You know ADHD. Now get the credentials to prove it.
Specialist-founded, psychiatrist-led ADHD training for practitioners who are tired of winging it — and ready to assess, coach and prescribe with real confidence.
You've already done the hardest part — years of real experience with real clients. This is about turning that experience into formal, credentialed expertise.
Explore first, decide later — every programme carries a 14-day money-back guarantee.
across 3 academies
FOUNDED·EST. 2024
Training built in clinic, not in a content studio
Every module is written and taught by a practising NHS psychiatrist specialising in adult ADHD — grounded in real assessments, real prescribing decisions and real patients.
Meet the founderThe gap no one talks about
Your training was good.It just wasn't enough.
Ask yourself one honest question: when did you last walk out of a complex ADHD session feeling fully confident in every decision you made?
Most clinical training treats ADHD as a footnote. Then the patients arrive — complex, adult, misdiagnosed for decades — and you're expected to know exactly what to do.
You've attended webinars. Read the research. Taken a course or two.
But when you sit in session, doing the actual assessment, the actual titration, you're still working it out alone.
You feel the imposter hum every time you're asked a hard question.
Not because you can't do the work — but because no one ever gave you a rigorous, structured, clinically grounded pathway.
You're turning clients away you could help, because you're not confident enough.
Mind Companion Institute closes the gap between "knows about ADHD" and "trained, credentialed practitioner."
And a second question: what would change in your practice — and for your clients — if that confidence were solid?
That changes here.
A moment of honesty — just for you
How confident do you feel with complex ADHD presentations today?
Move the slider. There's no right answer, nothing is recorded, and no one sees this but you.
Slide to wherever feels true right now.
Adapted from the readiness ruler used in motivational interviewing — the same tool many of our practitioners go on to use with their own clients.
Dr Sidra Bukhari — Specialist Psychiatrist · Founder, Mind Companion Institute
I built Mind Companion because I kept coaching brilliant practitioners who were let down by training that treated ADHD like a checklist. It isn't. And your clients deserve better.
About the founder
Built by a clinician who saw the gap.
Dr Sidra Bukhari (MBBS, MRCPsych) is an NHS Specialist Psychiatrist, specialist prescriber and medical educator with over a decade of clinical experience. She founded Mind Companion Institute after years of watching brilliant practitioners — clinicians, coaches, SENCOs and psychologists — held back not by ability, but by the absence of rigorous, specialist-led ADHD training.
NHS specialist in adult ADHD and neurodevelopmental conditions
Assessment, diagnosis and pharmacological management
Postgraduate teaching and examination preparation
Translating research into practice that works in the real world
CPD accredited with The CPD Standards Office (Provider Number 23240). Certificates of completion and learning-hour records are issued for all courses.
Three academies · one standard of excellence
Choose your certification path.
Each programme is built around a single question: what does your client need you to be able to do — and can you do it confidently, right now?
Clinical Certification
For psychiatrists, psychologists, GPs and nurses who assess or refer for ADHD and want to do it with rigour, defensible structure and clinical confidence.
- Conduct gold-standard ADHD assessments in adults and children
- Confidently differentiate ADHD from anxiety, ASD, trauma and mood disorders
- Navigate co-morbidities without losing the diagnostic thread
- Earn CPD-recorded learning hours recognised by appraisal portfolios
Coach Certification
For coaches, therapists and support workers who work with ADHD clients and want a framework that actually works — beyond generic goal-setting.
- Build structured sessions for clients who struggle with consistency
- Use evidence-based tools for executive function, emotional regulation and motivation
- Handle disclosure, diagnosis-adjacent questions and referral boundaries safely
- Support clients through masking, burnout and late diagnosis
School & Family Practice
For SENCOs, teachers and family practitioners who need practical, compassionate strategies that hold up on a wet Tuesday afternoon.
- Support students who are exhausted, distressed and desperate for answers
- Train teaching staff in ADHD-responsive classroom practice
- Navigate school systems, EHCPs and reasonable adjustments
- Become the practitioner families actually trust
Live · small cohorts · recordings included
Two live clinical programmes
Expert-led sessions on Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Recordings available within 24 hours, so a missed session never means missing the learning.
