Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is a mental health disorder that affects both children/teenagers and adults. It involves difficulties with inattention (such as difficulty focusing, following through, organising, often forgetting or losing things), impulsivity/hyperactivity (such as moving constantly or feeling restless, difficulty regulating emotions, saying or doing things without thinking them through, interrupting) or both, that interfere with functioning at home, school work or in social situations. You can find out more about ADHD here.

Executive function is a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help you plan, monitor, and successfully execute tasks or projects, such as the ability to control what you pay attention to, short term or working memory, impulse control and problem-solving. People with ADHD struggle with this.

Coaching can either take a practical approach, in which we look at what works for you and how to take actionable steps to move towards where you want to be, or we can focus more on emotional support and the untangling of why you struggle in any particular situation – or a combination of both. In each session we start by deciding which topics are important for you to address in the time we have, and then we make sure this gets done.

No, you don’t. If you are struggling with behaviour that you think may be ADHD, or looks like ADHD, coaching can help figure out what works for you to improve your life (all of it, or a particular area). This may be enough to get things back on track for you. Or it may be a step in deciding that you want to get an assessment to ascertain if you indeed meet the criteria for an ADHD-diagnosis so you can benefit from the support to which a diagnosis gives you access (such as, but not limited to, medication).

I only provide online coaching for ADHD. If you seek a diagnosis, contact a local health provider.

Of course. What is discussed in a session is private and confidential, so you can feel you can safely share anything that is of importance to you. This is true for all clients, children included. You can read more about how I work with children and how I ensure parents stay informed during this process by clicking here. 

As with coaching on other topics, I believe that in almost all cases parents (caregivers/significant adults in a child’s life) are best placed to support their child. My role is to equip you to do just that. Managing ADHD is all about finding out what works for your child, to ‘write the manual’ as it were. Coaching for children is therefore usually done with the parents – with or without the child present. We focus on finding strategies that work for you and your child. There can also be space to explore what kind of parent you would like to be for your child, and how to work towards this. 

Of course, we can decide it would be useful to have one or more sessions with your child too, to help explain things or for them to tell their story and ask questions.

One size does not fit all, so in our first session we will discuss your goals for coaching, so you can consider the resulting bespoke plan and whether you feel it will meet your needs.

This depends, of course, on the goals you have and how big they are. Sessions come in sets of 4 because it takes this number to dive in, look for insights, try out strategies, evaluate and modify them so they work for you. In our introduction session we will discuss your goals and the number of sessions. If you are looking for ongoing support (10+sessions) we can discuss rates. 

Please see my booking page for details of pricing and packages. Our first 30 minute session is free with no obligations.