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What is Executive Functioning Coaching?
An executive functioning coach is a professional who helps individuals develop cognitive skills like planning, organization, time management, and focus, by creating personalized strategies to improve daily functioning and achieve personal goals, often targeting areas like self-regulation, prioritization, and motivation, particularly beneficial for people with challenges in these areas like ADHD.
Is EF Coaching the same as therapy? No!
This can be confusing because EF coaches often support clients with managing anxiety and emotion dysregulation. EF coaching is focused on building cognitive skills and neuroplasticity (or flexible thinking). Our team of clinician coaches have professional academic experience in addition to post graduate training hours in working with executive functioning, neuroplasticity, ADHD, and ADD.
What is the time commitment?
Great question! It varies based on your need. When you call for a consultation your coach will provide you with an assessment and estimate of the time commitment.
We all use our executive functioning as a key part of our wellbeing.
Often students and professionals seek out EF coaching when facing challenges with organization, engaging in tasks, and workload management. But people seeking out EF coaching for non-academic reasons as well when life tasks are challenging. Families, students, and adults often report challenges with diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD symptoms, learning disabilities, and people with executive function challenges due to brain injury.
Who we work with- EVERYONE!
What ACTUALLY happens in a session?
Focus on cognitive skills
You will work on improving core executive functions like planning, prioritizing, time management, task initiation, and working memory. Often this is focused on the situations and challenges happening for you right now. Problem solving and working through and creating solutions in real time.
Create an individualized approach to Your life
Our coaches assess each client's areas for growth to design tailored strategies and interventions.
Practical strategies
We teach practical tools and techniques to help you manage your daily life more effectively, including routines, organizational systems, and self-monitoring methods.
What we might do together
- Identify areas of difficulty in executive functioning
- Teach goal setting and time management techniques
- Help you create routines and systems for organization
- Develop strategies for managing distractions and staying focused
- Provide support and accountability to maintain new habits