ADHD Coaching

No. Many of my clients are undiagnosed, in the process of seeking a diagnosis, or navigating systems that have made diagnosis difficult to access. What matters is that ADHD — or neurodivergence more broadly — is something you recognise in yourself and want to explore.

A diagnosis can be helpful in providing language, validation, and access to workplace adjustments or funding (such as Access to Work in the UK). But it is not a requirement for coaching, and its absence does not make your experience any less real.

Yes. Many of my clients are AuDHD — autistic and ADHD — or have profiles that include anxiety, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or other neurodivergent traits alongside ADHD. I do not require a single diagnostic label. My approach is adapted to the whole person, and I am experienced in working with the particular complexity that comes with multiple co-occurring profiles.

Trauma-informed coaching does not mean coaching that treats trauma — that is the domain of therapy. It means coaching that is aware of trauma, sensitive to its presence, and structured so that it does not inadvertently re-traumatise or destabilise the people it works with. In practice, this means prioritising safety, trust, clear communication, and predictability, being aware of potential triggers and actively avoiding practices — such as forced vulnerability or pushing for emotional catharsis — that can re-traumatise rather than support, recognising when distress is present and helping the client move away from it, centring the client’s autonomy at every step. 

Individuals with ADHD experience significantly higher rates of trauma and are more likely to develop PTSD than the general population. Thus, I consider being trauma-aware essential to my practice. I trained in trauma-informed coaching practice with Eryka Peskin at Do No Harm Trauma Informed  Coaching & Healing (https://www.donoharmtraumainformed.com/), and this shapes how I hold every coaching relationship.

Life coaching is a broad field that can support anyone in setting and achieving goals. ADHD coaching is a specialist discipline: it is tailored specifically to how the ADHD brain works and focuses on the real challenges that come with it — executive dysfunction, impulsivity, distractibility, difficulties with time and organisation, and the emotional weight that accumulates over years of struggling in a world not designed for your brain.

A well-trained ADHD coach understands that these are not character flaws. That inconsistent performance is not laziness. That the strategies which work for neurotypical brains often fail ADHD people — not because they lack willpower, but because those strategies were never built for how they think. This knowledge shapes everything: the questions asked, the approaches explored, and the way the coaching relationship itself is held.

A well-trained ADHD coach understands that executive dysfunction is not laziness. That inconsistent performance is not a character flaw. That the strategies which work for neurotypical brains often fail ADHD people — not because they lack willpower, but because those strategies were never designed for how their brains work.

ADHD coaching also involves familiarity with the emotional and psychological dimensions that come with ADHD: the shame that accumulates over years of being misunderstood; rejection sensitive dysphoria; the particular complexity of a late diagnosis; the way ADHD intersects with anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout. A specialist coach brings this knowledge into every session — not as a diagnostic lens, but as a framework for understanding what you are experiencing and finding approaches that actually fit you.

I trained through the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA) and bring a background in academic research in philosophy of neurodiversity. My coaching draws on both.

Sessions are led by you. We begin from whatever is most pressing or relevant for you right now — a specific challenge, a recurring pattern, a goal you are working toward, or something that has come up since we last spoke.

I bring questions, observations, and frameworks grounded in ADHD research and coaching methodology. We explore together. You leave with clarity, insight, or concrete next steps — often all three.

Between sessions, you work on agreed experiments or actions, and we review progress the following week. Nothing is too small or too large to bring to a session.