one bold step. I’m here to support you with compassion as we work together to uncover what's holding you back. Through a proactive, tailored approach, we’ll shift old patterns, build confidence, and unlock your true potential. Let's create lasting change and help you step into the life you deserve.
You may be navigating ADHD, anxiety, or autism, whether diagnosed or just wondering if that fits your experience.
I can help if you want space that is honest and supportive, where you can get real about what’s going on, build tools that make sense in your day to day life, and move toward something that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned with who you are.
I specialize in working with teens and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and emotional issues.
You may be navigating ADHD, anxiety, or autism, whether diagnosed or just wondering if that fits your experience.
I can help if you want space that is honest and supportive, where you can get real about what’s going on, build tools that make sense in your day to day life, and move toward something that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned with who you are.
I specialize in working with teens and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and emotional issues.
My ideal clients are individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, chronic stress, or life transitions who feel stuck but ready for change. They come seeking clarity, emotional healing, and practical tools. Through personalized counseling, couples therapy, and trauma-informed care, we gently uncover patterns, build resilience, and create real-life strategies so you can move forward with confidence, balance, and renewed connection.
My ideal clients are individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, chronic stress, or life transitions who feel stuck but ready for change. They come seeking clarity, emotional healing, and practical tools. Through personalized counseling, couples therapy, and trauma-informed care, we gently uncover patterns, build resilience, and create real-life strategies so you can move forward with confidence, balance, and renewed connection.
Thriveworks Counseling &Psychiatry Charlottesville
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Charlottesville, VA 22902
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Your mental health gets in the way of the tasks you need to do to move your life forward; maybe you struggle with loneliness. Sometimes you feel overwhelmed by a monster to-do list that spans several areas of your life; you struggle to adopt positive habits or manage negative ones; you feel paralyzed by challenges like cleaning out a storage unit, finding a job, or negotiating a bill with a health insurance company. Sometimes you get stuck in patterns of procrastination and shame. Sometimes you don't know who to trust; sometimes you struggle to manage relationships in a healthy way.
Your mental health gets in the way of the tasks you need to do to move your life forward; maybe you struggle with loneliness. Sometimes you feel overwhelmed by a monster to-do list that spans several areas of your life; you struggle to adopt positive habits or manage negative ones; you feel paralyzed by challenges like cleaning out a storage unit, finding a job, or negotiating a bill with a health insurance company. Sometimes you get stuck in patterns of procrastination and shame. Sometimes you don't know who to trust; sometimes you struggle to manage relationships in a healthy way.
Life doesn’t come with a roadmap, and when anxiety, self-doubt, relationship stress, or past experiences start to weigh on you, it can feel overwhelming. You may find yourself feeling stuck, looking for clarity and meaningful, lasting change, not just temporary relief. I offer virtual therapy for adults across Virginia, providing a supportive and grounded space where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, and goals without judgment. Using a collaborative, humanistic approach, I help you work through challenges, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, and build the resilience needed for long-term growth.
Life doesn’t come with a roadmap, and when anxiety, self-doubt, relationship stress, or past experiences start to weigh on you, it can feel overwhelming. You may find yourself feeling stuck, looking for clarity and meaningful, lasting change, not just temporary relief. I offer virtual therapy for adults across Virginia, providing a supportive and grounded space where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, and goals without judgment. Using a collaborative, humanistic approach, I help you work through challenges, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, and build the resilience needed for long-term growth.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with experience in the counseling field since 2009. I have worked with clients dealing with addiction, addicted family systems, recovery from substance use and abuse, codependency, LGBTQIA+ issues, and self-compassion. I am passionate about helping people develop self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-worth within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with experience in the counseling field since 2009. I have worked with clients dealing with addiction, addicted family systems, recovery from substance use and abuse, codependency, LGBTQIA+ issues, and self-compassion. I am passionate about helping people develop self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-worth within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship.
I provide evaluations for ADD/ ADHD, learning disabilities (like dyslexia and dysgraphia), and Autism.
What sets me apart? I am one of the few psychologists with exhaustive experience in the schools. I have led several school based problem-solving teams, I have completed Independent Education Evaluations across most of Central Virginia, and my evaluations are written for both parents and teachers--providing a concrete and personalized road-map to success.
I provide evaluations for ADD/ ADHD, learning disabilities (like dyslexia and dysgraphia), and Autism.
What sets me apart? I am one of the few psychologists with exhaustive experience in the schools. I have led several school based problem-solving teams, I have completed Independent Education Evaluations across most of Central Virginia, and my evaluations are written for both parents and teachers--providing a concrete and personalized road-map to success.
