Coaching for Neurodivergent Success.
I help neurodivergent people clarify and pursue their goals. If that's you, I can help you build a life, both in and out of work, that feels successful and sustainable. Together we'll work out how your brain works, how you work best, and how to navigate environments that weren't designed with you in mind.
Who I work with
I primarily coach neurodivergent people who want more from their work and lives, including those with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, and other neurodivergent profiles.
Established professionals, business owners, and leaders
If you've built a successful career, maybe you can no longer keep brute-forcing your way to success. Or maybe you're facing friction with colleagues, or difficulty honing your leadership style as you advance. Whether you've recently recognized you're neurodivergent or have known for years, I understand both the pressure of high-stakes work and the cost of carrying it quietly. Our work is confidential and accommodating to busy schedules.
Early on your path
I can help you understand how you work best and find a path that fits you, whether you're choosing a direction in college or grad school, looking for a job, learning to navigate the corporate world, starting a business, or building toward something else. Understanding your strengths and needs early can save you years of struggling to fit environments that weren't built for you.
When something has to change
You may be in burnout, or close to it, and see that your life or career has too much struggle in it, often because it wasn't built with your neurodivergence in mind. Together we can work out what's draining you, what's worth keeping, and what a better fit looks like, whether that means adjusting your current path or choosing a new one.
What we work on
Your goals can be whatever matters to you. If your goals aren't clear yet, we'll work on that. Work is often where we start, but my focus is on helping you get what you want out of work and life. Here are some areas I often work on with clients:
Goal setting and achievement
Clarifying what you want, and then understanding and planning for how you can get it.
Understanding your neurodivergence
Learning how your brain operates and how you can best work with it, not against it.
Regulation, energy, and burnout prevention
Keeping emotions and nervous-system regulated, and understanding your energy patterns, so you can avoid cycles of burnout and recovery.
Planning and organization
Approaches that fit how your brain processes information, after traditional productivity systems have failed you.
Career navigation and advancement
Choosing your next moves deliberately and advocating for yourself.
Career change and transitions
Working out what to keep, what to change, and what a better fit looks like.
Working with others
Leading, managing, and collaborating in ways that fit how you work.
Workplace translation
Decoding unwritten rules and office politics, and improving communication between neurotypes.
Work-life balance
Making room for rest, relationships, and interests outside work.
Philosophy
I work in a neurodiversity paradigm. That means recognizing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity. True neurodiversity accepts and accommodates the full range of diversity in the way humans think, perceive, and feel. It means not singling out neurominorities as disordered or disabled, since they are only so in the context of a world designed by and for a neuromajority.
Our aim is not to “fix” neurodivergence or learn to behave more neurotypically.
Challenges arise for neurodivergent people navigating a world that is not only designed for the neuromajority, but that often pathologizes neurodivergence as disordered and deficient. In our coaching work our aim is not to “fix” neurodivergence or learn to behave more neurotypically. That approach ultimately leads to unhappiness and burnout. Instead, we try to work with our neurodivergence and chart a path on which we can center our authentic selves.
I want to see the world embrace neurodiversity (and all diversity) in the truest and fullest sense. Culture is like the air we breathe. It's invisible. We don't pay attention to it and don't realize how it shapes our existence. We don't notice how much culture dictates our perception of reality and how much we take as fact things that are really cultural biases.
How coaching works
Getting started
The first conversation is free, so we can both decide whether coaching is a fit.
Format
Sessions are entirely virtual. Video, audio only, text, or phone are all options, depending on what you're comfortable with.
Pace
Sessions are typically weekly or bi-weekly, but custom arrangements are possible. Some need intensive support during a transition, and others need only occasional check-ins after developing a relationship. There's no pressure and no demands.
Staying regulated
In sessions we'll often focus on staying regulated, both emotionally and in your nervous system, which means feeling calm, steady, and able to think clearly. That makes coaching more comfortable and more effective. It is also a skill we build together, and one you can use at work and in life.
Fees
To make coaching accessible to a broad range of people who need it, my fees are scaled based on seniority and ability to pay.
- Full rate: clients in more senior corporate or professional roles.
- Scaled rate: students, early career clients, clients in more junior roles, new entrepreneurs, and government and non-profit employees.
We'll discuss fees in our initial free conversation. Coaching comes in two forms:
- Ongoing coaching: weekly or bi-weekly sessions, billed monthly.
- Intensive packages: built around a specific change, event, or deadline, such as finding a job, starting a new job, or dealing with a time-sensitive challenge.
Sessions are 55 minutes. Your fee includes email support between sessions, which allows you to get feedback or ask questions about situations that come up or things you're working on. The aim is to support the work that we're doing in sessions. There is no guaranteed amount of time, or response time, for this support. It's up to my discretion.
Frequently asked questions
What types of neurodivergence do you work with?
I primarily work with individuals with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, and other neurodivergent profiles. You don't need a formal diagnosis (see below), but the focus of my work is on helping non-typical neurotypes navigate work and life.
Do I need a formal diagnosis?
No. Some of the people I work with have a formal diagnosis, some are still exploring whether the labels fit, and some have never sought an evaluation. If your experience isn't neurotypical and we both think I can help, we can work together.
I'm not a clinician, so I don't diagnose. I also tend to avoid treating neurodivergence as a disorder, because for most of the people I work with it's mainly a difference. Labels like ADHD and autism are useful shorthand, and hard to avoid today, but they're still evolving as research develops. What matters more to me is how your mind works.
If a formal diagnosis would help you, for example to request workplace accommodations, I'm glad to talk about it and point you toward where to start.
Do you offer virtual or in-person services?
All coaching services are conducted virtually, which allows for flexibility and accessibility regardless of location.
What does a typical coaching session look like?
Sessions are virtual and highly customized. We might map out a plan, work through a specific problem, find a new approach to something that keeps going wrong, or build a skill. What we do depends on your goals and what's going on for you now.
How is coaching different from therapy?
Coaching is forward-focused and action-oriented. While therapy often explores past experiences and emotional processing, coaching is about achieving specific goals and developing practical strategies. Sometimes people aren't ready for coaching, and have therapeutic work they need to get through first. Often therapy and coaching work well together. If at any time during our coaching relationship I think you should consider therapy, I'll bring it up. This is something we'll discuss in our initial session.
Is everything we discuss confidential?
I will not share personal information about you with others unless I have your permission, am legally obligated to do so, or I think it is necessary for the protection of the health or safety of any individual. Note that coaching relationships might not have the same legal protections as other relationships, such as with doctors, lawyers, therapists, or clergy.
Start with a conversation.
A free consultation, by video, audio, text, or phone, to discuss your situation and whether we're a fit.