Reply To: I "Fired" My Therapist

[Patte Rosebank]

@LittleBlueYugo, no-one would think of sending you to a brain surgeon for a triple-bypass, but they’ll send someone with ADHD to a psych. who specializes in family counselling…  (shakes head)

It sounds like you and I might have something in common.  We “get” the science of our ADHD, and how it affects us, but we’re not so successful at figuring out what things we need to do, in order to work with it in day-to-day life…and at actually DOING those things, once we know what they are.  (Does that sound right?)

I’ve only been seeing an ADHD Coach since October, and she’s helped me a lot with that.  (And I’d already figured out a lot of stuff before I started seeing her!)

She sees things I miss, and helps me see things from a different angle so I can understand them better.  And she keeps me motivated—which I often need more than anything else.  Especially now that I’ve taken the plunge, and started the *long* learning & certification process to become an ADHD Coach, myself.

If you can only afford one ADHD professional, maybe a Coach would be the most helpful one for you, too.  Most of them offer coaching by phone or Skype Video Chat, so they can help clients who are thousands of miles away!

There’s a coaching directory here:  http://totallyadd.com/coaching-directory-search.  It’s a pretty good place to start!

What do you think?

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