--- title: What is a Coach? description: An ADHD coach identifies a client's needs and challenges, asks powerful questions, and offers personalized, strengths based strategies and support as goals are achieved and self-awareness and self-trust is enhanced. --- ## Stone ADHD Coaching # What is a Coach? ## What is a Coach? A coach ask questions, listens to, and identiifies a client's needs, strengths, and goals. By creating a partnership of open communication and mutual respect, TOOLS to achieve greater self-awareness, self-trust, and growth are developed. A personalized, strengths-based "toolbox" enables the client to accomplish what they came to coaching for and they feel more confident moving forward.  ![browse](https://www.stoneadhdcoaching.com/hs-fs/file-16671271-jpg/images/browse.jpg)    ## T-Tactics  A coach helps clients discover methods, skills, and creative strategies to build upon their strengths and help them determine what may be getting in the way of achieving what they hope to. Accommodating their unique needs, lifestyle, and values enables the client to accomplish short- and long-term goals while developing new, productive habits. ## O-Outlook  In a non-judgmental atmosphere, coaches offer hope and a more positive outlook as their client becomes more motivated, develops self-awareness, heightens self-esteem, and becomes empowered. ## O-Organization Clients' agendas, whether a student's or an adult's, often focus on developing executive function skills. Organizaton and management of time and tasks are commonly addressed in coaching. Creating and maintaining a more structured schedule means not only a more organized week, but a less stressful one too! ## L-Listens Coaches understand the client's distinct needs by asking pertinent questions and listening carefully to their responses and tone, helping them to determine the best path to achieve their goals. ## S-Supports Coaches continually offer support, encouragement, and accountability in a trusting environment as successes are achieved, monitored and maintained.         ## Testimonials Marla was recommended to me by a friend at a time when I was overwhelmed with research, teaching, and service. I'd had a good experience with a therapist, but never worked with a coach before, and I was pretty skeptical about anyone being able to help me sort things out, but calling Marla was easily one of the best decisions I've ever made. It is really hard to put into words what Marla does, but I'll try. First of all, she really listens, and then she'll just notice something that deeply clarifies my situation, or ask a question that highlights something important that I'm overlooking. I don't know how she does it but I'll call her quite stressed out or just grumpy, and about 30-60 minutes later, I'm very clear about what the real problem with my research is and what the best possible solution is. And I just feel very confident about taking care of things in the way that we've discussed. Marla will often say that it was all me, figuring out my own solutions, but I just know I couldn't have achieved all that I have without her help. **Research Professor, Business Administration, Large Private University** ### Sitemap ### Subscribe ### Recent Posts ### Contact Marla Here Copyright 2015-2025 | Designed with [fa icon="heart"] by [HubSpot](https://www.hubspot.com) 2015 Stone ADHD Coaching, Boston, MA, and available worldwide through Zoom [[fa icon="chevron-up"]](https://www.stoneadhdcoaching.com/adhd-coaching-tools#)