Navigating the ADHD Paradox

ADHD sits at the intersection of two powerful truths: it represents natural neurodiversity that becomes "disordered" through environmental mismatch, while simultaneously creating genuine disability requiring skilled response.

Riding Tigers navigates this paradox by integrating neurodiversity-affirming perspectives with evidence-informed strategies, delivering what neither approach alone can achieve: sustainable progress, authentic capability, and genuine well-being for your clients.

Professional Relevance

For professionals seeking specialized ADHD support for clients across the intervention spectrum:

Foundational Support

  • Newly diagnosed individuals seeking initial structure
  • Families navigating school accommodations
  • Adults requiring workplace management systems
  • Young people transitioning between life stages

Advanced Intervention

  • Clients with persistent functional challenges
  • Complex presentations with co-occurring conditions
  • Cases requiring between-appointment support
  • Individuals experiencing capability inconsistency
Professional Credentials
  • Masters in Applied Positive Psychology
  • 10+ Years Specialized ADHD Experience
  • Evidence-Informed Methodology
  • Lived experience of ADHD/ASD

Areas of Specialisation

We provide specialised support across three key areas, each tailored to address unique ADHD presentations and their specific challenges.

Adult ADHD

Comprehensive coaching focused on unlocking authentic capability while building sustainable systems.

Key Insight

Sophisticated coping mechanisms often mask profound struggles beneath apparent competence.

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Family & Childhood ADHD

Dynamic support integrating parent coaching with direct child intervention strategies.

Key Insight

Parents navigate their deep intuitive understanding while grappling with daily challenges of consistent support.

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Complex Presentations

Specialised support for ADHD with comorbid conditions and broader neurodiversity.

Key Insight

The very traits that create challenge in one context often reveal themselves as profound strengths in another.

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Adult ADHD Support

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Adult ADHD presents a unique therapeutic challenge: the higher the stakes become in life, the more sophisticated the coping mechanisms grow - often masking profound struggles beneath apparent competence.

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This masking phenomenon can lead to delayed intervention and complex presentations, where surface-level function obscures significant internal strain.

How We Support Adult ADHD

  • Career Development & Workplace Navigation

    Supporting professionals in leveraging ADHD traits while managing executive function challenges.

  • Academic Achievement

    Specialised strategies for tertiary students adapting to increased autonomy and complexity.

  • Relationship Dynamics

    Building understanding and skills for managing ADHD impacts on personal and professional relationships.

  • Life Transitions

    Structured support through major changes, from entering the workforce to retirement planning.

Family & Childhood ADHD

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How We Support Family & Childhood ADHD

Complex Presentations

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How We Support Complex Presentations

Intervention Modalities

Our integrative framework draws from four evidence-based modalities, each contributing unique and complementary pathways to support both immediate functioning and long-term development.

Applied Positive Psychology

Coaching Psychology

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Applied Positive Psychology

Core Methodology
The Big Idea
The revelation that wellbeing is more than the absence of suffering - and can be systematically cultivated.
ADHD Relevance

ADHD is traditionally approached through a deficit lens, focusing primarily on symptom management.

Positive Psychology's emphasis on identifying and developing inherent strengths provides a powerful complement to traditional approaches.

This enables sustainable change by building internal resources and capabilities rather than relying solely on external compensatory strategies.

Core Focus

Cultivating psychological resources and strengths rather than just managing deficits.

Applications in Practice
  • Strength identification and development become catalysts for executive function enhancement
  • Flow state optimisation improves task engagement and completion
  • Character strengths deployment supports consistent motivation
  • Values-aligned goal setting creates sustainable behavior change
Evidence Base

Extensive research demonstrates that positive psychology interventions improve well-being outcomes and enhance treatment engagement (Bolier et al., 2013). Positive psychology interventions also enhance executive functioning by improving cognitive flexibility, attentional control, and stress resilience (Fredrickson, 2001; Tang et al., 2007).

Bolier, L., Haverman, M., Westerhof, G. J., Riper, H., Smit, F., & Cuijpers, P. (2013). Positive psychology interventions: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled studies. BMC Public Health, 13, 119.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218–226.

Schmeichel, B. J., & Vohs, K. (2009). Self-affirmation and self-control: Affirming core values counteracts ego depletion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 770–782.

Tang, Y.-Y., Ma, Y., Wang, J., Fan, Y., Feng, S., Lu, Q., ... & Posner, M. I. (2007). Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(43), 17152–17156.

