Getting Started With Your ADHD Management Part 2

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Oct 3, 2022

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ADVICE

Therapy vs. Coaching

Consider therapy for healing past and present issues, especially using CBT to reframe negative thoughts.
For future-oriented goal setting and skill-building, consider coaching to bridge the gap between thought and behavior.

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Group Coaching Impact

William Herb found group coaching impactful for realizing his struggles weren't unique.
Witnessing others' similar experiences fostered self-compassion and normalized his challenges.

ADVICE

Finding and Working with Professionals

When seeking therapy or coaching, find someone familiar with ADHD.
Active participation is crucial for results, and these professionals can help overcome work-related blocks.

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As I was finishing up my Getting Started episode I realized that if I had been talking to someone I’d also still have a ton of questions and feel like that episode really didn’t answer anything for me. Or rather I think I’d have felt like it didn’t answer the question I thought I had asked. Now to be fair to past me, while, yes, I kind of did that, but also when we’re talking about where to get started with our ADHD management we really don’t know those things but nonetheless those are really important things for us to hear.

And I still think those are the place we should get started with our ADHD management, but I also know that there are other places that people are going to have questions about, so in this episode, I’m going to try addressing some of those, specifically, therapy, coaching, and accountability. I may even have to slap on part three to address some of the lifestyle changes that can be incredibly helpful for managing your ADHD. Again, as I mentioned in the last episode, ADHD is a spectrum disorder and we’re all going to be starting at our places. We’re all unique ADHD snowflakes and we’re all going to have our areas where our ADHD affects us the most. Support me on Patreon Feel free to ask me a question on my Contact Page

If you'd life to follow along on the show notes page you can find that at HackingYourADHD.com/117 This Episode’s Top Tips

While ADHD coaching and therapy can seem similar they are distinct practices with therapists often focused on healing in the past and present and coaches more focused on future-oriented goal setting.
When seeking out help in either of these domains it is important to remember that they do not work like magic and you are going to have to put in work to see results. Additionally, the individual you see will usually end up being a lot more important than their profession.
Accountability is a tool that we can use to take ownership of our actions and when used in conjunction with others it can help create salience and clarity in what we are doing to follow through with our intentions.