Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School. He has authored seven books on various psychological topics, including problems with attention, focus, and stress, and worry. His national bestsellers, DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION and ANSWERS TO DISTRACTION discuss attention deficit disorder in children and in adults

...it can be wonderful to find a "Coach." This can be someone trained and paid or someone that you helped to develop, a non-judgmental friend who's organized but flexible. ... There are three main areas in which a coach can help in your personal life. FIrst, she/he can help you stay on track and help you prioritize to meet your goals. ... Next, your coach can help you see your successes by being supportive, almost a cheerleader ... Thirdly, a coach can be right in your house to help you maintain systems, put papers away, getting to all the stuff that you hate: that boring, repetitive filing, paying bills, balancing the checkbook or going through papers.

Sari Solden, MS, MFCC, in her book WOMEN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

Coaching, it turns out, is one of the most powerful and effective ways for people with ADHD to achieve success.

Coaching can help a Hunter (person with ADD hunter type of person vs a farmer/plodder type) overcome, and in many cases actually used aspects of their ADD to achieve prosperity or victory, and for those who would seek to emulate them. Entrepreneur coaching is for those who are willing to take chances, to forge a new niche in the business, social, cultural, political, or art worlds, or to create something new. And how to do that successfully.

Thom Hartmann. Writer of 7 books on ADD

Read Thom's article on coaching ADDers.

Coaching The ADHD Adult or Child

...you may find it very helpful to enlist a coach or partner in your efforts to come to terms with the disorder--a trusted person who can guide you through skill-building techniques, and help you through the periods of frustration that are bound to crop up. Coaches can help remind you of your long-range goals, while gently keeping you focused on the tasks at hand. A coach can be particularly helpful at work, especially when you're first learning new skills and techniques.

Kevin Murphy, Ph. D, and Suzanne LeVert, in their book, Out of the Fog:Treatment
Options and Coping Strategies for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

We particularly like the idea of a coach. The person is just what the name implies: an individual standing on the sidelines with a whistle around his or her neck barking out encouragement, directions, and reminders to the player in the game. The coach can be a pain in the neck sometimes, dogging the player to stay alert, in the game, and the coach can be a source of solace when the player feels ready to give up. Mainly, the coach keeps the player focused on the task at hand and offers encouragement along the way….the coach can stave off a reversion to old bad habits: habits of procrastination, disorganization, and negative thinking, the most damaging and pernicious of which is negative thinking.

Dr. Ed. Hallowell MD. and John Ratey, M.D., Authors Of "Driven to Distraction

A coach, by helping the ADD client stay focused and concretely addressing the true causes of their difficulties, helps to create an internal driving force that becomes more self-sustaining with every success. This principle of increasing returns comes to life when the ADD client finds a new way to get a handle on their life, or discovers that some aspect of their disorder may actually give them a clear advantage over their co-workers or classmates, once it is properly structured by the coach. Coaching is about action, not reflection, and about learning how to stay on track until the coach’s nagging becomes internalized, and the environmental cues they put in place become a way of life.

COACHING THE ADD BRAIN: A PERFECT PRESCRIPTION An Interview with Dr. John Ratey, MD By: Robert G. Kirkpatrick, III

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