Looking for a neurodivergent coach or to work with a coach on what neurodivergence means to you?

I am neurodivergent myself so I can bring a deep level of empathy and understanding to what this can mean and how it may show up in coaching sessions. I am happy to disclose my own experience, if this would be beneficial or helpful for you, especially if this helps you to build rapport and feel safe.

I’m also a certified neuroaffirmative practioner (ADHD Works, 2026)

Why is it helpful to disclose neurodivergence in coaching sessions?
If your coach knows how your brain works, they can meet you where you’re at and understand how they can best play the role you need them to, in coaching, and supporting you. Neurodivergence simply means a difference in how our brain works, everyone’s individual experience is unique but there are ways we can group themes into an understanding of certain traits or behaviours. It’s helpful to know if you identify with or have a diagnosis of a specific type of neurodivergence as this means your coach can ensure you’re able to show up as your authentic self and not have to overcome unnecessary challenges or hurdles in your sessions. On my intake forms, I’ll ask you to share if there’s anything you’d like me to be aware of prior to our introductory session. This is a great place to disclose if you feel comfortable as I can ensure, right from our first meeting, that your needs are met, in the exactly the way you’d like them to be. We can also discuss this further in our introductory session too, if preferred, as there is no singular experience of any type of neurodivergence - if you’ve met one person with ADHD for example, you’ve only met one person with ADHD, how they experience it or how it shows up for them may not be the same for others. We can discuss how I can best meet your needs, regardless, right from our first meeting.

Do I need to share a diagnosis?
Not at all. Whether you have a diagnosis already, are going through the process or haven’t yet / don’t plan to / don’t want to or feel the need to access testing or diagnosis, sharing how your brain works and how I can best support you is the most important thing.

I was recently diagnosed as neurodivergent and I’d like to understand more about how this may impact my life
I am not a specialist in neurodivergence or any specific types within the spectrum, but as a holistic life coach, I can actively listen to your strengths, (perceived) weaknesses, opportunities and (perceived) threats at the beginning of our coaching relationship and help to gently and empathetically bring attention to when examples may arise so we can pause and spend time together in that space. All coaching sessions are led by you, the client, and how you’d like to spend the time, and what you’d like to spend the time on. First and foremost, we’ll be centring your unique experiences of being you. We can use labels if you’d prefer or we can focus on the behavioural, emotional, rational - whatever elements are available to you and what you’re able to articulate in your own words and ways. I can bring my own levels of professional training and experience, as well as my lived experience of being neurodivergent if it’s helpful (and relevant) and we’ve agreed that this is something you’d like and find helpful. This can take the form of recommendations outside of the session, further reading, suggestions for future accommodations during or in between our sessions, specialist referrals and more.

Have you worked with neurodivergent clients before?
Yes. I have found that neurodivergent clients tend to seek out neurodivergent coaches so a few clients have said this was a reason to decide to work with me. If it’s helpful to know, I have mostly worked with self-identified neurodivergent people who are autistic and those who have ADHD (diagnosed or not). Whether you personally use person or identity first language, I have studied and am aware of neuro-affirmative language and know it’s all individual preference. However you describe yourself or identify, I will ensure to be respectful and mirror your chosen use of language.

I’m neurodivergent but I’m not sure what to ask for and what accommodations may be beneficial to me
Whether you disclose prior to our introductory session or throughout our relationship, or even if I notice where you may benefit from certain accommodations, regardless, I can share options for you to consider. These options come from a mix of lived experience, professional training or working with other neurodivergent clients who have positively fed back after trialling resources, tools, or options within the coaching framework, sessions themselves, before/after sessions, in-between sessions and more.

Bringing attention to and holding space for limiting beliefs
Like many late-stage diagnosed / exploring neurodivergents, I know first hand what it’s like to grow up hearing words and phrases to describe our traits and who we are with negative bias, from those closest to us who didn’t realise or know otherwise. This can be a painful thing to work through. Moving past them with an informed understanding, updated vocabulary and with empathy helps you to thrive as your true authentic self outside of how others (or even deep down, yourself) perceive you. Clean language is language free of judgement and this is what I use within our sessions to ensure we can focus on and be led your true feelings, however you feel and recognise them. It may be, what we call ‘limiting beliefs’ are responsible for (or contributing towards) a feeling of being ‘stuck’ or a struggle to move forwards. Part of coaching is to address these things and understand how they may be limiting us and break free from them. We will do this in a safe space, with set boundaries up front (where you will set your level of challenge and how you’d like to approach them when they arise) with empathy and rooted in respect. A common example for those who have ADHD for example is a recurring memory of being told they are ‘lazy’ or they ‘can’t concentrate,’ especially in learning environments. Revisiting these ‘limiting beliefs’ with the empathy and understanding of what it really means to have ADHD and how knowing more about this at this later stage, means we can discover what makes us as individuals tick, what tools and methods help us to concentrate the best and break down those incorrect assumptions about ourselves that hold us back. Every individual, neurodivergent or not, has their own flavour of what works for them, our sessions will help you unlock what they are and open up new methods to try to! Extending kindness and compassion to ourselves is a fundamental part of self care and building our self esteem - for neurodivergent people, unlocking these long held inaccurate beliefs can be an ultimate game changer.

Boundaries & how we communicate
When you confirm you’d like to continue working with me after our FREE initial session, we’ll spend time ‘contracting.’ This is where we acknowledge each other’s needs, and draw up a ‘contract’ of how we can ensure a safe way to work together and how we’d like to be able to show up in our sessions. This can take the form of asking you to score from 1-10, how much challenge you’d feel comfortable with, or how much you’d like to feel reassured or celebrated. This is the perfect time to make sure I have a clear idea of how to meet your needs and ensure we can continue working together, with an agreement to commit to those actions. In this discussion we can also affirm how you may prefer to take notes, if you’d be open to homework or not, if you’d prefer workbooks in advance of a session, details up front, reminders on screen or things like how we communicate before, after or in between our sessions.

If you’d like to ask me any more questions or have a chat with me prior to booking in, please feel free and I’d love to take the time to speak with you. Simply fill out my webform over on my contact page.