THE TOP ADHD COACHES
If you’ve ever felt like you’re navigating a maze without a map, you’re not alone.
But what if there were guides who’ve walked similar paths, ready to lead you through?
Meet some of the top ADHD coaches out there, each with their unique journey and approach to coaching.
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In Brief : The Top Adhd Coaches
- Stephanie Hwang – Stephanie Hwang, based in Los Angeles, is a passionate neurodivergence & ADHD coach. As a queer, immigrant woman of color and a bipolar autistic ADHDer, Stephanie creates a safe space for everyone to express themselves and explore the intersection of their neurodivergence and identities.
- Kelly Biltz – Meet Kelly, a dedicated Certified ADHD Teen Life Coach who has a natural affinity for working with teens. She specializes in partnering with high schoolers, providing support to establish essential skills and navigate the challenges of academics.
- Jeff Copper – Jeff Copper, an ADHD coach, stands as the founder of DIG Coaching Practice, Attention Talk Radio, and Attention Talk Video. Certified by ADD Coach Academy and Coaches Training Institute, he holds professional designations from ICF (International Coach Federation) and PAAC (Professional Association for ADHD Coaches).
- Lynne Edris – Lynne Edris, a seasoned Productivity & ADHD Coach, brings over 15 years of experience to her work. As the co-host of the ADHD Support Talk podcast, she has been instrumental in helping overwhelmed professionals worldwide who struggle with focus, organization, productivity, and consistent follow-through.
- Jonathan French – Jonathan French, an ADHD coach, specializes in working with young adults, entrepreneurs, and individuals often labeled as ‘social misfits.’ Certified by both the Raynor Institute and the ADD Coach Academy.
- Dana Baker-Williams – Dana Baker-Williams is a dedicated Parent and Teen Coach, specializing in ADHD and Anxiety. With a focus on providing parents the necessary tools and support, Dana helps them understand, parent more effectively, and connect with their child.
- Cena Block – Cena Block is on a mission to empower professional women and entrepreneurs with ADHD to manage it all, align, and live productively. As a certified ADHD Coach, business consultant, author, and master facilitator, she brings a wealth of expertise to her work.
- Brooke Schnittman – Brooke Schnittman, with her team of specialized coaches, is dedicated to helping determined ADHDers worldwide overcome a life of chaos and overwhelm. Using her proven proprietary 3-step process, 3C Activation, she focuses on building Control, Consistency, and Confidence.
- Michael Carlini – Michael Carlini is an esteemed ADHD coach, specializing in working with college students and adults facing ADHD challenges. With a commitment to supporting clients in achieving their goals and creating lasting positive changes, Michael holds an associate certified coach certification from the ICF .
- Adam S Curtis – Adam Curtis, with decades of experience in small independent private schools, now channels his dynamism, intuition, and care into coaching individuals with ADHD of all ages.
- Karla Farrell – Karla Farrell, a devoted mother of two, brings 25 years of professional experience to her role as a life coach specializing in ADHD and a dedicated social care practitioner.
- Patricia Sung – Patricia Sung is not just an ADHD Coach but your encouraging and sarcastic BFF who fearlessly tells the truth about ADHD. Specializing in coaching Moms & Entrepreneurs with ADHD.
- Rahti Gorfien – With nearly three decades of experience, Rahti Gorfien is a seasoned coach specializing in guiding creative professionals grappling with scattered thoughts and overwhelm. As a certified career and ADHD coach, Rahti empowers her clients to hone their focus.
- Michael Snyder – Michael Snyder, a certified life coach specializing in ADHD, brings a personal touch to his coaching practice in Austin, Texas. Having experienced the challenges of struggling with organization, focus, impulse control, and procrastination throughout his life, Michael intimately understands the journey.
- Christine Kotik – Christine Kotik, a dedicated Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation, is the driving force behind CK ADHD Coaching & Consulting.
Stephanie Hwang
Stephanie Hwang is a neurodivergence & ADHD coach based in Los Angeles. As a queer, immigrant woman of color and a bipolar autistic ADHDer, she aims to give everyone a safe space to express themselves and explore the intersection of their neurodivergence and identities. Stephanie’s mission is to empower you to be more you and harness the unique strengths of your neurodivergence to thrive.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Like my clients, I am a multi-faceted person with many interests – I travel, go camping, attend conferences and festivals. I am always learning, coming up with new ways to conceptualize neurodivergence and related topics. For example, I recently attended the MAPs Psychedelics Conference in Denver and I am currently taking a 12 week course on the nervous system and somatic approaches. I receive different kinds of coaching. I blend learnings and realizations from my experiences, conversations, and psychedelic journeys to draw inspiration for coaching. My ongoing pursuit of learning helps me and my coaching evolve alongside my clients.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My experiences as a neurodivergent person has been crucial to my success in supporting others to step into their true neurodivergent selves. Having multiple neurodivergences and accompanying health issues – autoimmune disease, sleep disorder, addiction, chronic pain – I have been navigating the terrain of mental health for well over a decade. As an undiagnosed ND person, it was very tough to get the support I needed and I experienced many failures as I tried so many different solutions.
