Mindfulness for Adult ADHD Program (MAPs)

Toronto ADHD group therapy for better focus, emotional regulation, and self-understanding

A structured, affordable approach to ADHD therapy

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Radcliffe Psychotherapy Clinic’s Mindfulness for Adult ADHD Program

Our Mindfulness for Adult ADHD Program (MAPs) is an eight-week therapy group that supports adults in better understanding their ADHD and developing skills for navigating attention, emotions, impulses, and daily life with more awareness and care. In the video below, you’ll learn more about how the program works and how mindfulness can lead to greater focus, emotional regulation, and self-understanding.

What Is MAPs?

ADHD can affect much more than attention. It can shape how you manage emotions, respond to stress, handle daily tasks, and relate to yourself when things feel harder than they seem to for other people. MAPs is an affordable group therapy program that combines mindfulness-based practices with ADHD-friendly strategies to help adults manage ADHD with more awareness and support. In this program, group therapists use evidence-based approaches that will help you notice thoughts, emotions, impulses, and body sensations more clearly so you can respond intentionally in daily life.

What MAPs Focuses On:

Mindfulness practices adapted for adult ADHD

Strengthening attention and focus

Building emotional regulation skills

Managing and reducing overwhelm, impulsivity, and reactivity

Building more self-compassion and understanding in the way you relate to ADHD

Learning to stay more present in difficult moments

Developing supportive and sustainable routines and habits

Learning alongside others in a structured, supportive group setting

Connect in ADHD Group Therapy

Living with ADHD can feel isolating, especially when the things you struggle with every day are hard to explain to other people. Group therapy offers a different kind of support than individual therapy by creating space to learn, reflect, and practice in the company of others who share many of your experiences.

Benefits of ADHD Group Therapy

Learn practical strategies from your group therapists and peers who understand life with ADHD

Feel more understood, supported, and less alone in your experience

Gain insight into how ADHD can show up in different ways

Try new skills in a supportive, structured, and non-judgmental space

Build momentum with shared encouragement and accountability

Develop practical tools that can support your routines and relationships

Cost-Effective ADHD Support

Group therapy can offer a more accessible path to ADHD support. By sharing the cost across participants, it is often more affordable than individual therapy while still providing thoughtful, evidence-based therapeutic approaches. For adults who are looking for ADHD care that’s more financially manageable, a structured group program can be a supportive place to begin.

What to Expect from MAPs

The impact of ADHD can be felt in your emotions, your routines, and your relationships. Through mindfulness-based practices, education about ADHD, and practical skill-building, MAPs helps adults build new ways of understanding and managing ADHD.

Program Format

Program: Mindfulness for Adult ADHD Program (MAPs)

Location: Online through live Zoom sessions

Next start date: April 22, 2026

Schedule: Eight sessions on Wednesday evenings

Session time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST

Total time: 12 hours across eight sessions

Cost: $800 total ($100 per 90-minute session).

Standard: One-time payment of $800.

Installments: 8 automatic weekly payments of $100

Format: Guided group therapy

Slots: Up to 8 participants per group

Additional support: Weekly one-to-one check-ins available at no extra cost

Note: Insurance receipts for "Group Psychotherapy" provided by a Registered Social Worker are issued weekly following each session.

MAPs Curriculum Outline

Over eight weeks, MAPs can help you make sense of how ADHD influences different parts of your life and explore new ways of responding through mindfulness techniques. Adapted from Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician's Guide, Zylowska, L., & Mitchell, J. T. (2020), Guilford Publications, each session adds another layer of insight, practice, and support for ADHD management.

Session 1
Introduction to ADHD and Mindfulness: Reframing of ADHD

We begin by looking at ADHD through a more informed and compassionate lens, while introducing the role mindfulness can play in your attention, emotions, and routines.

Session 4
Mindful Awareness of Body Sensations

This session builds awareness of physical cues, which can be helpful for noticing stress, tension, restlessness, or emotional activation earlier.

Session 7
Mindful Awareness of Presence and Interactions

This session explores how mindfulness can support communication, relationships, and ADHD patterns during interactions with others, especially in moments of tension or reactivity.

Session 2
Mindful Awareness of ADHD Patterns: What Is My ADHD Like?

This session helps participants notice how ADHD shows up in their own lives, including common patterns around focus, follow-through, overwhelm, and reactivity.

