How I became an ADHD Coach and Why I am here:

I'm a 30-year veteran speech-language pathologist (SLP) turned ADHD Coach serving families, children, and adults with ADHD and executive function challenges. I take my clients from chaos to calm in managing ADHD through a clear, step-by-step process to restore sanity to their lives. 

 

When my son was just 3 years old, he was kicked out of his first preschool. He went on to be kicked out of 4 more preschools before being diagnosed with ADHD where he received countless treatments from medications and counseling to occupational therapy and social skills groups.

 

In my own journey of trying to help my son, I started seeing a psychologist who subsequently diagnosed me with ADHD at the ripe age of 47. How could this be? How could I have ADHD all these years and not know it? This news was both shocking and an enormous relief as I'd spent much of my life knowing that something was "different" about me but not a single doctor nor therapist had ever suggested or mentioned the possibility that I could have ADHD. My new diagnosis propelled me into action!

 

Moving forward, I searched everywhere for an ADHD  specialist to help my son and was faced with year-long waitlists or therapists who weren't taking new patients. I was beyond frustrated!

 

As a school-based SLP, I served countless students with ADHD and executive function deficits yet didn't look at my own knowledge and expertise for answers. I decided to pour myself into learning everything I could about ADHD. This eventually led me to the International ADHD Coach Training Center (IACT) where I completed the ADHD Life Coach training program in 2019 and went on to coach adults, teens, and parents of children with ADHD. Combining my skills as an SLP with my training and first-hand experience as an ADHD parent of an ADHD child, I developed a life-tested, client-approved coaching practice for people striving to restore calm to their lives.