ACT-Informed Coaching
I'm a certified ACT coach, alongside my ADHD and neuroscience coaching certifications. I've found ACT genuinely helpful in my own daily life and with the people I coach, which is why it runs through my work.
What is ACT?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you change your relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings, and take meaningful steps even when focus or motivation feels out of reach.
How it helps with ADHD
- Big emotional reactions. Tools for noticing rejection sensitivity when it shows up, so you can choose your next step.
- The battle with yourself. Less energy spent on guilt about procrastination or forgetting, more left for what matters.
- Task paralysis. Ways to take the first step while it still feels uncomfortable.
- Values. ADHD brains run on meaning. Your daily choices get anchored to what matters to you.
The six ACT processes, through an ADHD lens
Quick sensory anchors to bring a racing mind back to now.
Letting boredom, resistance or the sting of rejection be there, without a fight.
Seeing thoughts like “I'll mess this up” as mental noise.
You are the one noticing the chaos, and more than it.
A clear answer to “why does this tedious thing matter to me?”
Tiny, realistic steps that respect your energy that day.
How I use it
ACT runs through my one-to-one coaching and the Medication Integration Programme, especially as you get to know the person emerging on medication and what matters to them now.
What coaching isn't
Coaching doesn't diagnose or treat mental health conditions. If something comes up that needs clinical support, I'll help you find the right professional.
What this means for you
Going easier on yourself. Accepting the way your brain works. Stepping back from the noise in your head long enough to see the one simple task in front of you, and taking it.