Do you………

Have difficulty concentrating?

Experience internal resistance when trying to get tasks done?

Have difficulty working out your priorities?

Have problems reaching goals?

Arrive late for appointments?

Struggle with other time-management issues?

Have energy highs and lows?

Lunge from one trauma to another?

Have difficulty seeing a project through to the end?

Experience a negative inner voice?

Suffer with low self esteem?

Feel stressed?

Struggle to manage paper work and check book?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you would benefit from working with an ADHD coach.

What the experts say about ADD coaches

OUT OF THE FOG
Kevin Murphy, Ph. D, and Suzanne LeVert, (Skylight Press, New York, 1995)

"...you may find it very helpful to enlist a coach or partner in your efforts to come to terms with the disorder—a trusted person who can guide you through skill-building techniques, and help you through the periods of frustration that are bound to crop up. Coaches can help remind you of your long-range goals, while gently keeping you focused on the tasks at hand. A coach can be particularly helpful at work, especially when you're first learning new skills and techniques." (p. 147)

WOMEN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
Sari Solden, MS, MFCC, (Underwood Books, Grass Valley, CA, 1995) (p. 246)

"...it can be wonderful to find a "Coach." This can be someone trained and paid or someone that you helped to develop, a non-judgmental friend who's organized but flexible. ... There are three main areas in which a coach can help in your personal life. First, she/he can help you stay on track and help you prioritize to meet your goals. ... Next, your coach can help you see your successes by being supportive, almost a cheerleader ... Thirdly, a coach can be right in your house to help you maintain systems, put papers away, getting to all the stuff that you hate: that boring, repetitive filing, paying bills, balancing the checkbook or going through papers." (p. 246)

ADVENTURES IN FAST FORWARD
Kathleen G. Nadeau (Brunner-Routledge, New York and London 1996) (p.44)

It is difficult for all of us to break old habits or to build new ones, but it is especially difficult when you have ADD. Adults with ADD not only have to struggle, as we all do, with the difficult task of self-discipline, but also must struggle with forgetfulness, distractibility, impulse control, and a host of other issues that may interfere with the new desired behaviour.
If you find that this is the case for you, you may need to have a "coach". Just as in sports, an ADD coach is someone who is there to encourage you, to inspire you, to remind you, or to report to. And just as coaching is highly beneficial in developing athletic skills, ADD coaching can be essential in developing the new coping skills you need to improve the quality of your life.

A good coach is, Encouraging, Supportive, Consistent, Available, Calm, Non-nagging.