ADHD Coaching

Active Coaching for Active Boys

Connection. Compassion. Routines.

Whether your child has an official diagnosis or exhibits ADHD symptoms, ADHD coaching could be a valuable intervention for your child.

Grit

For many OCD sufferers, it can be difficult to “unlearn” all of the bad habits that we have taught our brain. Introduce Grit. Grit is choosing to hang on when you desperately want to let go. I won’t let you.
Consistency

Continually practicing skills work, even on days that you are struggling or may feel overwhelmed, will make the difference between those that succeed and those that do not. Building habits is all about being consistent.
Discipline

Forget motivation, find discipline. Motivation is fleeting and can come and go depending on your mood and how you’re feeling. Discipline, and having the self-control to push yourself to do something even when you don’t feel like doing it, is where you achieve results

ADHD Coaching is an emerging field that has become more prominent in recent years. Coaching can be an effective intervention that compliments medication and other alternative approaches to intervention. I take a practical and wholistic approach to coaching boys with ADHD. I help them strengthen their executive functioning skills that are often impaired by ADHD, such as planning, time-management, goal setting, organization, and problem solving while engaging them in physical activity and personal development, and outdoor skill building.

OCD in my PROFESSIONAL life

OCD in my PERSONAL life

Successful leadership starts with having the right mindset, but what if your mind begins rebelling against you? One of the greatest threats to the health and efficiency of your business (or job) are the overabundance of debilitating thoughts and behaviors. OCD in the workplace can:

lead to miscommunications between coworkers, employees, and managers.

Result in unreliable or inconsistent work quality and effectiveness.
Create isolating behaviors that impact team cohesiveness, creativity and fun.
Erode your sense of self-confidence and circle of influence
The avoidance of certain people or tasks because they trigger anxiety or negative thoughts
Constant worry about how coworkers view you and your behavior
Resentment from colleagues due to the need for breaks and time disruptions to allow for rituals or compulsion

Imagine if you had a soundtrack of terrible thoughts and urges playing in your head on repeat. Now, imagine the affect these constant thoughts, urges, and compulsions would have on relationships with a romantic partner, family or friend? The challenges on both sides are real. OCD in personal relationships can:

Create a need for constant reassurances from both sides
Lead to intimacy issues and/or rejection fears
Lead to constant questioning of your relationships
Result in heightened anxiety and depression
Further the struggle with self-esteem issues or feelings of shame, embarrassment, and insecurity that can lead to isolation.
Cause support systems to get overwhelmed, frustrated and tired leading to distress and disruption.

Modalities to support your healing process may include:

Mindfulness Techniques

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

Self-Compassion Exercises

Somatic Therapy

IASIS (Neuro-biofeedback)

NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming)

Increase motivation. Reduce rumination. Retrain your mind. With proper support, OCD does not have to be chronically limiting; hope and help is available!