This is very interesting thank you for sharing. This is something I have wrestled to get to grips with and totally agree there is a time and place for each situation. Where I like the idea of coaching is within specific context. For example I was a business owner of 20 years with AuDHD and masked the whole thing, looking back I really don't know how I did it. There are many mid life people in a similar position and they are trying to navigate running or leading a business whilst becoming increasingly aware of their ND and it's impact, how they are masking and at risk of burn out. For me that is where lived experience ND coaching comes into the frame (trained properly to be a coach), along with the right combination of therapy counselling etc. There is the right balance then of each persons role in creating the right support to prevent the risk of burnout. Would you agree?
Absolutely - there seems to be a need for more 'middlemen', so to speak, between a normal coach and a counsellor, and I think that's where ND coaches come in.
I also think that people like me and other ND creators step into that gap by sharing our lived experiences and hopefully helping other neurodivergent folk uncover their needs and live more in line with them *before* reaching the point of burnout - as was clearly needed in your case (and mine!).
Not everyone necessarily needs counselling or psychotherapy either - there are heaps of helpful books (I'll be compiling a list soon), tools (such as worksheets) and other practices (like journalling) that offer similar - and much more affordable - help.
This is very interesting thank you for sharing. This is something I have wrestled to get to grips with and totally agree there is a time and place for each situation. Where I like the idea of coaching is within specific context. For example I was a business owner of 20 years with AuDHD and masked the whole thing, looking back I really don't know how I did it. There are many mid life people in a similar position and they are trying to navigate running or leading a business whilst becoming increasingly aware of their ND and it's impact, how they are masking and at risk of burn out. For me that is where lived experience ND coaching comes into the frame (trained properly to be a coach), along with the right combination of therapy counselling etc. There is the right balance then of each persons role in creating the right support to prevent the risk of burnout. Would you agree?
Absolutely - there seems to be a need for more 'middlemen', so to speak, between a normal coach and a counsellor, and I think that's where ND coaches come in.
I also think that people like me and other ND creators step into that gap by sharing our lived experiences and hopefully helping other neurodivergent folk uncover their needs and live more in line with them *before* reaching the point of burnout - as was clearly needed in your case (and mine!).
Not everyone necessarily needs counselling or psychotherapy either - there are heaps of helpful books (I'll be compiling a list soon), tools (such as worksheets) and other practices (like journalling) that offer similar - and much more affordable - help.
Thank you, really good to hear your thoughts, all of which I think are spot on.