For yourself
For teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 25
You are the person we work with, and your goals count. Everyday life, transitions and self-advocacy, with or without a diagnosis.
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ADHD · ages 14 to 25 · for parents too
ADHD coaching for teenagers and young adults
Most people with ADHD know exactly what needs doing. What is missing is the step from intention to action. In coaching you find out where exactly it tips and which structures suit your mind. With or without a diagnosis.
02Reframe
A difference that explains a lot
Not being able to start is different from not wanting to.
“Make a list” does not help much when the list was never the problem and the start was. So coaching does not begin with more discipline. It begins with the question of where exactly it tips.
Stage 2The bridgeWhat support can look like in practice.
03Understanding
How I understand ADHD
Here, ADHD describes a different way of regulating attention, motivation and feelings. Not a deficit that disappears with enough effort. Three ideas explain a lot of it.
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Executive function
The abilities we use to start, plan, keep going and switch. Thomas E. Brown describes ADHD as a difficulty with exactly this self-management, one that varies a great deal from situation to situation. From the outside it easily looks like unwillingness.
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Interest-based reward system
What is interesting, new, urgent or challenging often gets going almost by itself. What is merely important stays put. That is not a question of character. Coaching works with this logic rather than fighting it.
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Emotional regulation
Frustration, hurt and anger often arrive faster and harder than the situation suggests. Russell Barkley counts this side of self-regulation as part of ADHD. Feelings are not trained away here. The aim is to notice them earlier.
Where ADHD and autism come together, both feed in. More under autism coaching.
04What we work on
What ADHD coaching covers here
What we can work on
- Finding out what changes the way in for you: the size of the first step, the place, the time of day, company.
- Making time visible and setting priorities when everything shouts at the same volume.
- Building routines that take less effort and plan for getting back in after a break.
- Arranging tasks around your energy, which swings across the day and the week.
- Noticing strong feelings earlier and regaining room to act.
- After a late diagnosis, sorting out what comes first and what can wait.
What it is not
- Not an assessment. Whether ADHD is present is established by medical or psychological professionals.
- Not psychotherapy, and not advice on medication.
- No self-tests and no symptom checklists.
- No promise that ADHD will go away or can be fixed with enough discipline.
- Not crisis support.
You don’t need a diagnosis. If it turns out that an assessment would make sense, I will say so, and you decide.
05Two paths
Two ways into coaching
ADHD coaching is part of one shared offer. ADHD, autism or both: the stance is the same.
For you as a parent
For parents
You are a client in your own right, even if your child does not come themselves. It is about your stability and understanding your child better.
Stage 3BloomWhat is allowed to change, at your own pace.
06Bloom
What change can look like
Not a new person, more an everyday life that suits your mind better. For example:
A task that is started before it becomes urgent.
A week in which you know when you have capacity.
A routine that starts up again after a break.
Anger you see coming before it carries you off.
Examples, not promises.
07Knowledge
Further reading
Three articles that go deeper than this page can.
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Everyday life and executive function
Why starting a task can be so hard with ADHD
Not being able to start is different from not wanting to. Why the distinction matters in practice.
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Everyday life and executive function
Routines that do not work against the person
A system that tips after three weeks was not too lax — it was too demanding for the everyday life it was meant for.
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Understanding coaching
What ADHD coaching can do — and what it cannot
Coaching is often either overestimated or confused with therapy. This draws the line — as concretely as possible.
Common questions about ADHD coaching
Do I need an ADHD diagnosis?
No. If you have one, that knowledge feeds in. If not, we work with what you experience. Coaching does not replace an assessment. More in the article Do I need a diagnosis?
Is medication part of coaching?
No. Questions about medication belong with the doctor treating you. Coaching can run alongside medical treatment and works on everyday life, structures and self-understanding.
My diagnosis came late. Is this still right for me?
Yes, if you are between 14 and 25. After a late diagnosis there is often relief, anger about the years before and the urge to change everything at once. In coaching we sort out what comes first and what does not need changing at all. More in the article After a late ADHD diagnosis.
08The first step
The first step can be small.
In the introductory call we spend 20 to 30 minutes clarifying what it is about, how I work and whether coaching fits. It is not a free coaching session, and in the end you decide. No pressure to sign up and no follow-up chasing.
- 20 to 30 minutes
- Free and without obligation
- Online or in Rheinfelden
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