Diagnosis can provide an explanation.
Treatment can provide direction.
But most ADHD happens between appointments.
Rithim was developed for those everyday in-between moments.
A psychologically informed app for women with ADHD, designed to complement assessment, therapy, coaching, medical care and university support.
Created by Dr Deirdre Ryan, Clinical Psychologist, founder of Rithim and Director of Koa Psychology.
Rithim was developed for those everyday in-between moments.
Reinforces psychologically informed approaches between appointments or student-support meetings.
Helps women notice patterns in capacity, emotions and executive functioning.
Encourages self-compassion rather than simply increasing productivity.
Offers practical strategies in the moments difficulties actually arise.
Rithim can help women notice patterns that lead to richer clinical conversations about:
What drains my capacity?
What triggers my threat system?
When does self-criticism escalate?
What genuinely helps me regulate?
What patterns emerge around hormonal change?
Which strategies actually work for me?
Rithim is not a clinician monitoring platform.
Women remain in control of their own information and what they choose to bring into their clinical work.
"What is happening for me right now, what capacity do I actually have, and what might help?"
Rithim is strongly influenced by Compassion Focused Therapy and helps women move through:
Recognising what may be influencing capacity, attention, emotion or overwhelm.
Reducing shame and self-criticism and responding to difficulty with understanding rather than judgement.
Choosing a realistic next step that reflects the capacity available today.
Attention, emotional regulation and capacity may feel different alongside hormonal fluctuations and changing stages of life.
Rithim helps women begin noticing their own patterns across areas such as:
Rithim helps women notice and understand their own patterns. It does not diagnose, treat or make medical claims.
Dr Deirdre Ryan is a Clinical Psychologist with almost twenty years of experience across Australia and Ireland, and runs Koa Psychology, a neurodevelopmental assessment clinic in Blessington, Co. Wicklow. Dee also has ADHD herself.
Through assessment work she saw women experience enormous relief at diagnosis, then face the much longer process of understanding what ADHD meant in everyday life. Rithim was created to support that space.
Free to download and share following assessment, during treatment, through a university support service or between appointments.
One year of complimentary access is available to clinicians and university professionals working directly with women with ADHD. Requests are verified before access is granted.
Request professional access →Download an A4 clinic-ready poster with QR access to Rithim.
Download A4 poster →A simple resource for post-assessment packs, therapy, disability services, wellbeing teams or student-support conversations.
Download patient handout →A gentle, in-depth guide for women navigating ADHD through perimenopause and hormonal change.
Download perimenopause guide →A two-page handout university disability, wellbeing and student-support services can give directly to students.
Download student handout →Share Rithim as an optional self-understanding tool, encourage women to choose what they bring back, and keep diagnosis and treatment decisions within their existing care.
Download the shareable guide →Need resources for your clinic or university service? If you would like a service-specific version of a Rithim resource, contact Dee →
Dee welcomes conversations with clinicians, researchers and universities interested in areas such as:
Contact Dr Dee RyanOne year of complimentary access is available to clinicians and university professionals working directly with women with ADHD. This includes psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, occupational therapists, disability advisers, wellbeing staff and student-support leads. Every request is reviewed before access is granted. No payment details are collected; when the year ends, access returns to the normal membership screen and you will only be charged if you actively choose to subscribe.
One year of professional complimentary access is reviewed before it is granted. Dee will check the details you provided and, if approved, send your personal access instructions by email. Nothing has been activated automatically and no payment details are collected.
Clinicians and relevant university professionals are welcome to request reviewed access before recommending it.
Request complimentary professional accessOr contact Dr Dee Ryan directly at info@rithimapp.com