Coaching Psychology

Strategic Framework
The Big Idea
ADHD Relevance
Core Focus
Applications in Practice
Evidence Base

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Psychological Flexibility
The Big Idea
ADHD Relevance
Core Focus
Applications in Practice
Evidence Base

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Attentional Training
The Big Idea
ADHD Relevance
Core Focus
Applications in Practice
Evidence Base

Clinical Approach

Our comprehensive approach integrates multiple perspectives and evidence-based strategies to provide effective, personalised support for ADHD and related challenges.

Three-Lens Assessment

Comprehensive evaluation through psychological, neurological, and environmental perspectives for targeted support.

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Evidence-Based Intervention

Positive psychology approach targeting immediate challenges while building sustainable long-term outcomes.

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Collaborative Care

Seamless integration with existing medical and therapeutic treatments for comprehensive support.

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Three-Lens Assessment Approach

Our comprehensive assessment framework examines ADHD through three distinct but interconnected perspectives, providing a complete understanding of each individual's unique presentation.

Psychological Lens

The Right Mindset

Understanding cognitive and behavioral patterns that shape how you feel and interact with the world.

Neurological Lens

The Right Connections

Examining the neural pathways and processing patterns that influence attention and executive function.

Ecological Lens

The Right Fit

Analyzing how environmental factors and support systems interact with your unique needs.

By integrating insights from all three lenses, we develop a comprehensive understanding that guides the creation of personalized, effective strategies for growth and success.

Evidence-Based Intervention

We approach the client's process of change in a holistic and step-wise fashion, seeking to balance short term needs with long term development.

Stabilising
Expanding
Living Life

Our methods are grounded in peer-reviewed research, neuroscience informed cognitive-behavioral techniques, and neurodiversity-affirming frameworks.

Stabilising the Situation

ADHD clients often have disruptive problems that need to be prioritised and immediately addressed before long-term growth and change can be sustainably achieved.

Often inclusive of:
  • Solving immediate personal crises (finances, career, education, health etc)
  • Addressing mental health concerns and co-morbidities
  • Solidifying important relationships and support networks
  • Unsticking motivational blocks and building momentum with 'quick wins'

Expanding Capacity

ADHD challenges are best approached from within, by helping the person develop their own capacity to understand their true needs, grow their strengths and skills, and master their mind, brain, and environment.

Often inclusive of:
  • Brain Plasticity: executive functions, emotional regulation, reward-sensitivity
  • Well-being: positive emotion, engagement, social connection, and meaning making
  • Purpose & Drive: Intrinsic motivation, values & strengths clarification, identity & self-concept, goals and ambition
  • Strategy: time management, habit formation, cognitive offloading, adaptive planning, task initiation

Living Life

People with ADHD thrive when a structure and a plan emerges naturally from their values, passions and strengths.

Often inclusive of:
  • The Life Plan: creating a purposeful, flexible and motivating plan of action to achieve life's big and small goals
  • Opportunity Identification: Cultivating curiosity, creative problem-solving, and recognizing new paths for fulfillment and success
  • Resource building: Developing personal, social, and material resources that support long-term growth and resilience
  • Self Mastery: activating a playful, fun and adventurous orientation to life that purposefully cultivates an enduring and unshakable sense of 'aliveness'

Professional Collaboration

We believe the best outcomes arise from a unified, interdisciplinary approach—whether that involves GPs, psychologists, or other professionals. With explicit client consent, we align our coaching & consulting with existing treatment plans or seamlessly join a broader solutions-focused team.

Medical Practitioners

Coordinating with GPs and specialists to ensure aligned medical support and treatment plans.

Mental Health Professionals

Working alongside psychologists and psychiatrists to support comprehensive mental health care.

Allied Health

Collaborating with occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and other specialists for holistic care.

Human Services

Partnering with social workers and support coordinators to facilitate comprehensive social support.

Collaboration Framework

  • Consent-based, client-led information sharing

  • Clear communication protocols

  • Secure progress updates or feedback

  • Flexible integration into existing care networks

Working Together

A straightforward process designed to seamlessly integrate with your professional workflow and provide your clients with rapid access to specialized ADHD support.

Practice Details

Location
The Gap, Brisbane
Availability
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Standard Rate
$200 per hour (inc. GST)
Concession
$110 per hour (inc. GST)
NDIS
Self & Plan Managed

Referral Process

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Initial Contact

Email client details to contact@ridingtigers.au

2

Acknowledgment

Receive confirmation within 24 hours

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Client Contact

Client contacted within 2 business days

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Free Initial Consultation

Scheduled within 1-2 weeks

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