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ADHD coaching is a practical, supportive intervention for neurodiverse individuals that complements a range of other treatment, including medication, psychology, and speech pathology.
We offer one-on-one coaching that is client-led and client-focused. Our strengths-based approach focuses on empowering young people and adults to gain mastery of their executive function* and to recognise and channel the many positive qualities of ADHD — creativity, energy, curiosity, and wonder — and start to flourish in those strengths.
*Executive Function includes:
The coaching relationship is one based in trust, professionalism and confidentiality. It presents a positive and powerful opportunity for self-discovery — helping people to learn about and understand themselves more deeply in an environment of support and non-judgement.
Coaching equips people to take ownership of their decisions and goals, and can build self-determination, confidence and resilience. It is a powerful part of a toolkit of skills and support that can help a person to identify, set, and work towards the goals that are important to them.
ADHD coaching is an important element in the suite of allied health services for people with ADHD. As your coach, we can work collaboratively with your other service providers — including paediatricians, speech pathologists, psychologists, and GPs — to ensure clear and harmonious communication and a consistent approach.
ADHD coaching is not therapy or advice, but a practical approach designed to empower each individual to discover and understand their strengths, identify and work towards their goals, and find solutions.
Our coaching is designed for young people and students at high school level or above.
Coaching is a tool to help you reach your goals. This might be changing the way you approach your study, preparing for exams, being more organised at home, or developing your executive function skills to help you focus on tasks and get things done.
You don’t have to have a formal ADHD diagnosis to access our coaching. We work on a case-by-case basis to explore whether coaching is the right fit for your particular needs, strengths and challenges. All you need to get started is to be able to identify and set goals for what you’d like to achieve through your coaching experience.
If you are a parent of a student, including primary school-aged children who has ADHD, you may find that you will also benefit from coaching, regardless of whether your child is receiving coaching or not.
Having the capacity to identify, set, and commit to goals is central to our coaching approach. For this reason, we do not offer direct one-on-one coaching for primary school aged children but work with parents and families who are supporting a younger child with ADHD.
ADHD coaching is a tool to help you gain mastery of your own executive function skills and to help you recognise the strengths of living with ADHD and how those strengths can help you to flourish.
Your coaching sessions are one-on-one meetings with you and your coach. Each session lasts for 45 minutes and can be face-to-face, or online via Zoom. They can take place in our Hobart office or somewhere outside — wherever you feel comfortable.
During your sessions, your coach will help you to identify, set, and make progress towards the goals that you want to achieve. They are there to listen to you and ask questions that can help guide you towards understanding what you want to achieve and the steps you can take to work towards your goals, be accountable, and stay on track.
Coaching offers you the opportunity to discover what you want and to use your unique, creative mind to plan how you want to get there.
Every person with ADHD is different, and ADHD coaching is also different for each individual person. While your individual coaching sessions will be tailored to you, the coaching process follows a few simple steps:
The first step is to book your free 15-minute Discovery Session.
This session is a chance for you and your coach to meet online or by phone, and chat about what you’re hoping to gain from coaching, what coaching might involve, and whether coaching is a good fit for you and your goals.
If you decide to go ahead with coaching, the next step is to attend a goal setting and agreement session with your coach and for students your parents also attend this session.
This meeting is an opportunity to consider and discuss the goals you have for your coaching. It’s also an opportunity to learn about the coaching process, what to expect from coaching, and to discuss important elements of coaching, including the nature of the coaching relationship, confidentiality, professionalism, and session costs.
Your goal setting and agreement session is when you, your coach, and if you’re a student your parents will agree on a time frame for your coaching — how many sessions you may need, and where and when the sessions will happen.
This meeting is preferably held face-to-face in our Hobart office.
Your coaching sessions are one-on-one meetings between you and your coach that happen at the time and place you decided on in your goal setting and agreement session.
Your coaching sessions are led by you. You set your own session goals, discover your own solutions, and identify your own ways to stay accountable. Your coach is there to listen and work with you to explore ideas, unpack challenges and find solutions.
Coaching is an important part of your toolkit of support that can help empower you to build your confidence, understand and work to your strengths, and achieve your goals.
It is very important that coaching occurs in an environment of confidentiality and trust between the student and their coach.
While the student is free to share information or conversations they have had during coaching with their parents, we maintain the confidentiality of the coaching relationship, and do not report the content of coaching sessions to parents.
We work collaboratively with other service providers, including paediatricians and psychologists, to help ensure a clear understanding and connection between key services and families. Our goal is to foster a harmonious and consistent approach to the support your child is receiving.
We support neurodiversity-led advocacy, education and awareness to promote acceptance, inclusion, and understanding of people with ADHD.
Emily has specialist qualifications in Coaching Neurodiverse Students. Her passion for ADHD coaching is deeply informed by her own lived experience as a parent of a child with ADHD, and her 11+ years’ experience in early childhood education in Tasmania.
As the mother of a child with ADHD, Emily recognised and celebrated her child’s unique strengths, high energy and creative approach to life. However, she also witnessed the profound challenges, negativity, and pressures her child faced as neurodivergent in a predominantly neurotypical environment.
This experience led to Emily embarking on a deep exploration of ADHD and its impact on individuals, culminating in her undertaking International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coaching training, with a specialty in coaching neurodiverse students.
Emily is dedicated to equipping and empowering young people and parents to recognise and work with the many strengths of ADHD and connecting people with the right support to help their child successfully navigate challenges, thrive in the things they want to achieve, and flourish in their lives.
Emily has graduated from an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coaching education with JST Coaching and Training and works in alignment with international accredited coaching guidelines and practices.
To find out more about ADHD coaching, email Emily to book your free, 15-minute Discovery Session.