About
ADHD Horizon
A psychological service for adults with ADHD, informed by clinical practice and evidence.
Who the service is led by
Dr Van Stephanopoulos, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
ADHD Horizon was created to offer clear, thoughtful, and evidence-based support to adults with ADHD. Before explaining the thinking behind the service, it may be helpful to briefly introduce myself.
I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with experience working across NHS and private settings.
Alongside clinical practice, I have worked as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and held clinical leadership roles, contributing to service development, supervision, and training.
My clinical work has focused on assessment, formulation, and psychological therapy with adults, including ADHD and common co-occurring conditions.
If you would like to read more about my professional background, you can do so on my personal website www.drvan.co.uk
Why ADHD Horizon exists
My motivation for developing ADHD Horizon is closely linked to my own personal and professional journey with ADHD.
When I first encountered ADHD as a concept, I was working as an Assistant Psychologist in an NHS role I valued deeply. My initial response was sceptical. Reading the diagnostic criteria, I felt uneasy about what seemed like a broad label being applied to experiences I had long considered part of normal variation. At the time, I genuinely felt like “everyone was built like this”.
That view changed gradually. Two things mattered. One was my partner, a psychiatrist specialising in ADHD, who gently but consistently pointed out how clearly I met diagnostic criteria.
The other was my clinical work with adults who had ADHD. Listening to clients describe their inner experiences — patterns of effort, exhaustion, intensity, and frustration — I began to recognise something more consistent and specific. In their descriptions, I could see myself.
Accepting that I had ADHD was quietly transformative. It helped me make sense of longstanding difficulties, but also of strengths. It did not remove challenge, but it brought coherence. It also reinforced what I was already seeing clinically: ADHD does not prevent growth, meaning, or accomplishment.
Like many people, I had developed ways of coping long before ADHD was named. Some were taught, some discovered, some refined over time. I was also fortunate to find a line of work that captured my attention in a sustaining way. With hindsight, I understand how much this mattered.
Together with a growing evidence base, these experiences shaped my view that ADHD is neither a trivial label nor an insurmountable obstacle. It is a difference that benefits from understanding, structure, and the right kind of support.
How the service is designed
The pathways offered in ADHD Horizon are grounded in current clinical evidence, while recognising that adults with ADHD have different needs at different stages of life.
Some people benefit most from individual psychological therapy, particularly when ADHD co-occurs with anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental health difficulties.
Others find structured group programmes helpful for developing practical approaches to everyday difficulties.
Workshops offer accurate information and share practical ideas to anyone with an interest in ADHD.
To ensure quality and coherence during this initial phase, ADHD Horizon is intentionally small. At present, I am the sole clinician delivering clinical services. This helps the model work as intended and remain consistent, with any expansion considered carefully once the service is running reliably and safely.
A focused, bounded service
ADHD Horizon is not designed to be everything for everyone. It is a focused service, offered at a deliberate pace and within clear boundaries.
The service focuses on psychological approaches, as many adults seek non-medication forms of support that are grounded in evidence and can complement medication where it is helpful, or provide effective alternatives where it is not.
My aim is not to simplify ADHD or promise outcomes, but to provide thoughtful, well-structured support that respects both the complexity of ADHD and the individuality of the people living with it.
You are welcome to explore the site at your own pace. If you’d like to understand how the service works in practice, you may find the Therapy, Groups, or Workshops pages helpful.
If you have questions about whether any part of the service may be right for you, you are welcome to get in touch.