Full Description
This updated edition of ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals describes the foundational principles as well as step-by-step guidance for teaching adults, college students, and adolescents how to survive and thrive with ADHD.
Coaching specifically targets the core impairments of ADHD, such as planning, time management, goal setting, organization, and problem solving, as well as academic, vocational, emotional, and interpersonal life difficulties. Chapters offer concrete advice for gathering information, conducting the initial intake, establishing goals and objectives, and working through all stages of coaching, along with helpful forms and a wide range of additional resources. The authors also discuss the business side of coaching, and how to develop one's practice.
Richly detailed case studies illustrate how to help clients who present with a variety of ADHD symptoms. Each case study highlights different aspects of the coaching process and includes a description and background history of the client, and selected session dialogue interwoven with discussion of the case material. The book is designed to help facilitate skill building and work with clients to improve outcomes.
Contents
Introduction: Using This Book to Help People With ADHD
Part 1. ADHD Coaching: Fundamentals and Beyond
Chapter 1. An Overview of ADHD
Chapter 2. A History and Overview of ADHD Coaching Interventions
Chapter 3. Underlying Principles and Procedures Used in ADHD Coaching
Chapter 4. The ADHD Coaching Framework - Beginning Sessions
Chapter 5. The ADHD Coaching Framework - Middle & Final Sessions
Chapter 6. The ADHD Coaching Toolbox
Chapter 7. Your Coaching Practice
Part 2. ADHD Coaching Case Studies
Chapter 8. Case Study: ADHD Coaching With a Young Professional Adult
Chapter 9. Case Study: ADHD Coaching With a Middle-Aged Adult
Chapter 10. Case Study: ADHD Coaching With a College Student With Both Academic Difficulties and Lifestyle Issues
Chapter 11. Case Study: ADHD Coaching With a Middle Aged Adult With Comorbid Mood Disorders Struggling With Job Advancement and Relationship Issues.
Chapter 12. Case Study: ADHD Coaching With an Adolescent
Additional Resources
References
Index
About the Authors
