Inside the ADHD
Coaching Diploma
A live walkthrough with co-founder Alex Campbell. What ADHD-specialist coaching actually is, how the three modules work, what the accreditation gets you, and whether this is the right training for where you are right now.
Nothing to pay, nothing to prepare. Come with questions, or come and listen.
Prefer to watch? Hear it from Alex ↓
- ICF Level 2 accredited
- PAAC accredited
- Maximum 16 per cohort
- Supervision included
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A proper look at the training. Not a sales pitch.
Most people arrive wanting the same thing: a clear enough picture of the training to work out whether it is right for them. That is what these forty-five minutes are for.
Alex spends the first half hour on the substance. What ADHD-specialist coaching actually looks like in practice, and why it works so differently from handing someone a list of strategies. How the three modules build on each other. What you graduate with, and what you can do with it afterwards. Then there is time for whatever you want to ask.
You will not be coached in this session, and you will not be put on the spot. This is a walkthrough.
Here is what we go through.
What ADHD coaching actually is
Why coaching is not tips, tricks and hacks, and why that difference matters so much when your client is neurodivergent. What it actually looks like to help someone build strategies that are theirs, rather than handing them yours.
The Gold Mind Approach™
Awareness and Regulation as the two foundations, with needs at the centre rather than behaviour change. And how all of that builds towards voice and choice.
The three modules, in detail
Module 1 Awareness. Module 2 Regulation. Module 3 Coaching Practice. What happens in each, how long they run, and what is asked of you outside the live sessions: the pre-session podcast, the coaching practice, and the reflective journal.
What accreditation gets you
ICF Level 2 and PAAC. What those bodies are, why they matter in an unregulated industry, and which credentials you can apply for once you graduate with us.
How the learning is designed
Small cohorts. No 400-page manual. A private podcast before every live session. Faculty who are neurodivergent themselves. Why the format matters if your brain works like ours.
Then, your questions
We keep the last stretch open, and Alex tends to stay on past the scheduled finish while questions are still coming. There is plenty of time, and no question is too small.
Come along if…
- You are thinking about training as an ADHD coach and want to know what you would actually be signing up for.
- You have built a career you are good at, and you are working out what you want to build next.
- You are comparing more than one training provider and want to compare properly.
- You have been circling this for months and you want either a clear yes or a clear no.
Probably not for you if…
- You are looking for coaching for yourself. We would genuinely love to help, and our coach directory is the better door.
- You want a free coaching session. This one is about the training, and you will not be coached in it.
That sound like you?
Save your seatMeet Alex before you book
Alex Campbell, co-founder.
Licensed therapist, ICF and PAAC credentialed coach, and co-designer of the diploma alongside co-founder Katie Friedman.
Alex trained as a therapist over five years and spent twenty years in therapy before hiring two ADHD coaches. One handed him strategies, and he came away feeling more broken than when he started. The other asked questions, gave him frameworks, and believed in him before he believed in himself.
That coach stopped asking what he needed to fix and started asking what he had needed. It changed his relationship with himself, and it is the question the whole diploma is built around.
Come and ask him yourself.
Save your seatWhat I love is watching someone go from having no language for what is going on, to realising they have been trying to operate in a system that was never built for them. Every day I get to help people find a track that actually works.
Nathan · Gold Mind graduate
What people say at the end.
Real comments from attendees at recent Gold Mind live sessions. Names changed.
The things people ask us first.
Do I need to be ADHD myself?
No. In a typical cohort of 16, two or three people identify as neurotypical, and the learning is just as rich for them. We will also be honest with you: it is very common for at least one of those people to reconsider that by the end of Module 1.
I am autistic and I need structure. How structured is the training?
Every session has a clear beginning, middle and end, with a break in the middle. Slides go out in advance. There is a private podcast before each live session so you know what is coming. We open with contracting and close with an off-ramp. The shape does not change week to week.
Can I do just one module?
Yes. Some people take Module 1 on its own, or Modules 1 and 2, to bring a coach approach into work they already do. This is common with clinicians and people in leadership roles who are not training to become certified coaches.
Do the modules have to run back to back?
No. There are four intakes a year, and you can take a break between modules. You cannot pause part-way through a module, because of how the group learning works.
I already have a coaching qualification. Is this still worth it?
Plenty of our students arrive already qualified, including ICF-credentialed coaches. What they come for is the neurodivergent lens and the specific methodology for coaching ADHD clients, which most general coach training does not touch.
How long does the whole diploma take?
Nine to twelve months on average, depending on how you space the modules. Module 3 can be taken online across 15 sessions, or as a one-week in-person intensive in southern Spain.
Pick a time that works.
Times vary from session to session, so the calendar below shows what is currently free. We regularly have people joining from New Zealand, Australia, across Europe and the UK on the same call.
- 45 minutes, live on Zoom
- Cameras optional, questions encouraged
- Nothing to prepare and nothing to pay
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