Build a clear, engaging ADHD support group session with ready-to-use activities, discussion questions and facilitator language. Designed for therapists, counsellors and group leaders supporting adults with ADHD, the workbook helps turn common concerns such as procrastination, time blindness, emotional overwhelm and self-criticism into focused peer discussion and practical skill practice.
In an ADHD therapy group, counselling service or community mental health programme, facilitators often need structured material that still leaves room for members’ individual experiences. ADHD Group Sessions provides an outline for creating a supportive, non-judgemental group space, with stated goals around focus, organisation, emotional regulation, self-compassion, connection and recognising progress.
The workbook identifies familiar adult ADHD challenges, including distractibility, difficulty prioritising, inconsistent routines, impulsivity, relationship strain, guilt and chronic procrastination. Its opening script frames ADHD as a different way of experiencing the world and encourages participants to work with their brains rather than against them. That framing can support psychoeducational ADHD groups as well as ongoing peer-support sessions.
Ten therapist-led ADHD group activities give facilitators practical options for different session themes. Participants can brainstorm focus hacks such as timers, body doubling and noise-cancelling headphones; share ADHD wins; identify personal strengths; complete sensory check-ins; and build an individual ADHD toolbox. Further exercises explore time blindness, problem-solving scenarios, reframing the inner critic as an inner coach, sensory regulation tools and planning a productive day.
Facilitation prompts cover validating responses, reflective questions, normalising ADHD experiences and inviting quieter members into the conversation. A final group-management section offers wording for interruptions, disagreement, off-topic discussion, silence, anxiety and de-escalation. It is particularly suited to mental health professionals, ADHD coaches and trained group facilitators running adult ADHD support, skills or psychoeducation groups.
