ADHD &...Relationships: RSD, Emotional Dysregulation & What Your Partner Needs to Know with Guest Kayla Crane

About this episode

Jorie Houlihan and guest Kayla Crane discuss the impact of ADHD on relationships, focusing on emotional challenges and practical strategies for couples.

ADHD affects relationships in ways most people never talk about. In this episode, Jorie sits down with Kayla Crane, a licensed marriage and family therapist (who also has ADHD), to talk about rejection sensitive dysphoria, emotional dysregulation, and the invisible patterns that can make relationships feel harder than they need to be. Kayla shares personal stories from her own marriage and offers real, practical strategies for couples navigating ADHD together. Whether you have ADHD or love someone who does, this conversation will change how you think about connection, conflict, and what it means to truly support each other. About Kayla Crane, LMFT Kayla Crane is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in the Denver, Colorado area. She specializes in relationships, mental health, and trauma, offering talk therapy, couples therapy, relationship coaching, and EMDR therapy for adults and couples. Kayla also has ADHD, which gives her a unique personal understanding of the challenges her clients face. She can provide therapy to clients located in Colorado and coaching services to clients anywhere in the world. Resources Kayla Crane's Website - https://southdenvertherapy.com…

People in this episode

Host: Jorie Houlihan

Guest: Kayla Crane

Topics covered

• ADHD
• relationships
• emotional dysregulation
• rejection sensitive dysphoria
• couples therapy

Keywords

• ADHD
• relationships
• emotional dysregulation
• rejection sensitive dysphoria
• couples therapy
• mental health
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: How to ADHD, EMDRIA

Places: Denver, Colorado

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