With these experiences in mind, I utilize the strengths of my neurodivergent mind to collaborate with clients to come up with creative, unique, sustainable and fun! solutions. Witnessing the transformations of my clients has been deeply gratifying and drives me to continue my mission of supporting neurodivergent people live fulfilling lives.
Kelly Biltz
Kelly is a Certified ADHD Teen Life Coach and teens are her jam! She partners with high schoolers who need someone in their corner helping them establish skills and stay above ground with grades and assignments, and parents who want someone their teen will listen to. Kelly’s highest honor is being a mom to two awesomely unique (and opposite) boys and a wife of 20+ years to Tim. She loves coaching high schoolers and enjoys the privilege of walking alongside high schoolers as they become young adults!
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
After my youngest son was diagnosed with combined ADHD many moons ago, I made it my life’s mission to help and support him in every single way I knew….even if that meant changing my parenting approach (which I did – Yikes!)…and my language (ouch – check that one off too!). I read and researched so much about ADHD, it literally became my full-time job!
I am in my “wheelhouse”, as helping high schoolers and partnering with families during these trying and crucial years is her calling. I focus on time management, planning, prioritizing, systems and self-care when I work with my teens. My goal is to see my clients thrive with ADHD and learn that, while life has its challenges, they can succeed and power through with the right systems, resilience and growth mindset.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I run an academic long coaching program with teens. I meet them where they are. Some are behind with their assignments, some are anxiety-ridden, some need support with social skills and others work with me so I can help them through the Jr. and Sr. years becoming more independent and preparing to leave home. My program involves private coaching, group coaching and parent meet-ups and can encompass social skills, Executive Function Skills, coping skills and Self Care- it is all-encompassing!
Jeff Copper
Jeff Copper, ADHD coach, is the founder of DIG Coaching Practice, Attention Talk Radio, and Attention Talk Video. He is certified by ADD Coach Academy and Coaches Training Institute and holds professional designations from ICF and PAAC. Jeff is a member of ADDA, CHADD, ACO, PAAC, ADD Resources, and ICF.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
As someone who has had to learn to manage attention and deal with his own challenges, I help my clients understand themselves and how their minds work. To this end, I developed my Anatomy of Attention construct to help them regain control of their attention and move past barriers. They begin to understand that they are actually very efficient. The problem is that they are often not addressing some of the core fundamental issues. Using my construct, they can achieve what they are capable of faster, with less stress, and create the productive environments they need.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My success as a coach comes not from one single thing but, instead, from many dozens. It has been an incredible education over the years to do interviews with some of the foremost experts in the world on his podcast, Attention Talk Radio, and his video channel, Attention Talk Video. I have interviewed world-renowned ADHD thought leaders such as Dr. Russell Barkley, Dr. Ned Hallowell, Dr. Anthony Rostain, and others. My success as a coach comes from seeing people thrive in doing things the most natural way by building on existing systems that work.
Lynne Edris
Lynne Edris is a Productivity & ADHD Coach and co-hosts the ADHD Support Talk podcast. For 15+ years, Lynne has helped overwhelmed professionals from around the world who are not performing at the level of their ability because they aren’t focused, organized, productive, and following through consistently. She helps them take control of their days and accomplish what they intend with ease so that they have more time and energy for what matters most to them.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I’m a woman with ADHD, so I have been where my clients are. I’ve gone from living in the constant state of chaos, overwhelm and under-performance that most adults with ADHD know too well, to a life of fulfillment & success. I help my clients start “firing on all cylinders” in all areas of life by uncovering how they work best as the foundation for practical, sustainable time management that enables them to perform at the level of their abilities and accomplish what they intend with ease and have more time and energy for what really matters most!
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success as a coach is the same thing that has contributed to my success in any area of life: learning to believe in myself. When I finally was able to uncover and learn to build upon and rely on my own unique strengths and tendencies (rather than always trying to improve my weaknesses), my whole world opened up. When you really understand yourself, how you work best, and what you need to have in place to be successful, and you can learn to embrace it, you unleash your own potential.
