{"id":11170,"date":"2022-07-27T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?page_id=11170"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:39:23","slug":"therapy-treatment-types","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapy for ADHD: Benefits &amp; Types to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-reviewed-by section-sidebar-visible\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-left media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-thumbail\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ashley-ertel-headshot-300x300.jpg');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reviewed-by-title\">Medically reviewed by<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\" style=\"display:none;\">Ashley Ertel<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\">Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reviewed On: July 27, 2022<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>  \r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-references-1GLaVo align  wp-block-lazyblock-references\">\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":6271,"parent":8155,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/conditions-category-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"overview-slider":"%5B%5D","cta-title":"","cta-image":"","cta-button-text":"","cta-button-url":"","types-title":"Types of [condition]","types-short-description":"Just as symptoms of depression may be experienced differently by different people, depression itself has many variations. Types of depression vary according to the kind of symptoms people experience, the circumstances that trigger the depression, as well as other overlapping mental health conditions that have depressive symptoms.","condition-types":"%5B%5D","title":"","header-short-description":"","references-item":"%5B%7B%22reference-title%22:%22What%20is%20ADHD?%22,%22reference-description%22:%22American%20Psychiatric%20Association.%20Published%202022.%20Accessed%20June%2013,%202022.%20%5Cn%22,%22reference-url%22:%22https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/patients-families\/adhd\/what-is-adhd%22%7D,%7B%22reference-title%22:%22Mindfulness-Based%20Cognitive%20Therapy%20Versus%20Treatment%20as%20Usual%20in%20Adults%20with%20ADHD:%20a%20Trial-Based%20Economic%20Evaluation%22,%22reference-description%22:%22Bachmann%20K,%20Lam%20A,%20Philipsen%20A.%20Front%20Psychiatry.%202016;7.%20doi:10.3389\/fpsyt.2016.00117.%20Accessed%20June%2013,%202022.%20%22,%22reference-url%22:%22https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4921925\/%22%7D,%7B%22reference-title%22:%22Mindfulness-Based%20Cognitive%20Therapy%20Versus%20Treatment%20as%20Usual%20in%20Adults%20with%20ADHD:%20a%20Trial-Based%20Economic%20Evaluation%22,%22reference-description%22:%22Janssen%20L,%20Grutters%20J,%20Schellekens%20M%20et%20al.%20Mindfulness%20(N%20Y).%202019;10(9):1803-1814.%20doi:10.1007\/s12671-019-01133-7.%20Accessed%20June%2013,%202022.%20%22,%22reference-url%22:%22https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12671-019-01133-7%22%7D,%7B%22reference-title%22:%22Parent%20Training%20in%20Behavior%20Management%20for%20ADHD%22,%22reference-description%22:%22Centers%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(CDC).%20Published%202021.%20Accessed%20June%2013,%202022.%5Cn%22,%22reference-url%22:%22https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/adhd\/behavior-therapy.html%22%7D,%7B%22reference-title%22:%22Dopamine%20modulates%20the%20reward%20experiences%20elicited%20by%20music%22,%22reference-description%22:%22Ferreri%20L,%20Mas-Herrero%20E,%20Zatorre%20R%20et%20al.%20Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences.%202019;116(9):3793-3798.%20doi:10.1073\/pnas.1811878116.%20Accessed%20June%2013,%202022.%20%5Cn%22,%22reference-url%22:%22https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.1811878116%22%7D%5D","section-title":"Talkspace mental health services","link-item":"%5B%5D","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11170","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults &amp; Children \u2014 Talkspace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults &amp; Children \u2014 Talkspace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mental Health Conditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Talkspacetherapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T12:39:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@talkspace\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/\",\"name\":\"Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults & Children \u2014 Talkspace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-27T13:48:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-19T12:39:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg\",\"width\":2250,\"height\":1500,\"caption\":\"woman sitting at desk looking distracted\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Conditions\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Therapy for ADHD: Benefits &amp; Types to Consider\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/\",\"name\":\"Mental Health Conditions\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Talkspace\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Wordmark.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Wordmark.svg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":81,\"caption\":\"Talkspace\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Talkspacetherapy\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/talkspace\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/talkspace\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/talkspace-online-therapy\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/talkspace\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCb55NNsyrcORKbXTfQF4XeQ\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults & Children \u2014 Talkspace","description":"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults & Children \u2014 Talkspace","og_description":"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/","og_site_name":"Mental Health Conditions","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Talkspacetherapy","article_modified_time":"2025-08-19T12:39:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2250,"height":1500,"url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@talkspace","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/","url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/","name":"Therapy for ADHD: Types for Adults & Children \u2014 Talkspace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-07-27T13:48:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-19T12:39:23+00:00","description":"Learn the common different types of therapy that can be used to treat ADHD and how to find a therapist to help you cope with the condition. Read on.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-7015115-1.jpeg","width":2250,"height":1500,"caption":"woman sitting at desk looking distracted"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/therapy-treatment-types\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Conditions","item":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)","item":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Therapy for ADHD: Benefits &amp; Types to Consider"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/","name":"Mental Health Conditions","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#organization","name":"Talkspace","url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Wordmark.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Wordmark.svg","width":402,"height":81,"caption":"Talkspace"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Talkspacetherapy","https:\/\/x.com\/talkspace","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/talkspace\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/talkspace-online-therapy","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/talkspace","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCb55NNsyrcORKbXTfQF4XeQ"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11170"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18070,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11170\/revisions\/18070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}