Course 1 · Live cohort
ADHD Assessment
From first appointment to formulation — structured, DIVA-informed diagnostic interviewing you can stand behind.
8 sessions · 8 CPD hours · Zoom / Teams
For registered healthcare professionals · verified at enrolment
- Structured diagnostic interviewing in adults
- Differential diagnosis and co-morbidity mapping
- Rating scales and collateral information — and their limits
- Writing reports that GPs, tribunals and patients can use
Course 2 · Live cohort · Prescribers only
Prescribing Principles
Pharmacology, titration and monitoring for ADHD medication — taught by a practising NHS specialist prescriber.
6 sessions · 6 CPD hours · Zoom / Teams
Medical & qualified non-medical prescribers only · verified at enrolment
- Stimulants and non-stimulants: selection and sequencing
- Titration, monitoring and dose optimisation
- Cardiac risk, co-morbidity and shared-care pathways
- Complex cases: substance use, pregnancy, older adults
Check Upcoming Live Cohort
Start the self-paced academy today and lock in early-bird cohort pricing — everything you complete now counts toward certification. Most practitioners tell us they wish they'd started sooner. But the right time is yours to choose.
What practitioners say
The training that actually changed how I work.
Names published with written permission. Records of consent held on file.
“I'd been assessing ADHD for six years. After completing the Clinical Certification, I realised I'd been missing a third of my co-morbid presentations. That's not a small thing.”
“I went from dreading medication conversations to leading them. The prescribing module alone was worth ten times the price of the whole course.”
“Parents finally listen to me in EHCP meetings. I have the language, the evidence, and the confidence. Three families got proper support this term that wouldn't have.”
Testimonials reflect individual experiences. Outcomes vary by practitioner, role and setting.
Common questions
You probably have a few concerns.Let's address them.
Fair questions deserve straight answers.
Yes. Our programmes are CPD accredited with The CPD Standards Office (Provider Number 23240). Every course issues a certificate of completion with recorded learning hours, which practitioners routinely enter into appraisal and revalidation portfolios.
The core certification is around 10 hours in total — spread across weeks, or done in a focused weekend. There are no deadlines once you enrol, and live sessions are recorded within 24 hours. Most practitioners work through it around an existing caseload.
Most CPD is passive. This is applied: every module is written and taught by a practising NHS specialist psychiatrist, and is grounded in real assessments, real prescribing decisions and real patients — not a content studio's interpretation of the guidelines.
Yes. The Coach Certification and School & Family Practice pathways are non-clinical by design — no prescribing or diagnostic content, and none implied. They focus on structured sessions, executive function, referral boundaries and the conversations you are already having.
Every programme carries a 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Explore first and decide later — and if you would rather talk it through, the programme matcher below gets you a personal recommendation from the clinical team.
Your investment
Every programme includes
- Lifetime access to all course materials and updates
- Session recordings within 24 hours — nothing missed
- Certificate of completion with recorded learning hours
- Expert-led Q&A with a practising NHS specialist psychiatrist
- 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
Often covered by your study budget
Many NHS trusts and employers reimburse CPD training through study-leave budgets. We provide itemised invoices and course outlines to support your application — most practitioners simply forward them to their education lead.
Programmes from £195, with flexible payment plans. You'll see exact pricing for your matched programme before deciding anything.
Programme matcher
Not sure where to start?Good. That's what we're for.
Answer a few questions and we'll match you to the right programme — then send you the full curriculum details. No obligation, no spam.
- 1Tell us where you are
Your role, your interest, and the challenge that brought you here. Sixty seconds, five questions.
- 2Get a personal recommendation
A reply from the clinical team — not an automation — with the programme that fits and the full curriculum, within one working day.
- 3You decide
Take your time. No follow-up sequence, no countdown timers. If it's right, you'll know — and there's a 14-day guarantee behind every programme.