ADHD Assessments in Melbourne
Comprehensive, neuroaffirming ADHD assessments for children, teens and adults. Clear, supportive, and built around how attention and executive functioning show up in your life.
At Better Together Therapy, we provide comprehensive ADHD assessments for children, teens and adults. ADHD can affect attention, executive functioning, emotional regulation, motivation, organisation, memory, impulsivity and daily functioning in many different ways. While some people experience visible hyperactivity, others experience internal restlessness, chronic overwhelm, mental fatigue, emotional intensity or ongoing difficulty managing everyday demands.
Many people seeking an assessment have spent years feeling overwhelmed, disorganised, burnt out, or labelled lazy without fully understanding why certain tasks or environments feel harder. Our process aims to provide clarity, validation and practical recommendations in a supportive, neuroaffirming way.
A note on medication
We don't prescribe medication. Psychologists are not medical doctors. Where medication is part of the conversation, our assessment can support discussions with your GP, paediatrician or psychiatrist about the medication pathways available to you.
Why might someone seek an ADHD assessment?
People come to us for many different reasons. Some of the patterns we hear most often:
Adults and teens may notice
chronic overwhelm or mental exhaustion
difficulty sustaining attention
forgetfulness and disorganisation
emotional intensity or emotional regulation difficulties
procrastination and task avoidance
difficulty starting or completing tasks
a feeling of being mentally busy all the time
burnout from trying to keep up with expectations
impulsivity
difficulty managing routines or time
masking or overcompensating to cope
struggles balancing work, study, relationships or parenting demands
Families may noticed in children
attention or concentration difficulties
impulsivity
emotional regulation challenges
frustration tolerance difficulties
hyperactivity or restlessness
school difficulties
difficulty following routines
disorganisation
difficulty maintaining focus across tasks
Late-diagnosed adults
ADHD in adults, particularly in women and gender-diverse people, often presents through internal overwhelm, emotional exhaustion and high-functioning anxiety rather than the externally hyperactive picture most people recognise. If you've spent years compensating without quite knowing why everything feels harder than it should, an assessment can be a meaningful step toward understanding why.
Our ADHD assessment process
We aim to make the process supportive, clear and manageable.
Initial intake.
Clinical interview and background information.
Assessment sessions.
Collaborative feedback.
Comprehensive report.
A conversation to explore current concerns, background, lived experiences and the goals of the assessment.
We gather developmental, educational, emotional and functional information to understand how attention, executive functioning and emotional regulation may be affecting daily life. Where appropriate, this can include information from parents, schools or other professionals.
Tailored to age and presentation, sessions may include clinical interviews, questionnaires, observations, and standardised tools such as the DIVA, Conners, CAARS and ASRS. Cognitive or executive functioning assessments (such as the WISC-V or Brown Executive Function Scale) may be added where relevant.
A supportive feedback session to discuss findings, answer questions and help you (or your family) understand the outcomes in an accessible way. Where appropriate, recommendations may include strategies for emotional regulation, executive functioning, school or workplace supports, accommodations and ongoing therapy.
A detailed written report covering assessment findings, diagnostic clarification where appropriate, strengths and support needs, executive functioning considerations, and practical recommendations for school, university, workplace and daily life.
Our neuroaffirming approach
Our process is grounded in a neuroaffirming framework. In practice, that means we aim to:
understand ADHD beyond the stereotypes
recognise the emotional and nervous-system experience of ADHD
identify strengths alongside challenges
avoid shame-based or deficit-focused language
understand masking and burnout
provide respectful, supportive recommendations
support self-understanding and self-advocacy
Assessments should help you understand yourself better and access meaningful support, not feel judged or pathologised.
Ongoing support following assessment
Many people benefit from ongoing support after the report. That can include:
neuroaffirming psychology
emotional regulation strategies
executive functioning support
parent support
school or workplace accommodations
burnout support
psychoeducation, therapy and counselling
If you'd like to continue working with us after your assessment, we can talk about what that might look like.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. We provide ADHD assessments for children, teens and adults.
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No. Psychologists do not prescribe medication. Where medication is being explored, you may need a review or assessment with a psychiatrist, paediatrician or GP. Our ADHD assessments can provide valuable information that supports broader diagnostic understanding and the conversations you have with your medical team.
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Yes. ADHD presentations in girls and women are often more internalised and can be overlooked due to masking or compensation strategies.
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Yes. We recognise that ADHD is not always externally hyperactive. It can present through overwhelm, emotional exhaustion, forgetfulness or executive functioning difficulties.
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Yes. A comprehensive written report and recommendations are included as part of every assessment.
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No. Referrals are not required for private ADHD assessments.
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Yes. Ongoing psychology support is available following assessment where appropriate.
Related Services
Autism Assessments
Autism and ADHD often co-occur (AuDHD). Our autism assessments use the same neuroaffirming approach.
Cognitive Assessments
Useful when learning profile or processing differences are part of the picture.
Adult psychology
Neuroaffirming psychology support for adults, including AuDHD, burnout, anxiety and trauma.
Ready to start the conversation?
Book a free 15-minute consultation. We'll talk through what you're looking for, answer your questions about the process, and help you decide if an ADHD assessment is the right next step.