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.
The ability to stop and consider behaviours and consequences prior to acting.
The ability to keep track of things physically and mentally.
Ability to conceptualise and plan in order to meet a specific goal and/or task.
The ability to start and finish tasks without procrastination.
The ability to manage emotions (keeping feelings in check) in order to move forward. It’s also the ability to regulate emotions.
This is the ability to view and evaluate oneself, including ones actions, consequences, emotions, thinking, etc.
This is the ability to adapt to changing situations in the environment as well as the ability to see nuance and ‘grey areas’.
This is the ability to access skills and tools from memory in order to complete tasks and work towards goals.
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.
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.
Our coaching is designed for adults navigating the challenges of ADHD in everyday life, work, and relationships.
Coaching is a practical, goal-focused approach to help you create meaningful change. This might include improving time management, staying organised, managing overwhelm, building consistent routines. Strengthening the executive function skills impacted by ADHD.
We offer ADHD coaching designed specifically for schools and early learning services. Our approach supports educators, staff, and families in understanding and responding to the unique needs of children with ADHD. Through practical strategies and personalised guidance, we help create a consistent, supportive environment where every child can thrive. Get in touch with us to explore a tailored approach that works best for your school or early learning service.
You don’t need a formal ADHD diagnosis to access our coaching. We work with each individual to explore whether coaching is the right fit, based on your unique needs, strengths, and challenges. To get started, all you need is a willingness to identify and set clear goals for what you’d like to achieve through your coaching experience.
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.
“We came to Emily wanting to better support our daughter and truly understand what she was going through. From the beginning, Emily was patient, kind, and incredibly skilled at explaining things in ways that just made sense.”
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.
“Emily’s empathy and compassion creates a space where we feel completely comfortable being open and honest.”
It is very important that coaching occurs in an environment of confidentiality and trust between the client and their coach.
Students and adult clients are always free to share insights or discussions from their coaching sessions with others if they choose. However, we maintain strict confidentiality and do not disclose the content of coaching sessions to parents or any third parties without consent.
We work collaboratively with other services providers, including paediatricians and psychologists to help ensure a clear understanding and connection between key services, individuals, and families. Our goal is to foster a harmonious and consistent approach to the support you and, or your child is receiving. We support neurodiversity-led advocacy, education, and awareness to promote acceptance, inclusion, and understanding of people with ADHD.
Emily holds specialist qualifications in coaching neurodivergent individuals. Her passion for ADHD coaching is deeply informed by her own lived experience as a parent of a child with ADHD, and her 12+ 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 individuals.
Emily is dedicated to equipping and empowering adults, young people and parents to recognise and work with the many strengths of ADHD and connecting people with the right support to help them 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.
“Emily offers outcome-focused support while also being deeply caring in the way she listens.”
To find out more about ADHD coaching, email or phone Emily to book your free, 15-minute Discovery Session.