AuDHD & ADHD Coaching

You don’t need a formal diagnosis to work with me. Many neurodivergent people are late-identified or undiagnosed. There are also many barriers to diagnosis including cost, access, and systemic bias. If you recognise yourself in autistic and/or ADHD experiences and want support, you are welcome here!

Therapy is delivered by a mental health professional and is typically focused on healing, processing experiences and addressing mental health conditions. If you’re working through trauma or crisis, therapy is the right first step.

Coaching is more of a collaborative partnership. It focuses on understanding who you are, identifying where you want to go, and building the strategies and confidence to move forward. With autism and ADHD coaching in particular, we acknowledge the barriers inherent in a neurotypical world and the impacts this can have on various areas of life. Together, we create pathways of growth that take into account our unique lived experiences.

Coaching and therapy are valuable in different ways and can work alongside each other well.

Intersectionality is a framework developed by Black legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. It acknowledges that race, neurodivergence, disability, gender, class, and other aspects of identity are not separate things happening alongside each other. They intersect and shape each other. The distinct experiences, barriers, and strengths that come from holding these parts of our identities all at once cannot be understood by looking at each one in isolation.

Cultural safety, developed by Māori nurse scholar Irihapeti Ramsden, is about the environment in which that this happens. It’s about creating supportive spaces that genuinely feel safe to express the fullness of your cultural identity, hold its value, and speak about your experiences (such as racism) without softening them. Cultural safety requires an active, ongoing examination of power and accountability to the people being served. It means only you can decide whether something was culturally safe for you. I also hold myself accountable for ongoing learning and actively welcome your feedback.

Intersectionality and cultural safety mean that your whole self is the starting point, not an afterthought My practice is built on the understanding that you cannot support the whole person while only seeing part of them. Your identities, culture and experiences are part of who you are, and therefore part of the work.

You don’t need to have your goals sorted or know exactly what you want to change in order to start coaching. Many people come to coaching exactly because something feels stuck or uncertain.

If you’re unsure, the discovery call is a low-stakes way to find out. You can ask questions, share where you’re at, and decide from there. There’s no pressure and you’re free to make your mind up after the call.