ADHD Counseling in Hale, Michigan

At Seven, at Seventeen and at Forty

A seven-year-old who cannot stay in a chair and cannot stop talking. A seventeen-year-old who is clearly bright and is failing anyway. A forty-year-old who has spent a whole life being called lazy and disorganized, and has quietly come to believe it.

ADHD gets missed a lot, especially in girls and in adults. The stereotype is a boy bouncing off the walls. Often it looks more like daydreaming, chronic lateness, a house that never quite gets tidy, and an exhausting amount of effort spent covering for all of it. If any of that sounds familiar, whether it is your child or it is you, we would be glad to hear from you.

What Ann Marie Can and Cannot Do Here

Ann Marie is a Licensed Professional Counselor. For children and teenagers, she can assess ADHD and diagnose it using the standard diagnostic criteria, and she can do the counseling work that follows.

She also works with adults who are struggling with ADHD, offering counseling for the difficulty it creates day to day, whether or not you already have a diagnosis. A new ADHD assessment is not something she provides for adults.

She does not carry out full psychological or neuropsychological testing, and she does not evaluate or prescribe medication. If either of those is what you need, she will say so and help you find the right person.

What the Work Involves

Practical skills for the things ADHD makes hard: getting started, keeping track, finishing, and handling the frustration that builds when none of those go well. For a child, Ann Marie works with the parents on what helps at home and what quietly makes things worse, and with the school: alongside teachers, and at IEP or 504 meetings, with your permission.

For a lot of adults, it also means repairing a self-concept built out of years of being told they were the problem.

Who This Is For

We welcome children, teenagers and adults. If you are a parent trying to work out whether this is what is going on with your child, call us and ask. You do not need to be sure before you call.

About Medication

Ann Marie is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She does not prescribe medication. Some people do better with medication alongside counseling. If that looks likely, she will help you talk to your doctor and, with your written permission, work alongside them.

Coming From Tawas City, West Branch or Oscoda

People come to us for ADHD counseling from right across the Sunrise Side. A weekly appointment is a weekly drive, so here are the road times to our office in Hale.

• Tawas City, about 32 minutes by road.
• West Branch, about 40 minutes by road.
• Oscoda, in Iosco County, about 45 minutes by road.

Tell us which town you are coming from when you call, and we will help you find the times that make sense with the drive. On the longer drives, a longer appointment spaced further apart sometimes suits better than a weekly hour, and we are happy to set it up that way. We list road times from the rest of the area on our service area page.

Reviewed by Ann Marie Shay, MA, LPC, CTP, MITS, September 2026.