ADD Coaching / ADHD Coaching Store

Books, Glorious books! ADD Coaching books, and even straight ADD / ADHD books! This is the first step to understanding about ADD and ADHD, and especially about ADD Coaching.

I thought that, as I was coaching ADD and ADHD, that I should put some books in here that may be of interest to those people that are involved with ADD and ADHD in some form or another in their lives. Also, I know a lot of people are interested in ADD Coaching and ADHD Coaching, so have included some of the books in this list too.

These are not necessarily my favourite books, and indeed, there are a couple or more that I have not read, yet! However, when it comes to ADD Coaching – I would like to mention that one of my heroines is Nancy Ratey. I find that I align with what she says about ADD Coaching / ADHD Coaching and with her strict rules for both coaches and coachees! On my website about ADD Coaching and ADHD Coaching, there is an article that she has co-authored.

It is under the heading Coaching ADD/ADHD and other modalities and the title is “Therapy and ADD Coaching: Similarities, Differences, and Collaboration” by Peter Jaksa, Ph.D., and Nancy Ratey, Ed.M., ABDA, MCC.

Here is a paragraph, that may help your decision to read it or not!

Treatment for ADD/ADHD in adults has typically been defined in terms of medication and therapy. Coaching is emerging as another form of help that can benefit many people with ADD. The very notion of “coaching” leaves many people scratching their heads in confusion, however. Most health care professionals have at best a vague idea of what coaching is, what the benefits are for the client, or how to work with a coach in a professional collaboration. Many physicians, some of whom are even reluctant to refer people with ADD for testing or therapy, are not likely to recommend to their patients something as esoteric sounding as “ADD coaching.” Medication alone is seldom if ever sufficient treatment for ADD however. Many therapists who work diligently with their clients on emotional issues, relationship issues, and behavioural strategies to increase productivity, are perplexed to find that the therapeutic goals are simply not being implemented on any consistent basis. The client’s failure to follow through may be interpreted, quite inaccurately, as “resistance” to treatment. A working knowledge of the benefits of ADD coaching would allow all these professionals to be more effective in treating their ADD clients.
This above is only the tip of the iceberg about the article on ADD Coaching and ADHD Coaching, and I believe well worth the read. I will be putting up more books or changing them in the near future, so keep a look out!

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