One to One ADHD Coaching
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ADHD coaching is a compassionate, strengths‑based partnership that helps you understand your unique brain and build practical strategies that genuinely work for your life. It offers a safe, non‑judgemental space to explore your needs, deepen self‑awareness, and develop skills in executive functioning, attunement, and self‑advocacy.
Coaching blends gentle accountability with personal ownership, helping you follow through on what matters while honouring your energy, your pace, and your lived experience. It’s a supportive, validating process designed to reduce overwhelm, strengthen confidence, and help you move toward the life you want with clarity and self‑trust.
What Aoife bring sto coaching is a deeply neuroaffirming, collaborative approach grounded in lived experience, professional training, and a genuine understanding of what it feels like to have a busy, knot‑filled ADHD brain. In our one‑to‑one sessions, you will work together to unravel those knots so you can see your challenges and strengths more clearly, and identify strategies that truly suit your brain, your nervous system, and your real‑world context.
Rather than handing you generic solutions, Aoife partners with you to co‑create tools, habits, and supports that set you up for success. After each session, you’ll receive tailored resources aligned with your goals and needs, helping you build momentum, deepen insight, and create sustainable change over time.
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Our starting point ~ Meeting you where you are right now.
Your plan ~ A personalised programme catering to your ADHD needs and goals.
My approach ~ A brain-aware, strength-based methodology to help you harness the power of your ADHD brain.
Levelling up ~ Learn evidenced-based neuroscience tips and strategies to support you as you progress.
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Led by you
As your coach, I will be led by you, your desires, goals and needs. We will both take an overarching look at these in your initial call and then create a plan to move forward.
Targeted
Everyone’s ADHD manifests differently so your process will be tailored to your uniquely wired brain. Together we will address both the pain points and wins that you experience.
Integrative
With my background in mental health education your process and progress will be supported by the evidenced-based, brain-aware approach with which I coach from.
One to one neuroaffirmaing ADHD coaching can help you improve your productivity, organisation, time management, self-esteem, relationships, and overall mental health and well-being.
Get started straight away or book a free discovery call.
"Aoife is an excellent coach with a deep understanding and empathy, making her highly effective in guiding sessions. She has extensive knowledge of ADHD and provides strong support throughout each session. Aoife avoids overwhelming you with too much information, instead focusing on manageable tasks each week."
— Siobhán
Coaching For Parents
I offer neuro-affirming coaching, support and mental health education to parents of children with ADHD. This is built upon my wide variety of training and experience as an ADHD coach, a special education teacher and a mental health education consultant.
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Working with an ADHD coach can empower your family to navigate the challenges of overwhelming emotions and ADHD, while celebrating the unique joys of being a neurodivergent family. My coaching takes a neuro-affirmative, strengths-based, and brain-aware approach, fostering understanding and creating a positive, supportive environment where everyone’s needs are met and respected.
The process is simple and flexible, starting with an initial block of six fortnightly sessions. During each session, we’ll explore your family’s strengths, challenges, and goals, while I provide practical strategies and tools to improve well-being, harmony, and happiness. For one-to-one coaching, I’ll help you identify your needs, set realistic objectives, and develop an action plan to build confidence and stay motivated. At the sixth session, we’ll review your progress and plan for the next steps together.
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Feeling overwhelmed and unsure how to help.
Parents may struggle to understand and manage their child's ADHD symptoms, leading to stress and frustration.
Communication & behaviour challenges.
Difficulties with communication, hyperactivity, or impulsivity can create conflict and strain family dynamics.
Academic struggles.
Supporting a child with ADHD in school can be challenging, prompting parents to seek strategies for success.
Feeling isolated and needing support.
Dealing with ADHD can be isolating, leading parents to seek a community and guidance from professionals.
Helping your child develop self-regualation skills.
Parents may need help teaching their child strategies for managing emotions, organisation, and focus. This is an area I am deeply passionate about. Learning the science behind the ADHD brain is transformative.
Improving your relationship with your child.
Coaching can help parents develop positive communication skills and build stronger relationships with their child.
Advocating for your child's needs.
Parents may require support navigating systems and advocating for their child's accommodations.
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Do you have concerns regarding your children’s mental and emotional health and feel at a loss as to how to support them?
Whether your child is on waiting lists for services and/or you are eager to develop a greater understanding of how to support them in the interim, I can help you.
Through our sessions you will learn how the brain works from a mental health point of view, develop the skill of emotional literacy and so much more. Once you start to implement this content, you and your children will begin to build a stronger connection to yourselves and each other.
Please note that the services I offer are educational only. I am not qualified to treat or diagnose. Please reach out to the relevant professional bodies for these services.
Get the support your child needs.
“The ripple effect of working with Aoife has been immeasurable for our family. I felt at such a loss for my son who was struggling a lot with his ADHD challenges, anxiety and his emotions. Within a few sessions the knowledge and understanding we had as a family was transformative. It wasn’t just my son who benefited, but the whole family.
The best part was how easy it was to learn and to implement the strategies that Aoife taught us. In addition the resources Aoife shared with us, have been invaluable. I cannot recommend her enough.”
— Parent
Webinars & Speaker
Aoife delivers online and in-person neuroaffirming talks for schools, organisations and community groups.
She covers a range of topics:
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Understanding ADHD: Explore the key facts about ADHD, challenge common misconceptions, and delve into its neurobiological foundations—all through a neuroaffirmative lens. Learn to appreciate ADHD as a natural variation in brain function, recognising the strengths and unique traits that come with it.
What Lies Beneath: Gain a deeper understanding of ADHD by discovering its full range of traits and how they manifest in your daily life. By focusing on strengths and adopting a compassionate perspective, you'll be empowered to embrace and thrive with ADHD.
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Unlock the power of emotional regulation by reconnecting the brain and body to better understand the emotions that drive us.
Develop emotional literacy skills to enhance mental health and gain practical tools to manage stress and anxiety effectively. T
his talk offers transformative, neuroaffirming strategies for cultivating emotional well-being and harmony.
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Explore the unique dynamics of ADHD within family life through a neuroaffirmative, strengths-based lens.
Gain insights into how ADHD impacts relationships and discover practical, family-friendly strategies to create a supportive and harmonious home environment.
This talk empowers families to embrace neurodiversity and strengthen their connections.
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Classroom Support: Techniques to create an ADHD-inclusive, neuroaffirming, learning environment.
Individualised Support: Tailoring educational approaches to meet the needs and strengths of students with ADHD.
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Workplace Accommodations: Practical tips for creating a neuroaffirming workplace.
Enhancing Productivity: Neuroaffirming strategies to help employees with ADHD thrive in their roles.
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Empower your business to better support and serve clients with ADHD through a neuroaffirming approach.
Learn effective communication techniques and strategies to build trust, foster empathy, and strengthen client relationships.
This talk will provide actionable insights to create a more inclusive, understanding, and supportive environment for neurodivergent clients.
The Benefits
Increased Awareness: Equip your family / staff / team with a comprehensive, neuroaffirmative understanding of ADHD.
Enhanced Support: Learn practical, neuroaffirming strategies to better support individuals with ADHD.
Inclusive Environment: Foster a neuroaffirmative, inclusive, empathetic, and supportive space.
“Aoife Hughes’s presentation on the complexities of ADHD presentations was brilliant. Her authenticity shined through and was coming from a place of true lived experience.”
“The ADHD presentation with Aoife Hughes - incredible insights and practical tips.”
“The ADHD piece was very useful for me in my work and private practice.”
“So much learning , loved the session with Aoife and her personal insight on ADHD.”
— IPTCA Conference, 2024