Jonathan French
Jonathan French is an ADHD coach who works primarily with young adults, entrepreneurs, ‘social misfits’ of various sorts, and those who are invested in social causes. He is certified by both the Raynor Institute and the ADD Coach Academy. He is passionate about creating a more inclusive world for people and shifting the narrative around ADHD and neurodiversity.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help people embrace their ADHD to address the challenges and leverage their strengths. I blend traditional life coaching with executive function coaching to offer insight and growth along with tangible strategies for my clients. The blend of practical tools and personal insight gives clients multiple paths to create momentum in their life and create a new story for themselves.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I believe my coaching success comes from me really leaning into learning from my own life experiences, the good and the bad. I’ve fully embraced divergent interests including social issues, fostering a rich community, and career changes such as firefighting, economic consulting, and starting a community magazine. I know that life can be messy without a clear way forward, which is why I’m able to help my clients navigate new opportunities and challenges.
Dana Baker-Williams
Dana Baker-Williams is a Parent and Teen Coach specializing in ADHD and Anxiety. She gives parents the tools and support they need to understand, parent more effectively and connect with their child. Simple shifts and techniques will allow you to parent with confidence and handle the challenges with grace. You’ll have a peaceful home, a closer relationship and your teen will be set up for success with life skills, resilience, and self-advocacy.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help families understand and navigate ADHD and Anxiety without losing their minds. By employing a psychology background, a strengths-based approach, along with cutting-edge strategies from the field of neuroscience, I help clients tackle a wide range of issues, including emotional regulation, self-advocation, self -esteem and motivation. I also address life skills such as communication styles, organization, time management and overwhelm. Coaching empowers my clients with the tools to overcome their challenges, leverage their strengths, achieve their goals and improve their family dynamic. My clients end up with a peaceful home, a closer relationship and a child who is set up for success with life skills, resilience and self-advocacy.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing in my coaching maybe how I got here—I have lived every moment already and it’s why I got into this business. If you’re going to thrive in today’s crazy world, I believe you need to bring your whole self to the table: your personality, your sense of humor, and most importantly, your heart. All of these elements brought me to start Parenting In Real Life, my parent and teen coaching. I’m a mom of two amazing kids, one of whom has struggled with ADHD, anxiety and depression. Watching this as a parent can be heartbreaking and feels singular.
I had nowhere to turn and I was totally overwhelmed. When we finally put the pieces together and got our daughter some help, everything changed for her. But I still didn’t have someone who could teach me how to parent more effectively. It was trial and error on the emotional dysregulation, the panic attacks, and the lack of executive functioning. There was no handbook. Now I am in the position to help parents and teens alike find calm in the chaos, connect gain self-esteem and bring joy back into the family dynamic.
Cena Block
Cena Block is on a mission to help professional women and entrepreneurs with ADHD who struggle to manage it all, align and live productively. She’s a certified ADHD Coach, business consultant, author and master facilitator. She is the founder and CEO of SaneSpaces.com and creator of the Time & Space Style Inventory™, the first online productivity assessment.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help clients find crystal clear focus and tether to what matters most to them. Overwhelm disappears as clients learn about the neuroscience behind motivation, behavior and emotional set points. Clients go ‘inward’ to build neuroplasticity and regain control of their time, priorities, boundaries and develop supportive systems, habits and routines to support their bullet-train brains.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The important things that contribute to my success have been to synergize the coaching moments with body-based awareness, neurochemistry, mechanism, and trauma-informed principles. ADHD high performers resonate with a strengths-based approach to life, learning and success. Clients develop their own unique hybrid approach to getting it all done and thrive with adequate resources.
Brooke Schnittman
Brooke Schnittman MA, ACC, BCC’s team of specialized coaches help determined ADHDers, worldwide, overcome a life of chaos and overwhelm in order to reach their full potential with her proven proprietary 3-step process, 3C Activation, which builds Control, Consistency, and Confidence. Brooke has taken her best practices and framework as well as her 16 years in the ADHD industry and 20+ years in leadership roles to empower her clients to live a happier and more fulfilled life while moving through the 3 Phases “Control, Consistency, and Confidence.
