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ADHD coaching · adults · London · Birmingham · online
ADHD coaching in London for adults who are capable, busy and running on adrenaline
For adults with ADHD, diagnosed or wondering, whose work is good and whose days feel like firefighting. Practical one-to-one coaching at 1 Harley Street, in Edgbaston or online, on focus, planning, energy and the self-criticism that tends to come with them.
Is this you?
ADHD in adults rarely looks like the stereotype. In capable people it often hides behind long hours, last-minute brilliance and a private sense that everyday tasks shouldn’t be this hard. These are the patterns people describe most on the first call. They aren’t a test, and only an assessment can tell you whether you have ADHD.
- You hyperfocus for hours on the work that grips you, then crash and can’t start anything else.
- Your browser has forty tabs open and so does your head.
- You are at your sharpest in a crisis and lost in the admin that follows it.
- You interrupt, finish people’s sentences or lose the thread of meetings without meaning to.
- Time slips: a task you thought would take ten minutes takes the afternoon, and you’re late again.
- Your most productive hours start at ten at night, when the pressure finally arrives.
- Small setbacks or criticism land far harder than they should, and stay with you for days.
- You feel ashamed about simple things, like replying to emails, that other people seem to manage without thinking.
What ADHD coaching with me is
ADHD coaching is practical work on how your days actually run. You bring the parts that go wrong, such as the missed deadlines, the inbox you avoid and the projects you start and abandon, and you leave each session with structures built for the way your attention works, instead of systems designed for someone else’s brain.
Most of the work is external scaffolding: routines that cue you instead of relying on memory, decision rules that stop you reopening the same choice, ways to break big work into pieces you can start, and help deciding what to hand to other people. Alongside that, sessions look at confidence and the inner critic, because years of being told you’re lazy or careless leave a mark that a planner alone won’t shift.
Between sessions you can email or text me, and that accountability is often what makes the difference. Where NLP techniques or hypnotherapy might help, for example with the anxiety that builds before a deadline, I explain what is involved and you choose. Both are always optional.
What a session is like
You tell me how the week went, including the parts you’d rather skip. I help you see the pattern underneath, then you design one or two changes with me and rehearse them in detail: when you’ll do it, what will get in the way and what you’ll do then. You leave with a plan small enough to start the same day.
Over a programme the changes build on each other. Many people find the first win is simply knowing what to do on a bad day, so one missed task no longer turns into a lost week.
The truth about ADHD in adults
In this short video I talk about how ADHD shows up in adults and why it goes unnoticed for so long: the overwhelm, the scattered thinking, the anxiety and the impulsive habits people put down to personality. If you recognise yourself in it, raise it with your GP. Coaching can then help with the day-to-day side.
Captions are available on YouTube.
What you work on
Every programme starts with the problems that cost you most. These are the areas ADHD coaching covers most often.
Structure that holds on a bad day
Build routines, prompts and default plans that keep work moving when motivation and memory let you down. The aim is a setup simple enough that you still use it in week six, not only in the first enthusiastic week.
Starting and finishing
Break large tasks into first steps you can begin in minutes, and close projects off instead of leaving them ninety per cent done.
Time you can see
Make time visible with blocks, buffers and timers, so lateness and overrun stop running your diary.
Decisions and delegation
Set rules for recurring choices and decide what to hand to an assistant, a colleague or an app, so your attention goes where only you can add value.
Energy without the crash
Learn to read your own levels of stimulation, so you choose when to use the adrenaline instead of waiting for a deadline to supply it.
A quieter inner critic
Answer the shame and the sensitivity to criticism with evidence, so a mistake stays a mistake and stops becoming a verdict on you.
Why work on ADHD with me
Many of the adults who come to me have spent years being told to try harder. Most already try very hard. What usually helps is a plan that fits how their attention works, a person to report back to, and room to talk about the frustration underneath.
- Practical first. Each session ends with something specific to do before the next one, sized so that you will actually do it.
