A medical doctor, like a psychiatrist, will almost always be focused on medication treatment, so if you are trying to avoid a medical approach obviously steer clear of that (although a combination of medication and behavioral skills may work best depending on how much your symptoms impact you). My middle son has ADHD, but he is only a year our of high school, so we haven't sought out treatment beyond the medication treatment he took until a few years ago and the educational help he received while in school. At this point, he's doing well without needing further treatment.
Fortunately for him/us, our therapist has a behavioral focus AND actually has ADHD himself, so he was very helpful and personally understood the challenges our son faced daily, not just educationally, but throughout his life. You might see if you can find a therapist with that kind of background, although I'm not sure how to tell you to go about doing that. Our T just kind of fell into our lap already having that background; we did initially seek him out for that background.
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