About BYB Coaching

My name is Mira Kaye Cohen.

As a neurodivergent young adult, I was frustrated that there are so few evidence-based supports for people like me. So, I developed Be Your Best (BYB) Coaching to help address the unique mental health, relationship, academic, and independent living challenges faced by many neurodivergent tweens, teens, and young adults (especially girls).

Neurodivergent Coaching

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 

The BYB Approach

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

Which is Right for Me?

  • 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)

    Nonverbal Learning Disability

    ADHD

  • 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

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References Supporting My Model

  • 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.