ADHD Coaching

What is ADHD?

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a developmental disorder affecting the brain, particularly the part of the brain that controls ‘executive function’, which is our ability to control and regulate attention, energy, memory and impulses.

People with ADHD typically have challenges with:

  • Planning, organising and prioritising

  • Finding and maintaining motivation

  • Sustaining and shifting attention

  • Using working memory

  • Regulating and managing emotions

But they can also have incredible strengths around:

  • Creative thinking and problem solving

  • Innovation

  • Empathy and compassion

  • Intuition and reading emotions

What is ADHD coaching?

Most people with ADHD have struggled at some point in their life with the above challenges; constantly losing keys, forgetting to pay bills, being unable to manage their workload or falling behind in their studies. And if they were late diagnosed, they may have spent a lot of their lives thinking this was just because they were a ‘bad’ or ‘lazy’ or ‘defective’ person, creating a huge amounts of shame, self doubt and anxiety. Sound familiar?

ADHD coaching can help people to understand what their ADHD means for them - how it shows up, and where. It then helps them develop strategies and coping mechanisms that really work, and helps to hold them accountable for embedding them in their lives. It can also help people lean into their strengths, build confidence, and feel more comfortable in their own skin.

Coaching can help manage ADHD either without medication, or alongside it as a complimentary tool. As Leanne Maskell of ADHD Works says - ‘pills don’t give you skills’. (Please note that I make no comment on the value of medication - choosing to take it is an incredibly personal and individual choice).

What support do I offer?

I offer 1:1 coaching for adults with ADHD (you don’t need to have an official diagnosis for us to work together), and also for partners / friends or family members who would like to understand a loved one better.

Some of my programmes are below.

As well as the tools and frameworks developed by ADHD Works, I use a range of techniques from different schools of coaching, including Co-Active and Gestalt, and creative techniques that aim to get clients out of their heads and exploring their challenges in a different way.

Why choose me?

I have lived experience

I have ADHD, and was late diagnosed in my 30s, so I know how it feels to go through life feeling like you’re weird, or behind, or out of step. I’ve been told I’m ‘too loud’ and ‘too much’ and ‘too sensitive’, so I can empathise fully with my clients.

I’ve also done the corporate work thing (as a consultant for over 10 years) - I know what a working life with ADHD feels like, and can help my clients identify effective strategies that will work in their environment.

I create a safe space

I bring a warm and open energy to my coaching, creating a safe and trusting environment for clients to be vulnerable, in order to grow. I will be your champion and your critical friend, acknowledging and supporting you, as well as holding you to account, so you can create a life that works for you and your ADHD.

I am accredited as a coach

I have trained extensively as a coach, not only being Certified with ADHD Works (one of the first organisations to offer ADHD Coaching training in the UK), but also completing courses with the Coaches Training Institute (in Co-Active coaching) and The Academy of Executive Coaching.

In addition I am an Accredited Coach at Practitioner level with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and adhere at all times to their Code of Ethics. Coaching is not a regulated industry, but having industry accreditation allows me to give clients assurance that I have met a strict set of requirements, and that there is a body that they can refer to if they have any serious issues.

My ADHD coaching programmes

Who am I? - Strengths and challenges definition session

Maybe you’ve just been diagnosed, or are just in need of some headspace to identify how your ADHD shows up, and what that means for your work and life. We’ll explore your strengths and challenges, and look at typical strategies that can support them.

Eek! I need help now. - 3-week intensive programme

A short, sharp period of coaching, when you’re looking to really understand what ADHD means for you, identify your strengths and challenges, and get some intensive input on personalised strategies to help you manage.

Dig deeper / move forward. - 3- or 6-month programme

When you want to take a bit more time to understand your ADHD, have support for accountability in developing new and personalised strategies, with time to test and implement them, and potentially touch on wider work and life questions.

I can also create a bespoke programme that meets your needs.

What clients say about me.

  • "Sarah took me from a fairly negative place to one where I felt empowered, positive and full of love and kindness. Helping me really feel that was powerful and is something I’m very grateful for."

    – Kavita S

  • "Sarah is so assured in the way she handles tricky coaching topics and subjects. She embraces creative techniques and uses them to powerful effect to explore emotional subjects in a way that is both light and empowering."

    – Holly H

  • “I found this a transformative experience that has given me heaps more clarity around my professional direction and crystallised how I can use my strengths even more to grow in my role.”

    – Liam A

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