Build practical ADHD skills alongside other young men in post-secondary education or early career work.

See the research-backed sessions in the drop-down below:

  • Explore how ADHD affects attention, motivation, and everyday life. Connect with fellow group members.

  • Develop measurable goals that fit your context. Use our tracking tool to measure your progress towards benchmarks that you have set.

  • Build a time management system for all your tasks. Then practise estimating time, “working backwards,” and breaking university assignments or work projects into smaller steps.

  • Learn what drives procrastination and distraction, with a special focus on problematic screen use and substance. Try practical strategies to improve task initiation, adjust your environment, and stay with a task when motivation fades.

  • Find patterns of self-defeating thinking, and see their impact on your view of yourself as a productive man. Practise adaptive thinking that is future-oriented and not thrown by set-backs.

  • Learn how sleep, food, movement, and technology affect your day. Build realistic routines that support your energy and help you manage university or workplace demands.

  • See how ADHD has affected your friendships, dating, family, and work relationships. There will be benefits and drawbacks. Committ to improving in areas that will make you a reliable partner, friend and co-worker.

  • Consider you progress towards your goals and set yourself up for continued progress. Plan for setbacks, identify support, and choose your next goal as the group comes to a close. Group members may choose to stay in touch.

Book a Consult

Our next virtual group starts in the new year (2027), Wednesdays at 7pm, running consecutively from Jan. 6th to Feb. 24th. Sessions cost $100 and are insured by most plans. Have questions about the group or want to register, click the consult button below.

Andrew McKenzie RSW, MSW, Ph.D. Cand., has 15 years of experience leading therapeutic and psychoeducational groups. His services are covered by most insruance plans.

Research Behind the Group

Base Camp draws on research and clinical guidance for structured ADHD groups that combine psychoeducation, practical strategies for organization and follow-through, and more balanced thinking about everyday challenges (Anastopoulos et al., 2020). Studies comparing group approaches have found improvements among participants receiving psychoeducation or skills-based treatment, without consistently finding that more intensive programmes produce greater benefits (Vidal et al., 2013; Meyer et al., 2022). In a large adult trial, clinicians rated overall treatment effectiveness more favourably for structured group psychotherapy than individual supportive clinical management, although the group did not produce greater improvement on the primary ADHD symptom measure (Philipsen et al., 2015). Research participants have also described feeling less alone, developing greater self-understanding, and valuing the exchange of experiences and strategies with peers (Meyer et al., 2020). Base Camp adapts these approaches for university and early-career men, adding attention to identity, masculinity, and adult responsibilities, while participants use weekly clinical tracking sheets to monitor progress toward their goals and identify useful strategies.

  • Anastopoulos, A. D., et al. (2020). CBT for college students with ADHD: A clinical guide to ACCESS. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33169-6

    Meyer, J., et al. (2020). You are not alone—Adolescents’ experiences of participation in a structured skills training group for ADHD. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61(5), 671–678. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12655

    Meyer, J., et al. (2022). Evaluation of a structured skills training group for adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomised controlled trial. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 31, 1143–1155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01753-2

    Philipsen, A., et al. (2015). Effects of group psychotherapy, individual counseling, methylphenidate, and placebo in the treatment of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 72(12), 1199–1210. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2146

    Vidal, R., et al. (2013). Psychoeducation for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder vs. cognitive behavioral group therapy: A randomized controlled pilot study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(10), 894–900. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182a5c2c5

FAQs

  • Many extended health plans include coverage for services provided by a Registered Social Worker, MSW level, so you will likely be able to claim your Base Camp sessions.

  • Base Camp meets online on Wednesdays from 7–8 p.m. Eastern Time, January 6–February 24, 2027. There are eight weekly sessions at $100 per session, for a total of $800. Each session is billed individually so you can submit receipts to insurance.

  • Andrew’s practice focuses exclusively on boys and men. Across his work, he incorporates conversations about masculinity and the challenges boys and men encounter, including expectations around achievement, independence, relationships, and expressing emotions. Base Camp brings this perspective into each part of the programme, while recognizing that every man’s experience is different.

  • Everyone is expected to keep other participants’ identities and personal experiences private and to join from a space where others cannot overhear. Andrew will review confidentiality expectations and their limits before the group begins. While these agreements help protect privacy, confidentiality between group members cannot be guaranteed.

  • We use a validated ADHD symptom checklist to track changes in symptoms, alongside a personal goal-setting sheet you develop in Session 2. You’ll review progress toward your goals each week, noticing which strategies help and where adjustments are needed. This allows you to track both symptoms and changes that matter in your everyday life.