ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

This updated edition of ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals describes the foundational principles as well as step-by-step guidance for teaching adults, college students, and adolescents how to survive and thrive with ADHD.
Coaching specifically targets the core impairments of ADHD, such as planning, time management, goal setting, organization, and problem solving, as well as academic, vocational, emotional, and interpersonal life difficulties. Chapters offer concrete advice for gathering information, conducting the initial intake, establishing goals and objectives, and working through all stages of coaching, along with helpful forms and a wide range of additional resources. The authors also discuss the business side of coaching, and how to develop one’s practice.
Richly detailed case studies illustrate how to help clients who present with a variety of ADHD symptoms. Each case study highlights different aspects of the coaching process and includes a description and background history of the client, and selected session dialogue interwoven with discussion of the case material. The book is designed to help facilitate skill building and work with clients to improve outcomes.
 
 
 

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Richly detailed case studies illustrate how to help clients who present with a variety of ADHD symptoms.Each case study highlights different aspects of the coaching process and includes a description and background history of the client, and selected session dialogue interwoven with discussion of the case material.The book is designed to help facilitate skill building and work with clients to improve outcomes.

Praise for ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals, Second Edition

Drs. Prevatt and Levrini return with the second edition of ADHD Coaching in which they bring coaching into an even clearer focus. Coaches and other helping professionals with ADHD clients will benefit from this thorough, reader-friendly journey through ADHD coaching’s history, up-to-date research review, and a tailored framework replete with tools for coaching practice. A full range of invaluable case studies brings their expertise to life for readers. Well done, again.

— J. Russell Ramsay, PhD, ABPP, solo practice; author of Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn Intentions Into Actions and The Adult ADHD and Anxiety Workbook: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills to Manage Stress, Find Focus, and Reclaim Your Life

I always tell my students, “there are some textbooks you should buy and keep in grad school,” and this one is at the top of the list. This is an incredibly efficient book that gives you a foundational understanding of ADHD, insight on client needs, lots of practical strategies, and step-by-step guidance on the coaching process, beginning-to-end. This is a must-have for clinicians who work with ADHD, and the new revised edition is no exception!

— Taylor L. Thompson, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine, Pensacola

Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Psychological Association
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ Second
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433843722
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433843723
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.47 x 8.98 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #221,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #80 in Developmental Psychology (Books) #302 in Medical Clinical Psychology #717 in Cognitive Psychology (Books)
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