ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation
Understand overwhelm, anger, rejection sensitivity, shame spirals and difficulty calming down.
ADHD addiction therapy UK
ADHD and Gambling
Specialist online CBT for adults who want to understand gambling, impulsivity, reward-seeking and emotional regulation patterns without shame.
Understanding the pattern
Gambling can become harder to control when ADHD and emotional overwhelm collide.
ADHD can affect impulsivity, reward-seeking, emotional regulation and risk-taking. For some adults, gambling offers fast stimulation, a sense of escape, or a brief shift away from stress, boredom, shame or emotional overwhelm.
ADHD and gambling difficulties are not a sign of weakness or a lack of care. The pattern can make sense when ADHD impulsive behaviour, dopamine-seeking, anxiety, avoidance and self-criticism become tangled together.
ADHD gambling addiction
A non-shaming way to understand gambling urges.
This page is built around the gambling pattern: stimulation, risk, chasing losses, secrecy and the emotional pressure that can make stopping feel difficult.
Stress, boredom or emotional drop
Fast anticipation and reward
Chasing losses or trying to repair the feeling
Shame, secrecy or financial worry
CBT helps create pause points before the pattern escalates
How CBT can help
CBT for gambling addiction focuses on triggers, urges and practical alternatives.
CBT can help you identify the triggers that lead into gambling, including thoughts, emotions, situations, urges, routines, apps, access to money and moments of stress or boredom. The work is collaborative and practical, with curiosity rather than blame.
Therapy may help you interrupt patterns earlier, manage urges, reduce avoidance, plan for high-risk moments, strengthen accountability, and build alternative coping strategies that fit ADHD rather than fighting against it.
Specialist online therapy
Support with Cally Farrer, BABCP-accredited CBT therapist.
Cally Farrer is a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist with 15 years experience in various clinical roles, including mental health and substance misuse services. Online therapy is available across the UK for adults looking for specialist, non-judgemental support with ADHD and gambling, ADHD impulsive behaviour, and overlapping addiction patterns.
- ADHD addiction therapy UK
- ADHD gambling addiction
- Urges, cravings and impulsive decisions
- Stress, boredom and emotional overwhelm
- Shame, secrecy and self-criticism
- Practical CBT strategies between sessions
Free 15-minute consultation
A first conversation can help you decide what support might fit.
You are welcome to get in touch without pressure or judgement.