BEYOND AWARENESS, INTO PRACTICE
There is no shortage of introductory neurodiversity content available to coaches, and several complete neurodiversity coaching courses for beginners. What is far harder to find is a programme that goes beyond awareness and into the depth of specialist practice: the relational nuances, the clinical frameworks, the specific tools and approaches that coaches actually need when working with neurodivergent clients.
Created and led by Helena Territt, a qualified ADHD coach, accredited coach supervisor and CIPD Chartered Fellow who was an executive coach for years before her own ADHD diagnosis, it is intended for experienced coaches who are already working with neurodivergent clients, or who want to, and who need more than a brief introduction to do so safely, ethically, and effectively. The content covers the relational aspects of working with cognitive difference, which can be applied across all client work, alongside a deeper dive into the specialist models, tools, and approaches required when coaching neurodivergent individuals.
This is not a course about neurodiversity in general - it's a course about how to coach people whose brains work differently, and how to do it well.
WHAT OUR COACH CLIENTS SAY
"I was absolute in awe of the inclusive way Helena held her session. She really accommodated everyone's need in such a natural, kind and mindful way. This really made all of us feel very safe and held."
FRANCESCA BISCOTTI, PCC
Neurodivergent Somatic Coach
"You cultivate trust for insights, reflections and wisdom to surface. Your openness and humanity are balanced beautifully with your specialist knowledge and skilful holding of space."
KIRSTY KNOWLES, PCC
Senior Practitioner
"I was very lucky to attend Helena's webinar on Cognitive Bias In Coaching. She explained why the person we're coaching might show up differently than we expected: who are we meeting, and not meeting, when we are coaching?"
JEREMY LEWIS
Executive Coach / Coaching Supervisor
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This programme is for experienced, qualified coaches. Applicants must hold a recognised qualification or accreditation in coaching or mentoring. Where a candidate does not hold a formal qualification but has substantial coaching experience (a minimum of 2 to 3 years of regular practice), applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
To be eligible for a CPD certificate, participants must attend at least 80% of live sessions and submit the reflective inquiry assessment.
TRAINING CONTENT
A draft list of topics; a full module-by-module agenda is published one month before the first session.
Terminology, reducing shame, the prefrontal cortex, default mode network and amygdala, neuroplasticity.
Regulation, triggers, shutdown, overwhelm, rumination, amygdala hijack, rejection sensitive dysphoria.
The AFEEMA model, procrastination, task initiation, mental blocks, time blindness, scaffolding vs willpower.
Social cues and emotions, need for connection, parallel play, perspective taking, verbal processing.
Masking, diagnosis and identity, rewriting self-talk, intersectionality, oestrogen in ADHD, scripts and schemata.
Why hacks fail, strengths-based and positive psychology, psychoeducation, somatic work, sensory sensitivities.
Worksheets, models and suggested reading throughout. Practical exercises with a learning partner between sessions. Certification is a reflective inquiry essay of approximately 5,000 words on your work with a neurodivergent client.
BY THE END, YOU WILL:
- Understand how standard coaching frameworks can be harmful to neurodivergent clients, and how to modify your approach.
- Be well resourced to coach clients with ADHD, autism, executive function challenges, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitive dysphoria, and other differences including alexithymia and aphantasia.
- Be confident working with neurodiversity, know when to refer and when to continue coaching, how to navigate undiagnosed clients, and what wider support is available.
YOUR TRAINER
"I am a qualified ADHD Coach and Accredited Coach Supervisor. I was an Executive Coach for years before I got my own ADHD diagnosis and learned how to work differently with neurodivergent brains. Coaches can sometimes become stuck when working with neurodivergent individuals. Maybe your usual approach just isn't working, you've hit a rupture you don't understand, or you feel out of your depth and uncertain about neurodiversity and how to approach things differently. I really appreciate anyone who recognises they might be stuck and wants to do the best they can for their client."
HELENA TERRITT
MSc, MA Oxon, FCIPD
RELEVANT CREDENTIALS
ESIA Coach / Mentor Supervisor
ICCS Accredited Coach Supervisor
EMCC Senior Practitioner
ADDCA Associate Certified Coach
MSc Executive Coaching, Ashridge
CIPD Chartered Fellow
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