Daniela Sablinskas
Simply put, I work with grief and I work with ADHD. However, neither of those things are simple concepts, and both have space at the table. For Grief…. Grief is heavier than people really understand. The world expects…
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Simply put, I work with grief and I work with ADHD. However, neither of those things are simple concepts, and both have space at the table.
For Grief….
Grief is heavier than people really understand. The world expects you to be okay by now. Or it never quite acknowledged how much you lost in the first place. Either way, you're left holding something enormous, often alone.
I lost my mother when I was 19 years old. That experience changed me forever, and is the reason I want to help those who have gone through a heartbreaking loss themselves.
If any of the following feels familiar, you're in the right place.
- You lost someone you love, a parent, a partner, a child, a sibling, a friend, or a beloved pet, and the world feels like it's still spinning while yours has stopped.
- You're carrying a grief no one talks about, a miscarriage, a death by suicide, an estrangement, a complicated relationship that ended before you could resolve it.
- The waves come without warning. You can be fine, and then a song, a smell, an empty chair pulls you under.
- You're sleeping too much, or not at all. You're crying constantly, or wondering why you can't cry. Both are normal. Both are exhausting.
- You feel angry, and you don't know what to do with it. At the person you lost. At the people who are still here. At yourself.
- You're worried something is wrong with you because it's been months, or years, and you still feel this much.
Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's a relationship to be tended. Therapy is not about getting over the person you lost or rushing back to who you were before. It's about making space for what you're carrying, learning to live alongside it, and slowly rebuilding a life that has room for both the loss and the love.
For ADHD…
You've been doing this on hard mode for a really long time.
Most adults with ADHD have spent their whole lives being told to try harder, focus more, get more organized. But you've already been trying twice as hard as everyone around you, and it still doesn't feel like enough. That's not a character flaw. That's an unsupported brain doing its best.You know what you need to do, you want to do it, and somehow you still can't get started. Or you start, get pulled away, and never make it back.
As a late adult ADHD diagnosis myself, I understand how frustrating it can be to learn tools you wish you knew earlier, or feel the wave of shock when suddenly everything that you were particular about suddenly makes sense.
I work with individuals who experience the following:
- Time is something other people seem to understand. You're either way too early or running late. A five-minute task takes an hour, or four hours feel like fifteen minutes.
- Your emotions hit at full volume. Rejection lands harder, criticism stings longer, excitement bubbles over. You're not too sensitive, you're wired this way.
- Your mind never quiets down. Thoughts come fast, all at once, all the time. Falling asleep feels like trying to land a plane in a windstorm.
- The small things pile up: missed appointments, forgotten birthdays, the laundry you've been meaning to fold for two weeks. They add up into a feeling that you're failing at being a functional adult.
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You've been called lazy, flaky, disorganized, too much, not enough. You've internalized so many of those labels that you're starting to believe them, even when part of you knows it isn't true.
ADHD isn't a moral failing or a discipline problem. It's a different way the brain is wired, with real challenges and real strengths. The challenges show up loudly because the world wasn't built for ADHD brains. But the strengths, the creativity, the deep focus when something matters, the empathy, the originality, those are real too. They've often been hiding under the exhaustion of trying to function in systems that weren't built for you.
In our work together, you won't be told to just try harder. You'll be met with curiosity, real understanding of how ADHD brains actually work, and the patience to build something sustainable. Therapy is where you stop fighting your brain and start working with it.
I have a background in Neuroscience and Recreational Therapy, and I weave both into the work we do together. Oftentimes I'll let you know how the brain and nervous system are impacted by some of your experiences, and together we'll find things that bring you joy and happiness again.
If you want to know more about how I work with Grief or ADHD, check out my website, or book a free 15 minute consult today!