Session 5
Mindful Awareness of Thoughts

Participants learn to notice thoughts with greater clarity and less reactivity, creating more space between a thought and an automatic response.

Session 8
Mindful Awareness as a Life Journey

Our final session helps participants solidify how to carry these practices forward in a way that feels realistic and sustainable.

Session 3
Mindful Awareness of Sound, Breath, and Body

We introduce foundational mindfulness practices that use sound, breath, and body awareness to support attention and help participants return to the present moment.

Session 6
Mindful Awareness of Emotions

We focus on recognizing and working with emotions more intentionally, with support for emotional regulation and self-understanding.

Who ADHD Group Therapy Is for

You do not need a formal ADHD diagnosis to join MAPs. If ADHD-related patterns are affecting your life and you’re looking for a more supportive way of working with them, ADHD group therapy may be a good fit.

MAPs May Be Helpful for Adults Who:

Feel distracted from what they want to focus on
Struggle with procrastination, follow-through, or organization
Feel overwhelmed easily or react strongly in the moment
Notice patterns of impulsivity, frustration, or self-criticis
Want a better understanding of how ADHD may be influencing their lives
Are looking for structured, practical support in a group setting
Want an option that feels more financially manageable than individual therapy

What You’ll Learn in MAPs

For many adults, ADHD can feel like a cycle of distraction, overwhelm, frustration, and self-blame. Group therapy for ADHD helps you notice those patterns, make sense of them, and begin responding with more intention and self-understanding.

Group Therapy Teaches You to:

Bring more awareness to ADHD patterns

Notice distractions and redirect your attention

Respond to emotions with more steadiness and care

Work with overwhelm before it builds

Manage challenging thoughts, reactivity, and impulses more intentionally

Recognize stress earlier and respond with care

Approach daily tasks with improved structure and follow-through

Build routines that are supportive and realistic

Develop greater self-compassion, self-kindness, and self-care

Strengthen relationships through improved awareness, communication, and emotional regulation

Frequently Asked Questions About MAPs

Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis to join?

An ADHD diagnosis is not required to join MAPs. This group is open to adults who identify with common ADHD challenges, whether or not they have received a formal ADHD diagnosis.

Is this program covered by insurance?

MAPs may be covered by your insurance provider. Coverage can vary, so we recommend checking with your provider to confirm whether group therapy with a Registered Psychotherapist or Registered Social Worker is included in your plan.

How many people are in each group?

Groups are kept small, with a maximum of eight participants, to help maintain a supportive and connected group experience.

Are the Zoom sessions recorded?

They can be, but only if all participants provide consent.

What happens if I miss a session?

If you miss a session, there are a few ways to catch up. We ask for group consent before recording live Zoom sessions, so video or audio recordings may be available. If recording is not possible, you can use your weekly check-in to review key material, or book a longer one-to-one catch-up session for an additional fee.

Is this a support group or group therapy?

MAPs is best understood as ADHD group therapy, with a naturally embedded support-group element. Alongside shared understanding and connection, the program offers structured guidance, mindfulness-based practices, and practical tools for everyday life with ADHD.

Can I join if I am already in individual therapy?

MAPs can work well alongside individual therapy, especially for adults who are looking for a structured program that offers practical skills and tools they can use between sessions and in daily life.

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Your ADHD Group Therapy Facilitators

MAPs is led by therapists who bring both clinical expertise and a compassionate understanding of the everyday realities of ADHD. Their approach is evidence-based, supportive, and responsive to each participant’s lived experience.

Riki Stopnicki

Registered Social Worker, MSW

Riki supports adults, teens, and children navigating stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and ADHD. She also works with family members affected by ADHD. Riki brings a warm, caring, and creative approach to her facilitation of the MAPs group program. Participants often appreciate her open, non-judgmental style and her skillful guidance and support over the course of the program.

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Dana Levinson

Practicum Student Therapist

Dana brings a warm, client-centred approach focused on self-esteem, coping skills, and emotional resilience. As a practicum student, Dana supports the MAPs program through co-facilitation of the groups as well as through weekly one-to-one check-ins with group members. Dana is easy to talk to and thrilled to support ADHDers in the MAPs program.

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Spring 2026

8 Week Program

Wednesdays 6:30pm-8:00pm EST

April 22nd - June 10th