- The emotional side too. My training in NLP, hypnotherapy and psychotherapy means I can work with the anxiety, shame and self-doubt that often travel with ADHD, not only with the to-do list.
- Alongside your medical care. If you are being assessed or already receive support from your GP or an ADHD service, coaching fits around it and never replaces it.
- Private. You book and pay directly. Nothing reaches your employer, and you decide what you share at work.
- Bring what you have. If you have a diagnosis, tell me what support you already have and what your clinician has suggested, so the coaching fits around it. If you don’t, the sessions start from what happens in your days: bring a calendar, your inbox or a list of what went wrong this week.
Where ADHD shows up for capable adults
At work
Strong ideas and weak follow-through, meetings where you drift, reports written at two in the morning and a reputation for being brilliant but unreliable. Coaching focuses on the systems around you, such as how tasks reach you, how you plan the week and how you ask for what you need, so your output matches your ability.
Running a business
Founders and owners with ADHD often thrive on the pace of building something and struggle with everything that follows: finance, hiring, process and the hundred small decisions. Sessions look at what to delegate, what to automate and how to protect the creative time the business needs from you.
At home
Bills paid late, forgotten plans, a partner who feels like your project manager and evenings lost to scrolling. Coaching covers routines at home as well as at work, and how to talk about ADHD with the people you live with.
In your own head
Restlessness, racing thoughts at night, frustration with yourself and the tiring effort of looking organised. Here the work is on how you speak to yourself, how you wind down and how you recover after a hard day without writing off the week.
What ADHD coaching is not
Coaching does not assess or diagnose ADHD, and I don’t give advice about medication. If you think you might have ADHD, start with your GP, who can refer you to an NHS adult ADHD service. In England you may also be able to ask for referral to a Right to Choose provider. The NHS guide to ADHD in adults explains how to get a diagnosis, and ADHD UK has a guide to Right to Choose. I can point you to these routes, but I don’t complete referral paperwork.
Coaching is not therapy either. NICE guidance on ADHD (NG87) describes non-medication support as part of care for adults; it doesn’t name coaching, and I make no claim that it does. If what you describe sounds like depression, severe anxiety or a crisis, I’ll tell you on the call and suggest you speak to your GP first. If you are in crisis now, call 999, NHS 111 (option 2) or Samaritans on 116 123.
Adrenaline, deadlines and choosing where the energy goes
Many adults with ADHD only feel switched on under pressure, so they wait for a deadline to provide the push. In this video I talk about that pattern and how learning to read your own energy gives you more choice about when to use it.
Related coaching: accountability coaching, motivation coaching and executive coaching. To read about the problem first, see adult ADHD at work or procrastination. If you run your own company, the page on coaching for founders covers the business side.
ADHD and adrenaline: using the energy
Here I look at ADHD as a source of energy as well as difficulty. I explain how the need for stimulation can turn into a reliance on deadlines, pressure and adrenaline, and how you can learn to read your own arousal levels so you put that energy where you choose.
Captions are available on YouTube.
Typical patterns
These are common patterns, not individual client stories. Details always differ, and nothing about any client is shared.
Finding out later in life
An adult recently diagnosed in their thirties or forties, relieved to have an explanation and unsure what to do with it. Sessions on making sense of old patterns, building structures that fit and telling the people who matter.
The deadline engine
A senior professional who produces excellent work, always at the last minute and at a cost to sleep and health. Sessions on starting earlier without losing the spark, and on recovery after busy periods.
The founder in the weeds
A business owner whose company has outgrown their working style. Sessions on delegation, decision rules and protecting the time for the work only they can do.
How ADHD coaching starts
You don’t need to arrive organised. The first steps are designed to be easy to take, even in a chaotic week.
1. A free 30-minute call
You tell me what gets in the way, in whatever order it comes out. I ask about work, home, sleep and any assessment or support you already have, and I tell you honestly whether coaching is likely to help.
