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ADHD group for adults.

Eight weeks. Eight themes. Eight people who know the same.

Structured group therapy on a scientific basis — understand how your brain works and learn tools that really change your everyday life. In Frankfurt and Hannover, online on request.

8
sessions of 100 minutes, weekly
max. 8
participants per group
open
join any time after onboarding
2
locations: Frankfurt & Hannover

You might know this

Between knowing and doing.

You are an adult, living with ADHD, and you feel the usual tips don’t help. What works with ADHD is not more pressure — it is a structure your brain understands, and a space where others know the same.

You know the black-and-white between hyperfocus and procrastination.
In the morning you plan what you regret not doing by evening.
You know the skills in theory — but between knowing and doing they vanish.
You know the feeling of functioning differently from others.

You are not alone in this.

The structure

Eight sessions. Eight themes. One step at a time.

Every session follows a clear structure and is self-contained.

  1. What ADHD is – and isn’t

    How your brain works neurobiologically.

  2. Mindfulness as a tool

    Attention as a trainable skill.

  3. Chaos & control

    Organisation and structures that really work.

  4. Attention & focus

    Tackling tasks you would otherwise put off.

  5. Impulse control

    Acting on impulse – without self-punishment.

  6. Emotion regulation

    Handling the intense feelings that come with ADHD.

  7. Self-worth

    Meeting inner criticism after a biography full of it.

  8. Integration & outlook

    What you take with you – and how it can continue.

How a session works

Always the same frame.

Each of the eight sessions follows the same structure. That is intentional: with ADHD, predictability helps. You always know what comes next.

  1. 10 min
    Mindfulness exercise
    We begin in stillness and arrive in the room.
  2. 15 min
    Check-in
    How was the week? How did the homework go? You need say nothing you don’t want to.
  3. 10 min
    New participants
    As the group is open, we briefly welcome new members.
  4. 40 min
    Main topic
    Introduction, joint exercises, behaviour analyses, conversations.
  5. 15 min
    Transfer & homework
    How do you carry what you learned into everyday life?
  6. 10 min
    Check-out
    One sentence per person: what am I taking with me?

Scientific basis

What the programme builds on.

We promise no miracles. The programme integrates three approaches tested in randomised trials – in line with the AWMF guideline.

Freiburg concept

DBT-based skills group (Hesslinger, Philipsen) – tested in the COMPAS study (Philipsen et al. 2015, JAMA Psychiatry, n = 433).

Metacognitive therapy

Group intervention focused on executive functions (Solanto et al. 2010, Am. J. Psychiatry) – large effect sizes for inattention.

CBT for adult ADHD

Focus on organisation and cognitive restructuring (Safren et al. 2010, JAMA).

Realistically expectable: reduction of core ADHD symptoms (medium effect sizes, Cohen’s d 0.4–0.7), improved self-worth and mood, and concrete, immediately applicable skills.

What you take with you

Reduced core symptoms
Attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
More self-worth & better mood
Often the biggest, most lasting change: less self-criticism, more self-compassion.
Concrete everyday skills
Tools you can apply immediately.
Not being alone
The experience that others know the same.

What the group is not

Not a substitute for individual therapy in a severe crisis or with acute problems.

Not a place to work through your entire life story.

Not coaching for mere optimisation – but a therapeutic group for a real condition.

FAQ

Before you join.

Who is the group suitable for?

For adults with a confirmed ADHD diagnosis and mild to moderate functional impairment – whether with or without medication, freshly diagnosed or long familiar with the diagnosis.

What is the onboarding session?

Before your first group session there is a 50-minute individual session. In it we confirm your diagnosis, clarify your goals and the format, you receive your workbook with all eight modules and we settle organisational matters. This session is not optional.

What does “open group” mean?

You can join at any of the eight modules and need not wait for a new course to start. Each session is self-contained. If you start at module 3, you go through 3–8 and then 1–2 – completing all eight modules.

Where does the group take place?

At our locations in Frankfurt am Main and Hannover, online on request. For a no-obligation information session, reach us via the contact page.

Led by

Portrait of Christina Staemmler, consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist Christina Staemmler Consultant psychiatrist & psychotherapist Appreciative, body-oriented psychotherapy — with enough room for what matters most as a human being. As a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist she works systemically and behaviourally, leading the ADHD group with clarity and empathy. View profile →

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