3C Activation means control over your past beliefs, which allows you the space for consistency in your new and healthy habits and routines, which leads to ultimate newfound confidence in yourself, your abilities, and your power.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Coaching With Brooke comprises an excellent team of certified ADHD and Executive Function Coaches for Adults and Students with ADHD. I cater to the individualized needs of our clients by providing them benefits of our customized and proprietary process, “3C Activation,” that enables you to resist overwhelm, daily turmoil and accomplish your subjective, intellectual, and competent objectives. I offer one on one and group coaching services for adults and one on one student coaching packages to serious and ready to take action people. My ADHD coaching helps you to organize better at work, school, and at home, enhance executive functioning skills, boost relationships and communication.
Michael Carlini
Michael Carlini is an ADHD coach that specializes in working with college students and adults with ADHD. He has supported his clients to achieve their goals and to create long-lasting positive changes. Michael has earned his associate certified coach certification through the ICF and is a graduate of JST Coaching’s Empowering Students Through Coaching program.
His 1000+ hours of coaching and his personal experience with ADHD have helped him to normalize the experience of ADHD and expertly support his clients to achieve their personal and professional goals. He is the owner and founder of Carlini Coaching LLC.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I support my clients by helping them understand ADHD and how it has impacted them in the past and what they can realistically do about it in the present to achieve their goals in the future. I weave in client and personal examples to provide an environment where they feel understood and to help them better describe their ADHD experience. My approach helps my clients to remove the shame and judgment from having ADHD and allows them to take ownership and opportunities for growth.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success as a coach is my coach training. Every coaching training program I have participated in has created a safe environment for everyone to be vulnerable without judgment. It was only through vulnerability that I and other coaches have been able to grow.
Adam S Curtis
Adam Curtis has honed his skills as a coach through decades of experience in small independent private schools and now brings his dynamism, his intuition, and his care to ADHD individuals of all ages. As an ADHD individual himself Adam is intimately acquainted with the struggles and pinnacles of living ADHD in modernity. You’ve made it this far on your own, let’s get excited to go further together!
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My Coaching is rooted in you, the client, and whatever you need at any given moment. If that’s listening, I listen, if that’s teaching, I teach. I believe that authenticity and strength of the relationship is the number one key to success in coaching. I love this work and enjoy it immensely. I believe that you will too, even in the most challenging moments. The coaching process goes where you need it go, and from that perspective what’s different about me is nowhere near as important as what’s unique and interesting about you.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My success as a coach largely stems from two factors: my love for / belief in the necessity of this work, and my willingness to stay true to myself and to expect the same in others. I know myself and I know that I’m likely not the coach for every single person, and that’s ok! I follow what I value, what I believe is true, and the clients that find me and hold similar values and beliefs are set up for success from the beginning.
Karla Farrell
Karla Farrell, a mother of two, has been supporting people professionally for the past 25 years, a life coach specialising in ADHD and a social care practitioner.
She helped set up and facilitates support groups for Adults with ADHD in partnership with Irish Charity, ADHD Ireland and runs her own Facebook adult support group page for ADHD adults.
Karla is a certified ADHD life coach with much knowledge and insight in the area of ADHD, personally and professionally. She is certified with the internationally recognised ADD Coach academy in New York.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I will consider a person’s struggle with an ADHD lens of thought. Many struggle with everyday life. ADHD can be more persistent regardless of the energy and effort one puts in.
I will listen out for language, working memory and executive functioning of the brain. These have an impact on many things such as decision making, regulation of emotions.
My hope for them is to hear that smile of clarity in their own voice; I allow them to process their thoughts, at their own pace. I am a passenger in their journey supporting them to feel proud and satisfied in their goals.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
As a coach, using what is called the “I model” in coach training gives guidance in what I like to listen for in a person. With this tool, I will listen for what interests a person, what lights them up( ignites them) and Intuition- to trust their intuition more. These keywords are part of what makes up this model. They bring motivating factors.
The second model in my coach training that stuck for me was what’s called the Power of the Pause, a model in my training that helps us to pause our thoughts a bit and to explore how we might do that and why.
Patricia Sung
Patricia Sung is your encouraging and sarcastic BFF who tells the truth about ADHD. As an ADHD Coach for Moms & Entrepreneurs with ADHD, Patricia will show you how to understand your brain, lean into who you truly are, and use ADHD-friendly strategies to lower your stress and end the overwhelm.
When she’s not helping moms balance their home lives and efficiently grow successful, mission-driven businesses while juggling kids and mom life, you’ll find her exploring Houston’s culinary scene with her husband, planning their next family travel adventure, or curled up with a YA fiction novel way past her bedtime.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I start with what you, your family, and your business need to fit your picture of success. ADHD-friendly Time Management, Business Strategy + Implementation are my zones of genius! I started my first two businesses at just 12 years old. Add in 20+ years in real estate, banking, and teaching middle school, I have not only the tangible strategies but the innate gift to boost your confidence so you can hop off the hot mess express.
