Knowledge
Knowledge about ADHD, autism and everyday life
Twelve articles for teenagers, young adults and parents. To read at your own pace, before a conversation or without one.
What would I like to understand before getting in touch?
Maybe you would like to make sense of what is going on before you talk to anyone. Maybe it is about your own child and what might lie behind a certain behaviour. Either is a good reason to read here.
The articles are sorted by questions, not by diagnoses. You can start anywhere and stop whenever you like.
Stage 2The bridgeWhat support can look like in practice.
All articles by topic
Six areas, twelve articles. Each article stands on its own.
Understanding coaching
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Coaching or psychotherapy: which fits when?
The two terms get mixed up a lot. A practical way to tell them apart — and what to do when both apply.
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Do I need a diagnosis before I start coaching?
Many people put off support until an assessment slot comes free. Why that is not necessary — and when a diagnosis does help.
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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.
For parents
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Supporting without constantly controlling
The line does not run at an action but at the question of who owns the task afterwards.
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When my teenager does not want help
Being present is not taking part. Why persuading usually backfires — and what is possible instead.
Everyday life and executive function
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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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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.
Direction and transitions
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From school to training or study: questions before the next step
“What interests you?” is rarely the most useful first question. These tend to get further.
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Preparing transitions with autism, without prescribing everything
A seamless plan is not security — it is a risk. What preparation can do instead.
Communication and self-advocacy
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Saying more clearly what you need in an important conversation
“I cannot stand it” is true but not negotiable. How it becomes something that can be discussed.
Self-understanding
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After a late ADHD diagnosis: not everything at once
The explanation is there, everyday life is the same. Why the urge to change everything at once usually backfires.
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Masking, exhaustion and the question of fitting support
It works — that is the problem. Why the bill only arrives later and what can be changed about it.
General, not personal
The articles describe what is common. They do not replace an individual assessment, diagnosis or treatment. Whether something applies to you is for medical or psychological services to judge. Coaching helps with understanding and with next steps, not with assessment.
Stage 3BloomWhat is allowed to change, at your own pace.
More on individual topics
If, after reading, you would like to know what support with this could look like in practice.
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Everyday life and executive function
Getting started, keeping going and routines that work with your mind rather than against it.
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Direction and transitions
School, training, study, a first job: preparing transitions without prescribing everything.
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Communication and self-advocacy
Saying what you need so that others understand it, and standing up for yourself.
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ADHD coaching
What coaching can do with ADHD and where its limits are.
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Autism coaching
What support with autism can look like, with or without a diagnosis.
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How I work
Stance, process and the limits of coaching.
If you would like to talk after reading
In the introductory call we clarify in 20 to 30 minutes what brings you here and whether coaching fits. It is not a free coaching session, and in the end you decide.
- 20 to 30 minutes
- Free and without obligation
- In English or German
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