Elizabeth Stankiewicz, MSW, RSW
Social Worker, Psychotherapist for ADHD Burnout and Coping Skills
English, Polish | 2nd gen Canadian
*Currently accepting individual clients only.
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You know you’re doing too much. You want better boundaries, more rest, and more support. But when someone asks you to do something, saying yes still feels easier than disappointing them. When help is offered, explaining what you need can feel like more work than doing it yourself. And when you finally stop, your mind keeps running through everything you should be doing.
You may be good at holding things together, which makes it hard for other people to see how close you are to running out of energy. You push through, fall behind, catch up in a rush, and then need days to recover. A routine works until it doesn’t, and instead of adjusting it, you wonder why you cannot just be more consistent.
I work with women with ADHD who are tired of this cycle. Together, we look at what is actually draining you, what you keep taking responsibility for, and why your own needs are so easy to dismiss. The work is practical: noticing overload earlier, asking for help before you are at your limit, setting boundaries you can live with, and finding ways to support yourself that do not fall apart the moment life gets messy.
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I specialize in working with neurodivergent women experiencing ADHD, burnout, and the feeling that they are constantly trying to catch up with their own lives. My approach is warm, non-judgmental, and down-to-earth.
Therapy may focus on coping skills, boundaries, self-care, and learning how to work with your brain instead of constantly fighting it. We can also look at the patterns underneath it—why rest feels uncomfortable, why saying no feels selfish, why you feel responsible for keeping other people happy, or why being useful has become such a big part of how you see yourself.
Earlier experiences may be part of that story. Maybe you learned to be easy, responsible, helpful, or not need too much. We can make sense of how those experiences still affect you now, without making therapy about intensive trauma processing.
Some areas of support:
ADHD and Neurodivergence
Burnout and Chronic Stress
Coping Skills
Boundaries and People-Pleasing
Self-Care
Self-Criticism and Perfectionism
Identity and Sense of Self
The Impact of Earlier Experiences
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Education & Training:
• Master of Social Work (University of Western)
• Bachelor of Arts, Honours Psychology (University of Waterloo)
• EFT and Sex Therapy: A Social Worker’s Guide to Inclusive Practice Workshop
• Expressive Arts in Social Work Practice Workshop
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adults with Eating Disorders: An Overview of Theory and Interventions Workshop
• Mindful Self-Compassion Workshop
• Foundations of Trauma Course
• Trauma Informed Service Systems Course
• Building Resilience in Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Course
• Mindfulness for Trauma Course
• ASIST Training
• AODA Training
• Crisis Intervention TrainingMethods & Modalities:
• Trauma-informed Care (TIC)
• Person-Centred Therapy
• Culturally Sensitive Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Gottman Method
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Brief Solution-focused Therapy
• Mindfulness-based approaches
• Attachment-Therapy
Individual: $ 155 / 60-min. session
Couples: $ 260 / 90-min. session