Coaching Is A Process

I’m always being asked, “What is ADHD coaching? Is it therapy?”  And more often than not, I find myself repeating that coaching is NOT a replacement for psychotherapy. Most psychotherapy can only move as fast as it takes for the patient to deal with the source/origin of their problems.

Rainbow 9-6-2014-2Coaching enters as soon as a person becomes aware that a challenge exists and they want to discover and learn new skills to manage it. For individuals with ADHD, this can be a deficit on Executive Functions.  A coach may team up with a psychotherapist since that enables a coach to develop and update a “game plan” for the client.

In his book Foundation of Coaching, James Flaherty describes coaching as a learning experience as the client’s observation of their performance is a “discipline that requires fresher, innovative, and relentless correction according to the outcomes being produced.”

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