I work with adolescents and adults facing anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, sexual abuse, and relationship challenges. I’m genuinely interested in who you are and what you need. My approach is active, direct, and flexible, creating a space where you feel seen and supported. We’ll honor your past while focusing on how old wounds shape current patterns, and use practical, empowering strategies to help you build a life that nurtures your emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
I work with adolescents and adults facing anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, sexual abuse, and relationship challenges. I’m genuinely interested in who you are and what you need. My approach is active, direct, and flexible, creating a space where you feel seen and supported. We’ll honor your past while focusing on how old wounds shape current patterns, and use practical, empowering strategies to help you build a life that nurtures your emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Questions may be about ADHD/ ADD, learning disorders, mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders or bipolar disorder, and documentation of mental health and educational conditions in support of academic accommodations.
Please note this is a testing ONLY practice, which means it is focused on formal assessment and diagnosis. Individuals seeking a therapist/counselor can consult the profiles of the many excellent psychotherapists in the Charlottesville area.
Questions may be about ADHD/ ADD, learning disorders, mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders or bipolar disorder, and documentation of mental health and educational conditions in support of academic accommodations.
Please note this is a testing ONLY practice, which means it is focused on formal assessment and diagnosis. Individuals seeking a therapist/counselor can consult the profiles of the many excellent psychotherapists in the Charlottesville area.
The journey can leverage various techniques as I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), am an ADHD-CCSP as well as a Reiki Master in the Usui System.
How are you feeling? tough question to be asked especially with the swirling energy of these times—so much movement, change, and uncertainty. It’s easy to feel unmoored. But within the chaos, there’s a quiet place we can return to: the heart center. It took time to find mine—and the journey is still unfolding. My path began in the world of business, but after years of deep inner work and breaking long-held patterns, I found my true calling: guiding others through meaningful transformation. This isn’t just theory—I’ve lived it. If something in you is stirring, trust it. Your path is unfolding, and you don’t have to walk it alone...
The journey can leverage various techniques as I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), am an ADHD-CCSP as well as a Reiki Master in the Usui System.
How are you feeling? tough question to be asked especially with the swirling energy of these times—so much movement, change, and uncertainty. It’s easy to feel unmoored. But within the chaos, there’s a quiet place we can return to: the heart center. It took time to find mine—and the journey is still unfolding. My path began in the world of business, but after years of deep inner work and breaking long-held patterns, I found my true calling: guiding others through meaningful transformation. This isn’t just theory—I’ve lived it. If something in you is stirring, trust it. Your path is unfolding, and you don’t have to walk it alone...
You may be navigating the challenges of OCD, ADHD, Autism or anxiety—and looking for real tools, understanding, and a sense of control.
I am a trauma-informed therapist with extensive experience counseling adolescents and adults. I have advanced training in evidence-based treatments, including EMDR for trauma and specialized training in ERP for OCD and anxiety. Beyond OCD and ADHD, I have also supported clients with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression.
You may be navigating the challenges of OCD, ADHD, Autism or anxiety—and looking for real tools, understanding, and a sense of control.
I am a trauma-informed therapist with extensive experience counseling adolescents and adults. I have advanced training in evidence-based treatments, including EMDR for trauma and specialized training in ERP for OCD and anxiety. Beyond OCD and ADHD, I have also supported clients with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression.
The journey can leverage various techniques as I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), am an ADHD-CCSP as well as a Reiki Master in the Usui System.
How are you feeling? tough question to be asked especially with the swirling energy of these times—so much movement, change, and uncertainty. It’s easy to feel unmoored. But within the chaos, there’s a quiet place we can return to: the heart center. It took time to find mine—and the journey is still unfolding. My path began in the world of business, but after years of deep inner work and breaking long-held patterns, I found my true calling: guiding others through meaningful transformation. This isn’t just theory—I’ve lived it. If something in you is stirring, trust it. Your path is unfolding, and you don’t have to walk it alone...
The journey can leverage various techniques as I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), am an ADHD-CCSP as well as a Reiki Master in the Usui System.
How are you feeling? tough question to be asked especially with the swirling energy of these times—so much movement, change, and uncertainty. It’s easy to feel unmoored. But within the chaos, there’s a quiet place we can return to: the heart center. It took time to find mine—and the journey is still unfolding. My path began in the world of business, but after years of deep inner work and breaking long-held patterns, I found my true calling: guiding others through meaningful transformation. This isn’t just theory—I’ve lived it. If something in you is stirring, trust it. Your path is unfolding, and you don’t have to walk it alone...
We also provide evaluations for ADHD and autism.
People come to us for different reasons. For some, it’s simply understanding. Maybe why reading takes so long, why writing is so stressful, or why relationships don’t click. For others, it’s not just understanding but also help. To make friends, to keep a scholarship that’s on the rocks, or to simply not cry during math homework every single night.
We also provide evaluations for ADHD and autism.
People come to us for different reasons. For some, it’s simply understanding. Maybe why reading takes so long, why writing is so stressful, or why relationships don’t click. For others, it’s not just understanding but also help. To make friends, to keep a scholarship that’s on the rocks, or to simply not cry during math homework every single night.
I specialize in working with college students and adults who are facing a range of concerns, including anxiety and phobias, OCD, ADHD, life transitions, peer relationships, self-esteem concerns, and parenting concerns.
