Coaching and Neurodivergence
I use the term neurodivergent to describe a person whose experiences diverge from commonly considered ‘neuro normatives’. I use the term neurodivergent as a positively identified, non-medicalised viewpoint which recognises the diversity of human experience.
People who have worked with me and identified as neurodivergent include dyslexic, autistic, AuDHD, dyspraxic, ADHD, SPD, OCD, PDA and Tourette’s.
Because I don’t make a personal evaluation or assessment on responses to conflict, your own experiences and your own personal wishes for change form very much the basis of our discussions of how to manage a difficult situation.
If you identify, or have been identified, as being neurodivergent, or a person you have a conflict with is neurodivergent, then however you (or they) feel this influences the needs of the situation will become part of our discussions.
Many neurodivergent families who have used the coaching service have said that they felt very much understood, that they were entirely comfortable sharing their experiences, and found the coaching process totally supportive of the unique and inclusive ways that transformed the situation.
Please also see Neurodivergence and Burnout, below.
Neurodivergence and Burnout
I have coached families where a neurodivergent child is experiencing autistic/ADHD burnout, usually after a period of masking or trying to process alot of information in an overwhelming environment.
I recognise the distress in seeing your child so overwhelmed by the environment and the concerns you might have about your child’s recovery aswell as conflicts arising for the parents or wider family in managing day to day life.
There may be conflict between the parent and child, or between parents, or between a parent and a professional arising from the circumstances in burnout, or even a conflict within one parent about mixed feelings and fears in working out a way forward.
Because all of our coaching work starts with exactly where you are at the time you make contact with me, there are no assessments or judgements about the circumstances that have come from being in burnout. The situation you face as a result of burnout in the family deserves the compassion of any distressing human experience.
Recovery from burnout can raise things that cause families to look for coaching support and if that’s your experience, please get in touch for a free initial conversation.