Loving Someone With ADHD: Support for Partners Navigating Resentment, Rejection Sensitivity & Burnout
Loving Someone With ADHD: A Space for Partners – Mid-Group Update! If you’re in a relationship with someone who has…
How Behavior Therapy for Children with ADHD Works: 10 Effective Strategies
What is Behavior Therapy? Unlike play therapy, which explores a child’s internal emotional world, behavior therapy focuses on the “outer”…
How Trauma Is Stored in the Body and How Somatic Healing Helps
Trauma is not only a psychological experience; it is also something the body remembers. Many people who have experienced trauma…
Understanding Rejection Sensitivity in Kids with ADHD — and How Parents Can Help
As a therapist and someone who has worked with many families raising kids with ADHD, I’ve seen just how misunderstood…
ADHD & Intimacy: How Rejection Sensitivity Can Quiet Connection
Hello! My name is Shannon Fennell, and I’m a therapist at Riviera Therapy who works closely with people navigating ADHD,…
ADHD in Love: Living in the ADHD Orbit
Hi there! I’m Shannon Fennell, a therapist here at Riviera Therapy, and I run a group specifically for partners of…
The Difference Between Pressure, Stress, and Responsibility & How to Manage Them
We often use the words pressure, stress, and responsibility interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. Understanding the differences can…
Trouble Sleeping? Try These Six Things
As a therapist, I hear about sleep struggles all the time. Many of my clients come into sessions feeling exhausted,…
Understanding Intuitive vs. Intellectual Grief: How to Cope, Ask for Help, and Care for Yourself
Grief is one of the most universal yet uniquely personal experiences we go through. Whether it’s the loss of a…
Understanding Anticipatory Grief: What It Is and How to Cope
When we think of grief, we usually imagine it happening after a loss, after a loved one dies or something…