Specialized coaching
Thirsty Crow Coaching welcomes neurodiverse individuals
Coaching for adults with ADHD
At Thirsty Crow Coaching, in addition to coaching neurotypical clients, we offer specialized coaching services tailored to people coping with ADHD in the workplace.
Newly diagnosed with ADHD?
Some of our adult clients may be newly diagnosed with ADHD and are relieved to understand, finally, the source of their differences. They may be excited about using coaching as part of their overall treatment plan.
Others may be struggling to process their diagnosis, grieving lost potential, burdened with a lifetime of blame and shame messages. These clients often come to us seeking help and support integrating their diagnosis into their professional and personal lives.
Coach as catalyst for intentional action
Regardless of where our clients are on the journey, we see our clients as “whole” - with nothing to be “fixed”. Our role is to be the catalyst for our clients who are striving to reach their potential with purpose and meaning.
How ADHD symptoms can be a drag on achievement
However, we do understand the ways in which ADHD symptoms and behaviours can derail the pursuit of professional and personal goals. That is why our executive coaching for ADHD is co-designed with our clients to optimize education and awareness about ADHD, learning how ADHD symptoms impact productivity and motivation, and developing self-awareness of the ways in which ADHD symptoms affect colleagues, teams, friends and family members.
ADHD coaches have specialized skills
Thirsty Crow Coaching offers a safe and completely confidential space where we help our clients understand their strengths and competencies, assess motivation and commitment levels for coaching, and develop new skills and strategies to cope with challenges related to distraction, motivation, organization, communication, and just getting started.
Our coaching system for business leaders with ADHD is often a complement to an overall wellness model which might include both medical treatment and psychotherapy. We focus on helping our clients harness their new self-awareness and knowledge to reconnect with core values, develop meaningful goals, and find ways to leverage ADHD traits as strengths rather than limitations.
Coaching for adults who are "gifted, talented" and 2e
Thirsty Crow Coaching is familiar with the differences, characteristics, and the intellectual and emotional range of adults who have been identified as gifted and talented, and sometimes, 2e.
Gifted and talented and 2e people are often misunderstood
Attuned to the misunderstandings or misconceptions about the gifted label, we also understand our highly intelligent clients may have extremely high expectations of their own performance. Adults who are “gifted” may assume that everything comes easily to them. At the same time, they worry they are not living up to their full potential.
Coaching is not psychotherapy
Sometimes, our highly intelligent clients come to coaching struggling with emotional or behavioural issues outside of the scope of coaching practice. It’s important for our clients to understand that coaching is not psychotherapy, nor is it a substitute for help from a trained mental health professional. We are trained to recognize when our clients or potential clients would be better served by a mental health professional, and in these situations, we will recommend they seek another mode of support.
Many choices can feel paralyzing
Most of the time, our gifted clients are seeking similar outcomes as our neurotypical clients. Many come to coaching desiring to find more joy and success in their professional lives. Others are seeking to realize their full potential, and to do so while creating meaning and finding purpose. However, our gifted clients often struggle with multipotentiality – they have many gifts and struggle with choosing one direction. They expect to achieve results quickly, but can become bored and demotivated.
Our coaching process for gifted adult clients is tailored to acknowledge and respect their intellectual horsepower, natural abilities and drive to self-educate.
Develop a new picture of your strengths
Our gifted clients almost always benefit from an updated perspective of their personal strengths, professional competencies and deeply held personal values. This can be approached in a number of ways including credible 3rd party assessments, 360 reviews and guided independent exploration.
At Thirsty Crow we act as a catalyst in the client’s process of goal fulfillment. We collaborate, listen, and lean into our gifted clients’ natural abilities to accelerate the process of self-discovery, goal development, intentional action, motivation and re-motivation. We help identify and name internal and external barriers keeping our clients from moving towards their most important objectives.
Thirsty Crow applies specialized training and knowledge in our coaching of gifted and 2e clients. We help clients reconnect with core values, redefine achievable and meaningful goals, reignite motivation, and provide a highly supportive and challenging environment so our gifted and 2e clients can move towards unlocking their potential.
