Client Resources | Emma Sachsse Counselling

ADHD Medication, what it is for? TLDR; Emotional regulation

D.A.V.E. Dynamically Awesome Variable Executive. A case for why "ADHD" fundamentally misrepresents the condition — and what it might look like if we named it honestly.

Understanding AuDHD. AuDHD isn't autism plus ADHD. The two neurotypes interact and create something distinct — with its own profile, its own contradictions, and its own strengths.

Why We're Seeing More ADHD Diagnoses Not an epidemic. Not overdiagnosis. There's a good reason — this explains it.

Window of Tolerance The optimal range where you can function, process emotions, and handle stress — without tipping into overwhelm or shutdown. Emma's Arched Window version.

When the World Feels Heavy Climate grief, eco-anxiety, and the completely reasonable urge to be furious. What it feels like, what actually helps, and why your response is proportionate to the reality.

FACT SHEETS

Curated external resources worth your time.

Grounding 101 — My go to is the 5 Senses but there are many different ways to ground yourself. Dr Neff created a great guide.

The Rise in Autism Diagnoses What's actually driving them. Good for anyone who's heard "it's just a trend."

Therapy Review and Goals A structured resource from The Psych Collective — useful for taking stock of where you are and what you're working toward.

Schema Explained, A Psych Collective Resource

TOOLS & LINKS

Apps, websites, and YouTube channels worth bookmarking.

Apps that I rate and recommend

How We Feel

An emotion-tracking app designed with input from psychologists and neuroscientists. Useful for building self-awareness between sessions — and genuinely good at what it does. →

VIEW APP

Calm Harm

Calm Harm is an app that

helps you manage or

resist the urge to self-harm.

VIEW APP

Focus Friend

Focus Friend is a cozy, gamified focus timer created by online educator Hank Green. When you Focus, your Bean Friend will Focus.

VIEW APP

Websites

The RELEASE toolkit website contains information and resources to support people to stop antidepressants by minimising withdrawal symptoms via slow hyperbolic tapering of antidepressant dose (usually months).

Go to RELEASE

A list of the GPs who have completed the inaugural South Autstralian ADHD GP training program

Go to the RACGP

ADDitude Magazine Articles for adults and families living with ADHD and related traits. Reliably good

Go to ADDitude

Fish in a Tree Fish in a Tree: Center for Neurodiversity Education, Advocacy, and Activism Building the Infrastructure of Neurodiversity Justice

Go to Fish in a Tree

The aims of ACT are to reduce psychological suffering and maximise human potential for a fulfilling and meaningful life. ACT (which is pronounced as the word ‘act’, not as the initials ‘A.C.T.’)

ACT Mindfully

Bridgette Hamstead, architect of the Neurodiversity Justice Framework™, writes on structural transformation, epistemic repair, AuDHD experience, movement strategy, and the theory and practice of collective liberation for neurodivergent people

Substack

Dr. Leann Borneman, LCSW, CST

Clinical Sexologist | ADHD Relationship & Sex Expert | Researcher

ADHD doesn’t just affect how people manage tasks, it shapes how they access stimulation, intimacy, desire, and connection.

Borneman Coaching.

YouTube

Dr Russell Barkley Research—backed videos from the world's leading ADHD researcher. If you want to understand ADHD deeply, start here.

How to ADHD Jessica McCabe — kind, practical, and honest about every kind of ADHD brain

ADHD Chatter—Real stories from people living with ADHD and AuDHD, hosted by Alex Partridge. New episode every Tuesday.

ADHD Love / Late Bloomers Rich(ASD) and Rox Pink(ADHD) — raw and unfiltered, from barely surviving to thriving.

How to cheat - Mistress M's guide to adultery, Hint: she thinks it's a bad idea.
Hosted by Angry Aussie

F+ck, A Love Story, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival show that led to an adivce column, that led to a degree or two and a career in counselling. It will be out of date, have aged badly, and be wrong but it led to this so I am proud of it.