When ADHD Starts to Feel Like a Third Person in Your Relationship
Loving someone with ADHD can be joyful, exciting, spontaneous, and deeply meaningful. It can also be exhausting in ways that…
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The 3 Most Common Fights in ADHD Relationships (and Why They Keep Happening)
Hi, I’m Shannon Fennell, an ADHD therapist at Riviera Therapy. I work with individuals with ADHD, their partners, and families…
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 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…
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…
How to Share a Fantasy
Take the Relational Dive You’ve been thinking about a fantasy—something that turns you on, something you’ve never said out loud.…
The Anxious-Avoidant Attachment Dance: How to Identify, Understand, and Heal This Common Relationship Dynamic
If you’ve ever felt like you and your partner are caught in a frustrating cycle—where one of you wants closeness…
Your Partner Isn’t a Mind Reader
Why Communication Matters for Intimacy You know those moments when you think, “If they really loved me, they’d know”?It’s a…
Birth Control Dilemma
When Neither Partner Wants to Use Birth Control In heterosexual relationships, birth control decisions can become a major source of…