How It Works
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I can help you:
Learn mindfulness and executive functioning skills
Explore your strengths and use them to come up with strategies that help:
Better handle your thoughts and emotions
Navigate relationships at school/work and home
Succeed in school/work and live more independently
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Research indicates that treating anxiety and executive functioning challenges simultaneously is more effective than treating them separately.
BYB Coaching works from the strengths perspective and incorporates the following evidence-based interventions and approaches to target anxiety and executive functioning symptoms of ASD, NVLD, and ADHD:
Interventions
ADHD Coaching
DBT Therapy
CBT Therapy
Approaches
Positive Psychology
Solutions-Focused
Mindfulness
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Tsang, T. W., Kohn, M. R., Efron, D., Clarke, S. D., Clark, C. R., Lamb, C., & Williams, L. M. (2015). Anxiety in Young People With ADHD: Clinical and Self-Report Outcomes. Journal of Attention Disorders, 19(1), 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054712446830ttps://doi.org/10.1177/1087054712446830
Crowley, M.J., Nicholls, S.S., McCarthy, D., Greatorex, K., Wu, J., & Mayes, L.C. (2018). Innovations in practice: group mindfulness for adolescent anxiety – results of an open trial. Child Adolesc Ment Health, 23(2), 130-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12214
van de Weijer-Bergsma, E., Formsma, A.R., de Bruin, E.I., et al. (2012). The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training on Behavioral Problems and Attentional Functioning in Adolescents with ADHD. J Child Fam Stud, 21(5), 775–787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9531-7
Meyer, J., Ramklint, M., Hallerbäck, M., Lööf, M., & Isaksson, J. (2021). DBT-Based Skills Training for Adolescents With ADHD: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(10), S151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.09.052.
Giwerc, D., & Ramsay, J. R. (2024, March 5, 2020-10-28). ADHD Therapy Comparison: CBT vs. ADHD Coaching.https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-therapy-cbt-vs-coaching/
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Private Sessions
Private Sessions are for tweens, teens, and young adults diagnosed with one or more of these conditions:
- Aspergers Syndrome (now part of Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD)
- Nonverbal Learning Disability
- ADHD
Private sessions also include complementary parent only sessions
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Be Your Best Butterfly (BYBB) Coaching Groups
BYBB Coaching Groups are for girls with TS in middle or high school and:
Anxiety/depression
Aspergers Syndrome
Nonverbal Learning Disability
ADHD
Guess What?
When you sign up for private sessions or coaching groups, you’ll receive unlimited access to the Be Your Best Coaching Hub, where you can find:
Exclusive free access to tons of cool materials
Everything you need for my services.