2. Mapping your week
In the first session I map a typical week with you: where time goes, when your energy peaks, what you avoid and what has worked before. That map decides where the programme starts.
3. Small changes, tested
Each session sets one or two changes to try in real life. You report back by email or text, and next time you keep what worked and adjust what didn’t, without starting again from scratch.
4. A plan you keep
Towards the end you put the routines that stuck into a written plan for bad days and busy seasons, so you can keep going after the sessions stop.
ADHD coaching in London, Birmingham and online
Birmingham
Quadrant Court, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston B15Close to Five Ways, a short taxi ride from New Street.
Online
Zoom, FaceTime or phone, anywhere in the UK or abroad, with the same structure as sessions in the room.
Format and fees
Every session is 90 minutes, in person in London W1 or Birmingham B15, or online. On the free call I’ll suggest a length and a rhythm that suit how you concentrate, and packages include support by email or text between sessions.
Free call
30 minutes
By phone, before you commit to anything.
Discovery session
£165
One 90-minute introductory session, with no obligation to continue.
Five, eight or twelve sessions
£975 to £1,980
Every session 90 minutes, with support between sessions.
Payment plans
By agreement
Spread the cost of a package. The same fees apply online.
What clients say
Reviews published on this site, word for word.
I highly recommend Stuart. 10/10 experience. Right from the beginning he made me feel so comfortable and he seemed to genuinely care about what I had to say.
The whole experience was fantastic from start to finish! Booking was easy and Stuart had a brief chat with me before I committed to an initial session. He put my mind at ease from the very start. Thank you Stuart, so very much!
Qualifications
- Advanced Master Practitioner of NLP (DNLP)
- Master Practitioner of NLP (MPNLP)
- Psychotherapist (MNACHP)
- Master Hypnotist (DMH)
- EMDR Practitioner
- PSY-TAP Practitioner
- ADHD-CCSP
- Enhanced DBS
Questions about ADHD coaching
Do I need an ADHD diagnosis to have ADHD coaching?
No. Many people come while they are on a waiting list, or because they recognise the patterns and want practical help now. Coaching doesn’t assess or diagnose, so if you think you have ADHD I’ll also encourage you to speak to your GP about an assessment.
How is ADHD coaching different from therapy or medication?
Coaching is practical work on routines, planning, energy and confidence. It doesn’t replace therapy or medication, and I don’t give advice about either. Many people use coaching alongside the support they get from their GP or an ADHD service.
How many sessions will I need?
A focused problem, such as starting work earlier in the day, often suits a package of five. Long-standing patterns across work and home usually suit eight, because new routines take a few weeks to settle. I’ll suggest a package on the free call.
Can I have ADHD coaching online?
Yes. Online sessions on Zoom, FaceTime or phone follow the same structure as sessions at 1 Harley Street or in Edgbaston. Some people with ADHD find it easier to concentrate at home, and the price is the same as in person.
Is ADHD coaching confidential from my employer?
Yes. You book and pay directly, and I don’t contact your employer. What you tell me stays private unless there is a serious risk to your safety or someone else’s. You decide whether and how to talk about ADHD at work.
Can you help with Right to Choose paperwork?
I can explain what Right to Choose is and point you to the NHS and ADHD UK guidance, but I don’t complete referral forms or contact providers. Your GP makes the referral, so the first step is an appointment with them.
Start with a free 30-minute call
You describe the problem. I tell you whether coaching is the right tool and how I’d approach it. If it isn’t, I’ll tell you that too. No obligation, and I reply within 24 hours.
- You send the formName, number and a line or two about what’s going on.
- I reply within 24 hoursBy phone or email, whichever you prefer, to book a time.
- A free 30-minute callYou decide afterwards. No obligation, no follow-up pressure.
Still deciding?
“I highly recommend Stuart. 10/10 experience. Right from the beginning he made me feel so comfortable and he seemed to genuinely care about what I had to say.”