Brittni Brady, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP, smiling outdoors in a mustard suit
Brittni Brady, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Licensed Clinical Social Worker · California LCSW 70635

ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider

Pursuing certificates in Somatic Yoga and Women's ADHD Care

About

Hi, I'm Brittni.

I work with adult women who are tired of being told to try harder.

I also have ADHD and was diagnosed as an adult. I share this because when a woman tells me about her experience with ADHD, a misdiagnosis, or the struggle to be understood, I am not just working from a textbook.

I spent my childhood getting good grades and not rocking the boat, and I became a master at masking. It taught me some valuable skills, and it cost me the ability to live fully and freely as myself. Sometimes my ADHD symptoms were treated as strengths. Other times I was told they were too much.

It wasn't until a stressful season of life that the masking stopped holding. The dam broke wide open, and I went searching for answers in a moment of desperation and hyperfocus. How could I have ADHD, be a therapist, have friends who are therapists, and not one of us saw it? It was humbling, and I was pissed. Angry that the system, the research, the training, all of it had failed me and failed women.

That began my journey, not just to understand myself, but to become the person I needed when I was searching for answers. I got myself support first. Then I began studying and training, paying close attention to the gaps in what was being taught and not taught about women, and seeking out neuroaffirming trainings specific to women and ADHD.

This is not a clock in, clock out job for me. It is personal, and I care deeply about this work. I like to keep it real and genuine. I would love to work with you, or help support you in finding the care you need.

What I believe about ADHD care

The framework I bring to every session.

Non-pathologizing by default.
Each person's experience with ADHD is unique. Fitting clinical criteria does not mean everyone's experience is the same.
Late recognition is a loss worth naming.
Trauma and ADHD get held together.
The whole picture matters.
You are the expert in your own experience.
Coaching to build systems of support.
Credentials and training

What I've been learning.

Certification

ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)

A specialty certification from Evergreen Certifications for clinicians with advanced training in ADHD across the lifespan. It is not a license and does not expand my scope of practice. It does mean my ADHD work is a deliberate specialization, not something I picked up along the way.

Certification number 116465, valid through August 2028.

Certificate in progress

Somatic Yoga

Training in body-based, nervous-system-informed practice. Regulation is physical before it is cognitive, and talking about a dysregulated nervous system is not the same as changing one.2 My training in this work is with Dr. Arielle Schwartz. I use somatic approaches within therapy where they fit, and always with your consent.

Certificate in progress

Women's ADHD Care

Focused training on how ADHD shows up in women, why it gets missed, and how it shifts across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and postpartum, and perimenopause. This includes the W-CAT model, developed by Dr. Amelia Kelley.3

Currently deepening

Complex PTSD and somatic approaches

Ongoing rather than finished. ADHD and PTSD occur together in a substantial share of adults, and each makes the other harder to see clearly.4 I will always tell you when something sits outside what I am trained to treat.

References

Sources for the clinical statements on this page

1. Hinshaw SP, Nguyen PT, O'Grady SM, Rosenthal EA. Annual Research Review: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in girls and women: underrepresentation, longitudinal processes, and key directions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2022;63(4):484–496. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13480
2. van der Kolk BA, Stone L, West J, Rhodes A, Emerson D, Suvak M, Spinazzola J. Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2014;75(6):e559–e565. doi:10.4088/JCP.13m08561
3. Eng AG, Nirjar U, Elkins AR, et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the menstrual cycle: theory and evidence. Hormones and Behavior. 2024;158:105466. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105466
4. Magdi HM, Abousoliman AD, Ibrahim AM, Elsehrawy MG, El-Gazar HE, Zoromba MA. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder adult comorbidity: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 2025;14(1):41. doi:10.1186/s13643-025-02774-7