My approach incorporates Person-Centered theory, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), tailored to suit your specific needs. I am also trained in SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a treatment intervention that works with parents to help their children overcome problematic anxiety.
I specialize in working with college students and adults who are facing a range of concerns, including anxiety and phobias, OCD, ADHD, life transitions, peer relationships, self-esteem concerns, and parenting concerns.
My approach incorporates Person-Centered theory, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), tailored to suit your specific needs. I am also trained in SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a treatment intervention that works with parents to help their children overcome problematic anxiety.
If you struggle with focus or ADHD, we can use body doubling to help you get unstuck.
You don’t have to keep carrying everything on your own. Lately, the weight of anxiety, burnout, or a major life transition might feel like too much. Whether you are navigating relationship struggles, body image concerns, or just feeling completely exhausted, you deserve a space where you don’t have to pretend you have it all together. From the outside, things might look fine, but inside you feel stuck and unsure how to move forward. I'll work with you to help you move from just surviving to actually feeling like yourself again. Therapy can be a place to finally exhale and make sense of what you are going through
If you struggle with focus or ADHD, we can use body doubling to help you get unstuck.
You don’t have to keep carrying everything on your own. Lately, the weight of anxiety, burnout, or a major life transition might feel like too much. Whether you are navigating relationship struggles, body image concerns, or just feeling completely exhausted, you deserve a space where you don’t have to pretend you have it all together. From the outside, things might look fine, but inside you feel stuck and unsure how to move forward. I'll work with you to help you move from just surviving to actually feeling like yourself again. Therapy can be a place to finally exhale and make sense of what you are going through
Areas of assessment include (but are not limited to): Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Cognitive Delays, Behavior Disorders, and Learning Disabilities, as well as Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders.
Given my experiences in both the clinical and school settings, I am aware of the unique developmental needs of individuals over the lifespan and bring a unique understanding of both environments to my practice. I also use test information in working with parents to help build their toolbox of strategies to implement at home if there are behavioral concerns.
Areas of assessment include (but are not limited to): Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Cognitive Delays, Behavior Disorders, and Learning Disabilities, as well as Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders.
Given my experiences in both the clinical and school settings, I am aware of the unique developmental needs of individuals over the lifespan and bring a unique understanding of both environments to my practice. I also use test information in working with parents to help build their toolbox of strategies to implement at home if there are behavioral concerns.
I specialize in working with women in life transitions, whether you’re balancing school, starting a career, managing ADHD, or moving through major changes like divorce.
I have experience supporting individuals with ADHD, anxiety, depression, eating-related concerns, and relationship difficulties. I also help clients navigate co-parenting, separation, and the emotional impact of divorce. My approach is warm, collaborative, and authentic, offering a safe space for you to strengthen your healthiest self.
I specialize in working with women in life transitions, whether you’re balancing school, starting a career, managing ADHD, or moving through major changes like divorce.
I have experience supporting individuals with ADHD, anxiety, depression, eating-related concerns, and relationship difficulties. I also help clients navigate co-parenting, separation, and the emotional impact of divorce. My approach is warm, collaborative, and authentic, offering a safe space for you to strengthen your healthiest self.
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ADHD Therapists
When should I seek treatment for ADHD?
You should seek treatment for ADHD if you consistently have difficulty with attention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity that interferes with your daily life. Symptoms of ADHD include the inability to sustain attention during tasks, difficulty organizing tasks and activities, being easily distracted, frequent fidgeting or squirming, and talking or interrupting excessively. If these symptoms interfere with your career, academics, or relationships—for example, consistently failing to complete professional projects on time—you should seek an evaluation for ADHD.
How does treatment for ADHD work?
Effective treatment for ADHD often consists of medication, behavioral therapy, and lifestyle changes. Stimulant medications such as Adderall and Ritalin work by altering levels of neurotransmitters in the brain; higher levels of dopamine and norepinephrine are known to improve attention and focus. Therapy works by helping people with ADHD understand the condition, discuss their areas of difficulty, and develop behavioral strategies to manage their symptoms. In some cases, modifying one’s diet and exercise can also help improve symptoms.
Are there specific medications for ADHD?
Medications to treat ADHD are generally stimulants, the most common are Adderall and Ritalin. There are two categories of stimulants: Amphetamines include Adderall, Dyanavel, Vyvanse, and Dexedrine, and methylphenidates include Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana, Focalin, Quillichew, Quillivant, and Metadate. Non-stimulants and antidepressants may be used as an alternative if stimulants aren’t effective or viable for a particular patient.
How long does treatment for ADHD take?
It’s tough to give an exact time frame because everyone varies. In terms of medications, stimulants begin to work very soon after you take them, generally within the hour. It may take time to identify the right medication and dosage, but the medication itself is fast-acting. In terms of therapy, it takes time to develop skills and put them into practice, but you will likely see improvements within a few weeks or months.