ADHD Coaching &
Executive Function Coaching
Specialized Coaching for Adults, Families and Kids
Specialized ADHD &
Executive Function Coaching
Coaching
for Kids
Coaching
for Teens
Coaching
for Parents
Coaching
for Adults
Do you have ADHD-like traits?
Executive Function Coaching provides the same personalized support to improve focus and organizational skills, even if you’ve never received a formal ADHD assessment. So, click the button below to schedule a complimentary Connection Call and discover how I can support you on your journey.
Adults looking for individual coaching for self, schedule here.
Achieve More with Targeted Strategies
Everyone’s journey (and brain) is unique, with specific strengths and challenges. Whether you have ADHD or ADHD-like traits and related executive function challenges, we’ll customize our approach to help you identify your strengths, develop personalized strategies to overcome obstacles, build confidence, and achieve your goals.
Focus Attention
Shift Gears & Adapt
Plan & Prioritize
Keep Track of Things
Use Time Wisely
Start & Complete Tasks
Resist Impulses
Manage Emotions
Improve Self-Talk
Meet Julie Smith
First and foremost, I’m a wife and mom of four adult children in a neurodiverse family. From ADHD to learning differences to my own Executive Function challenges, I’ve been there. It’s why I do this work. As a parent, you are seen. I understand the worry, struggle, and overwhelm of helping your child harness their gifts so they can be their best self. As an individual, I relate to the adult who begins to see connections between her own challenges and those of her children, and who looks within to see that those challenges were not because of a flaw, but rather a difference in how my brain works. I’m a Professional Certified Coach. I have advanced training in ADHD and executive function coaching from ADD Coach Academy, and I’m a part-time reading tutor for dyslexic children at Aspire Academy.
What Clients Say
“I am so thankful for all your love, care, compassion, and expertise with (our daughter). She loves learning and reading and so much of that is thanks to you.“
— Parent of child with ADHD and dyslexia
Ready to get started?
Adults looking for individual coaching for self, schedule here.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are executive functions?
Executive functions are cognitive skills that help with planning, staying organized, managing time, focusing, and controlling emotions and impulses. If you have low executive function, you might feel easily overwhelmed, struggle to start or finish tasks, miss deadlines, or have trouble managing your emotions in stressful situations.
What is the difference between ADHD coaching and Executive Function coaching?
Executive Function Coaching provides personalized support to improve specific areas like time management, organization, planning, task initiation and completion, and self-awareness. Because a person may struggle with certain executive function skills even without ADHD, this coaching support can help anyone struggling with one or more of these skills.
ADHD Coaching is a collaborative partnership between a person with ADHD or ADHD-like traits and a professional coach who has current ADHD knowledge and best practices. The coach listens with an appreciation for how ADHD impacts the client and also explores executive function, but through the lens of the full ADHD experience. This includes helping you understand how the ADHD brain works, regulate attention, manage impulsivity, leverage ADHD strengths, build confidence, and create systems that work with your unique brain. ADHD Coaching may also involve parents, family, spouse, or partner.
What is the difference between coaching and therapy?
Both coaching and therapy serve valuable roles in personal development and mental well-being.
A mental health counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist may diagnose or treat ADHD. Therapy also helps individuals with emotional healing, symptoms of mood or anxiety disorders, and other mental health issues. Therapy tends to explore a person’s past to the present.
Coaching tends to explore a person’s present and desired future, and it’s action-oriented. It explores the “what” and “how,” and helps you identify strengths, set actionable goals, and develop strategies to help you move forward and achieve what’s important to you. In summary, a coach can help you navigate and manage daily ADHD challenges effectively and thrive.
How will a parent, spouse, family member, or other person impacted by a person with ADHD benefit from coaching?
Through involvement in the coaching process, these individuals may discover:
- Skills to listen and communicate more effectively with the person with ADHD, and the family as a whole
- Strategies and tools to support the person with ADHD
- A better understanding of the person with ADHD that leads to increased patience and appreciation
- Ways to set boundaries and manage expectations
- How to respond with positive reinforcement and acknowledgement that leads to change in challenging patterns and behavior
Adults looking for individual coaching for self, schedule here.
I'm Julie Smith, Certified Life Coach, ADHD and Executive Function Coach. I empower others to create calm, clarity, and connection at work, school and at home. Together, we create a customized approach to help you focus, overcome obstacles, build confidence, and achieve your goals. My clients include both professionals and families (parents, children, teens).