What Is ADHD Coaching?
Who is ADHD Coaching for?
ADHD Coaching is a specialised form of coaching designed for individuals with ADHD.
It is open to both diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHDers, as well as those who are taking and not taking ADHD medication.
What does an ADHD coach do?
Coaching is a partnership where the coach asks thought-provoking questions to increase your self awareness. They support you to see yourself as resourceful and having your own answers.
Taking ownership of your growth and personal development, you set the topic for each session. The sessions aim towards making individualised actions, habits, and systems that move you forward towards a more fulfilling life. A coach isn’t a teacher, advisor or cheerleader.
Very occasionally in ADHD Coaching, if you have a blindspot in your understanding of ADHD generally, the coach may share some information or a resource. Similarly, if you are really stuck on how to solve a problem, a coach may on rare occasion share personal lived experience or tried and tested strategies for managing ADHD. But the coach will always throw the ball back to you to let you decide what you personally would like to do with that information, if anything.
The general philosophy of coaching is that having a supportive person to encourage growth is a gift, but ultimately change has to come from within and be wholehearted.
How is coaching different to therapy?
While coaching and therapy have some crossover and both aim to facilitate self awareness, personal growth and development, their focuses, approaches, and intended outcomes are generally different.
Coaching concentrates on goal achievement, performance enhancement, and skill-building, while therapy centres around resolving past issues, emotional healing, and psychological wellbeing.
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
“I think a part of me was hoping coaching would be a checklist of ways to 'be more normal and less ADHD' and I found Holly to be an incredibly supportive coach who helped me challenge that idea, to embrace who I am and my strengths.”
How long are the sessions?
I work in 60 minute sessions.
How many sessions do I need?
It depends on what challenges and goals you’re facing. But ultimately, it’s about fostering independence, so it’s for as long as you need it but not beyond.
What’s the structure of the sessions?
What can I get from coaching?
Knowledge & Skills
Time Management
Organisation
Motivation to Start & Finish Tasks
Prioritisation & Decision Making
Emotional Regulation
Get to grips with your ADHD and executive function challenges
Task Transitioning
Impulse Control
Memory
Planning
Focus
Understand and utilise your ADHD strengths
Connect with and leverage your authentic interests and values
Know how to set yourself ADHD friendly goals
Develop self-accountability and your support network
Practice self-compassion and not seeing your ADHD challenges as personal failures
Learn to shift perspective when stuck in procrastination, distraction or perfectionism
Understanding your learning and processing styles/preferences
Results
Improve relationships
Set and maintain healthy boundaries
Better manage time
Prioritise what’s important in life
Identify and regulate emotions
Organise and declutter space
Personalised accommodations and strategies in place at work
Communicate ADHD clearly at work / with loved ones
I asked my clients what they would say to someone considering ADHD coaching. Here’s what they had to say…
“You're not issued with a manual when you
discover your ADHD - but having ADHD
coaching you can create your own tailored
manual specific to your brain.”
"Hollhearted Coaching not only changed my life, it saved me.
It’s improved my relationship with my wife and kids. I am now
the best version of me I have ever been, and thanks to Holly
I keep on improving too because she has fully equipped me
with the tools and confidence to be 100% myself, to be kind
to myself and be ok when things don't go as planned.”
“Coaching gives me a structure to
organise my thoughts and goals,
helping me to identify my next
actionable steps.”
“Coaching enabled me to take some bold steps
towards my new future career. I have been on an
epic journey of self discovery, learnt so much and
am feeling so empowered for my next chapter.”
“I can feel myself getting a real zest for life back,
which has been absent for quite a while.”
“Coaching is a truly transformative process,
and if you put the time, effort, and energy in,
it will massively change your life in so many ways.
Work with Holly in particular if you aren't afraid
to think about the difficult questions, and you're
willing to be open to new and creative solutions.”
“I’m now entering a time where I’m not simply
existing in survival mode. This is completely
new to me. There are spaces which were previously
occupied by fear. New possibilities can flow in.”
Ready to take the next step?
If you're interested in seeing if we’d be a good fit, you can book a free Zoom call with me at a time that suits you.
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WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
“Come with an open mind and answer questions honestly
- you can be surprised by what you learn.”
How would you like to be coached for FREE?
Are you employed or self-employed and live in England or Wales?
Most working ADHDers are eligible for getting the cost of ADHD Coaching covered by the government’s Access to Work scheme!