After working with hundreds of women with ADHD, I have a wealth of knowledge in how ADHD affects you, allowing me to see the patterns of hyperactive and inattentive ADHD quickly and easily to tailor your plan for exactly what you and your family need.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that makes me a compassionate and successful coach is that I have ADHD myself. I was diagnosed in college after going from honor roll student to nearly failing out and losing my scholarship. Navigating these personal obstacles gives me the inside scoop on creating a judgment-free zone, where moms feel comfortable being their whole selves – dirty dishes, and all.
Rahti Gorfien
For almost thirty years, Rahti Gorfien, PCC, ACCG has been coaching creative professionals who are scattered and overwhelmed. She helps her clients focus so they can grab the focus of others, get seen and make money doing what they love. Rahti has been recognized three times by Expertise.com as one of the 15 Best Life Coaches in NYC as a professionally certified career and ADHD coach.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Clients and colleagues have described me as ‘a creative instigator’, ‘creative catalyst’ and sometimes ‘the mother you actually listen to’ probably because most of my clientele range in age from Gen Z to Gen X and I am a Baby Boomer. Of course, I don’t tell my clients what to do. I’m more of a cross between a road buddy and a driving instructor. And don’t expect me to tell you where to go. My ‘zone of genius’ lies in asking questions that will help you unveil the destination of your heart’s true desires.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My cumulative experience as a human being on the planet. That would encompass my years as a theatre artist, yogini, stand-up comedian, playwright, having my heart broken numerous times, enduring sibling estrangement, watching family members of different generations struggle with mental illness, the experience of supporting both parents as they went through the dying process, marrying a man with ADHD, becoming the adoptive parent to a child with ADHD, becoming a certified ADHD coach, Creativity Coach, Mental Fitness coach, ICF accredited coach, life-long meditator, Theta healer, lover of chocolate and my ongoing challenge of navigating a reasonable relationship with carbohydrates in general.
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder is a certified life coach specializing in ADHD based in Austin, Texas. Michael knows firsthand how it feels to struggle your entire life with organization, focus, impulse control and procrastination. As a child, Michael always thought he was lazy and unmotivated but didn’t understand why. Around the age of 10 he was officially diagnosed with ADHD. It wasn’t until 2017 after reading a book on ADHD that he truly started to understand the disorder. He now dedicates his time to empowering others to thrive with ADHD and restore confidence in their daily lives.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Michael Snyder Coaching is tailored for each individual client. The process is about discovery and building better self awareness. By gaining clarity around what a client ’ s goals look like, we can get to the root cause of any challenge. Understanding a person’s strengths can be used to leverage strategies to move forward.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success is my passion for helping others who have struggled like I have. My goal is to approach each coaching session with utmost curiosity making zero assumptions about what my clients have experienced.
Christine Kotik
Christine Kotik is the owner of CK ADHD Coaching & Consulting and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation. Since 2009, she has worked tirelessly to empower individuals with ADHD to thrive in a neurotypical world while helping to educate the public on ADHD and Executive Functions. She serves on the Board of Directors of the ADHD Coaches Organization and is a Professional Member of CHADD and ADDA.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I work with individuals, from students to adults, to improve results by managing ADHD struggles and building on natural strengths. Building self-knowledge around how ADHD gets in the way, uncovering strengths, and developing strategies and skills increases success in academics, social settings, and employment. I am action-driven with a total ADHD understanding. While there might be a big end goal…we start with much smaller goals … and build on one success to fuel other successes. I’m not “treating,” “curing,” or “fixing” people. I am helping them find the game plans that will allow them to maximize their natural born potential and thrive in a neurotypical world!
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Building rapport and trust with clients is the most important thing. Someone struggling, frustrated, anxious, and skeptical is like a person standing on one side of a door with a million locks. Afraid to open it. I let them know that I appreciate them for who they are and won’t judge them in any way. I want to know them, their likes, and their interests. I want them to feel that I see them as a whole person and not just a bundle of negative ADHD traits. When they get this, it allows them to start unlocking the locks. Opening the door. Coaching takes off.
Conclusion
From embracing neurodivergence to crafting tailored strategies, these coaches are not just guiding lights; they’re fellow travelers who understand the terrain.
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Your posts are always well thought out.
Thank you for this list of ADHD coaches! It’s great!