When Focus, Follow-Through & Mornings Feel Like a Daily Battle
Free 15-Minute Consultations • Online Therapy Across 42 PSYPACT States
(512) 240-2633You have asked her to put on her shoes. Twice. Three times. The backpack is still open on the floor, the homework is half-finished, and somehow it is already late. You are not a disorganized family. You have charts and timers and the good intentions of a Sunday night. But by Tuesday the wheels are off again, and you are the one holding all the pieces.
At school, the teacher says she is bright but “not working to her potential.” Assignments get finished and never turned in. The big project sits untouched until the night before. The lectures have not worked. Losing privileges has not worked. And you are starting to wonder whether something more is going on.
If your kid is older, in high school or away at college, the picture looks different but the knot is the same. Missed deadlines. A syllabus she meant to read. A room she cannot quite see anymore. The late-night scramble that has somehow become the only way anything gets finished.
It is exhausting for everyone. And the hardest part is watching a capable, creative kid feel like she is failing at things that seem to come easily to everyone else.
ADHD is a difference in how the brain manages attention, organization, and follow-through — not laziness, and not a lack of caring. The skills that make daily life run more smoothly can be taught, practiced, and built into routines that actually hold.
She is still in there — the bright kid, the creative kid, the kid with a hundred ideas. ADHD did not erase her. She just needs the right scaffolding to let what is already there come through.
Little Dove Psychology is a small group practice. The work described on this page is provided by our three clinicians: Dr. Kristin Kroll, Dr. Meghan Kraenbring Comerford, and Antonette Anuwe. Meet our team →
We provide ADHD treatment — therapy and skills, not testing or evaluation. (If a formal ADHD assessment is what you need, we are glad to point you toward providers who do that, and we can work alongside an existing diagnosis.) The work is evidence-based and practical, shaped to fit the young person in front of our clinicians and the family she belongs to. In practice, that usually looks like:
We stay neutral on medication: some families use it, some do not. Either way, our job is the therapy and skills side, working alongside whatever medical care your child has.
Kids, teens, and college students — roughly ages 7 to 27. The approach adjusts to fit a younger child, a high-schooler, or a college student running her own life.
No — we provide ADHD treatment, not testing or evaluation. Our focus is therapy, behavioral strategies, and executive-function skills. If you need a formal ADHD assessment or diagnostic testing, we are glad to refer you to providers who specialize in that, and we can work alongside an existing diagnosis.
A mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral strategies, executive-function and organization skills (planning, getting started, time management, breaking work into steps), and parent coaching so the routines hold at home. The exact blend depends on the young person’s age and what is getting in the way.
Both, on purpose. For kids and teens, parent coaching is core — a lot of ADHD support is about building structure at home. For college students, family involvement is on her terms.
We are psychologists, so we do not prescribe. We stay neutral on medication — it helps some families and not others — and we are glad to collaborate with your child’s pediatrician, psychiatrist, or other prescriber as needed, so everyone is working from the same plan.
Yes. We deliver ADHD treatment online across Texas and 42 PSYPACT states. Virtual sessions work especially well for executive-function and organization coaching — we can build and review real planners, calendars, and routines together, and parents and college students can join from wherever they are.
It is one of the most common patterns we see — capable kids whose effort gets lost somewhere between “done” and “turned in.” That gap is usually an executive-function issue, and it responds well to skills and structure. A free 15-minute consultation is the easiest way to figure out what is going on.
Little Dove Psychology is a private-pay practice. We are happy to provide a superbill you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Every family’s situation is different, and these FAQs cannot answer everything. The simplest next step is a free 15-minute consultation with our team. We can talk through what you are seeing, what ADHD treatment at Little Dove Psychology would actually look like, and whether we are the right fit. No commitment, no sales pitch — just a real conversation to help you figure out the next step.
For younger kids, ADHD treatment in Austin leans heavily on parent coaching and building external structure, routines, and reward systems at home. For teens, the work shifts to direct executive-function coaching, self-management strategies, and CBT for the frustration and self-doubt that pile up. For college students, the focus is often planning, time management, and getting work in without all-nighters. The behavioral and skills methods stay the same; the delivery flexes to fit the developmental stage.
Signs worth a consult with an ADHD-informed therapist in Austin include trouble starting or finishing tasks, work that gets done but never turned in, losing things and forgetting steps, difficulty sitting still or waiting, frequent reminders that do not seem to stick, and bright potential that is not showing up in daily life. A free 15-minute consultation is the simplest way to talk through what you are seeing and whether treatment and skills would help.
Executive function is the brain's management system: planning, getting started, time awareness, organization, and following through. Executive-function coaching teaches these skills directly and builds practical systems, like planners, calendars, checklists, and routines, that survive a real week. It is a core part of ADHD treatment at Little Dove Psychology, because for many kids and teens the gap is not ability but follow-through.
Yes. A lot of ADHD treatment is aimed squarely at school: breaking big assignments into doable steps, building a homework routine that actually holds, tracking due dates, and closing the gap between work that is finished and work that gets turned in. We can also coordinate with teachers and school or college support services so everyone is working from the same plan.
Yes. We work with college students on the executive-function demands of independent life: managing a syllabus, planning around deadlines, time management, and getting work done without burning out. If she is 18 or older, she is the client, and family is involved in whatever way she chooses. We deliver ADHD treatment online across Texas and 42 PSYPACT states, which works well for students away at school.
For ADHD treatment (as opposed to testing), look for a clinician trained in behavioral strategies, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and executive-function coaching, with experience coaching parents, since structure at home is a big part of what helps. Credentialed psychologists (PhD or PsyD) and licensed therapists with specific ADHD experience are good places to start. If you need a formal diagnosis, a provider who does ADHD evaluations is the right fit, and we can work alongside that.