ADHD & Relationships: Tools for Couples
A live, skills-based workshop for couples navigating ADHD.
Tools for Couples is a live, online workshop for couples where one or both partners have ADHD, created and taught by Dr. Jessica B. Stern, a licensed clinical psychologist at NYU Langone Health. In three hours of practical teaching, you will learn how ADHD affects communication, follow-through, and household roles, and build simple systems that reduce conflict and protect connection.
Reduce conflict. Build systems. Strengthen connection.
The Reality
Why ADHD and relationships can feel so hard
If ADHD is part of your relationship, you may recognize this:
You’re having the same argument in different forms.
Follow-through becomes resentment.
One partner feels like the “manager.”
The other feels constantly criticized.
Emotional reactions escalate quickly.
It’s exhausting.
And most couples were never taught how ADHD specifically affects relational systems.
This is not therapy.
It’s structured, practical education designed to help you learn and grow.
• Understand ADHD’s relational impact without blame
• Interrupt the parent–child dynamic
• Build fair and sustainable task systems
• Repair trust around follow-through
• Improve communication during high-emotion moments
• Create a simple weekly structure that protects connection
What?
The 3-hour live workshop includes:
• 2.5 hours of teaching and guided exercises
• Practical tools you can begin using immediately
• Downloadable worksheets and frameworks
• 30 minutes of live Q&A
Replay available for 30 days
How?
This workshop is for couples where:
• One or both partners have ADHD (diagnosed or suspected)
• Conflict often centers around organization, follow-through, or emotional reactivity
• You want structure, not just insight
Who?
Sign up to find out when the next session is going to be. Replay available for those unable to attend live.
When?
Reduce conflict. Build systems. Strengthen connection.
Reduce conflict. Build systems. Strengthen connection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Dr. Stern is a licensed clinical psychologist, and this workshop is structured, skills-based education. It is separate from couples therapy and from medical treatment. Many couples take the workshop alongside seeing a couples therapist for ADHD, and others use it as a practical starting point for their relationship.
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No. The workshop is designed for couples where one or both partners have ADHD, whether diagnosed or suspected. If your conflict tends to center on organization, follow-through, or emotional reactivity, the tools will apply.
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A replay is available for 30 days after the workshop, so you can watch the full session and use the worksheets on your own schedule.