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ADHD Coaching

Key Focus Areas for Personal Growth

Clinical Psychologist, Auckland, Ponsonby & Parnell

ADHD coaching focuses on several key areas to help individuals manage challenges and improve their daily functioning. These focus areas typically include:

  1. Time Management: Helping individuals develop strategies to manage their time effectively, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines. This includes breaking down tasks into manageable steps and using tools like planners or apps.

  2. Organisation Skills: Assisting with creating systems for organising personal and professional spaces, such as setting up routines, decluttering, and managing paperwork. This helps reduce overwhelm and improves productivity.

  3. Goal Setting and Planning: Guiding individuals in setting realistic and achievable goals, along with creating actionable plans to reach them. This process often includes identifying short-term and long-term objectives and breaking them down into smaller, manageable tasks.

  4. Focus and Concentration: Developing techniques to improve attention span and maintain focus on tasks. This might involve strategies like minimising distractions, using timers, and practising mindfulness.

  5. Emotional Regulation: Assisting with managing emotions and stress, which can be challenging for those with ADHD. Coaches often work on techniques for calming the mind, addressing frustration, and coping with anxiety or impulsivity.

  6. Accountability: Providing regular check-ins and support to help individuals stay on track with their goals and responsibilities. This includes tracking progress, celebrating successes, and adjusting plans as needed.

  7. Social Skills and Communication: Enhancing interpersonal skills, such as listening, understanding social cues, and improving communication. This can be especially important for managing relationships at work, school, or in personal life.

  8. Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy: Encouraging individuals to understand their own strengths, weaknesses, and needs. This includes learning how to advocate for themselves in various settings, such as at work or school.

  9. Impulse Control: Developing strategies to manage impulsive behaviours, such as pausing before acting or speaking and using tools to monitor and control impulses.

  10. Health and Wellbeing: Addressing lifestyle factors that can impact ADHD symptoms, such as sleep, diet, exercise, and overall wellbeing. Coaches often emphasise the importance of a balanced lifestyle to support cognitive functioning.

During ADHD coaching sessions, developing mastery in these key focus areas will receive attention.