Become an ADHD coach
We’re in the process of gaining level 1 accreditation from the ICF for our ADHD Coach training. Join us on the second cohort to be a part of the journey.
Our approach
We believe that:
ADHD coaching should be both nuanced and rooted in a sound approach to both the science and lived experience of ADHD. Coach training should take into account what we know about ADHD, but also be comfortable with what we don’t.
Learning to listen and get out of the way as a coach helps us create a meaningful and flexible space for a client, able to work with what they’ve brought.
Learning about how our own brains work helps us provide a mirror for our clients’ experience, whatever our neurotype.
A coaching qualification should be relentlessly practical - the theory is best learnt by doing.
Meet your course leader
Chris Fraser PCC
ADHD Coach, supervisor and founder of SOAC
ADHD Coaching changed how I work with my ADHD - and started me on my journey to becoming a coach. I’ve used all of the experience I’ve gained in over a thousand hours of ADHD coaching, as well as my background in teaching and finance, to bring you the best of what works for my clients - and my ADHD.
I’ve set up a coaching practice with my associates at The ADHD Workshop, as well as being a trained supervisor and mentor coach for other ADHD coaches.
I trained as an ICF accredited ADHD coach in the US based school ADDCA, and as a supervisor at the ICCS.
Certificate in ADHD Coaching
What’s involved
58 hours of live classroom coach training
Delivered twice weekly, 2 hours a session
This includes 7 hours of group mentor coaching to help you grow as a coach, through the lens of a deep understanding of the ICF competencies
You will also receive 3 hours of 1-1 mentor coaching with an ICF PCC certified coach.
Small cohorts of up to 15 people
Live demonstrations and practice to allow you to apply your learning in sessions
Over the 4 months of the course you’ll become a confident, skilled ADHD coach able to use a variety of tools to work with different brains.
Course Overview
May change from time to time as the course evolves
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ADHD through the Executive function lens, using Brown’s AFEEMA model
(Activation, Focus, Effort, Emotion, Memory, Action).
Peg Dawson’s Executive function model, which comes with a questionnaire.
Strengths based approach to ADHD, Via Character survey.
Longer module - 16 hours
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Listening, questions, structuring, contracting - both at the start and during coaching
Session structure using Egan’s three-stage model.
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Person-centred coaching
The Time to Think model
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Coaching presence
Directive vs facilitative ADHD coaching and ICF approaches
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Solution-Focused coaching.
OSKAAR model
Designing actions that work for ADHD brains
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Narrative coaching
Clean Language methodology and drama-triangle.
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Eclectic Coaching Maturity model for integrating approaches.
Ethics, endings.
Business foundations, supervision, continuous learning.
Don’t take my word for it
Praise from our first cohort
An outstanding training experience from start to finish. The course combines robust, evidence-based learning on ADHD with a thoughtful exploration of different coaching approaches, all held by Chris and Emma’s highly skilled, experienced, and compassionate facilitation.
The programme offers rich learning and fresh perspectives both for people who are new to coaching and/or ADHD and those who are more established in their practice. What truly sets it apart is the strong sense of community and psychological safety within the group, creating a supportive space for curiosity, reflection, and meaningful development.
I would absolutely recommend this course. It delivers high-quality teaching and resources, excellent facilitation, and a genuinely safe environment in which to learn, explore, and grow as a coach.
Nana Meulengracht Larsen
Founder & Transformative Coach, Whole Life Balance
The SOAC course has been fantastic. As a coach and someone navigating ADHD myself, I’ve found it incredibly reassuring, informative, and inclusive. The content is practical, the approach is thoughtful, and the sense of community makes you feel truly supported. It’s been invaluable both for my professional growth and for understanding ADHD from a lived-experience perspective.
Fem de Jong
Inner Garden ADHD & ND Coach
This course was genuinely transformative. As a therapist, I loved learning a coaching approach that’s forward-focused and empowering.
The ADHD insights were practical, compassionate, and grounded in real experience. I’m leaving with tools that truly work for how ADHD brains operate.
Nyree Hughes
Art therapist and ADHD Coach
Taking this course turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made this year. It’s rare to find something so thoughtfully designed and delivered with such genuine care and passion.
Having done several ADHD-related courses before, this one stood out as the most comprehensive and helpful. It’s genuinely transformed how I connect with clients, inviting deeper reflection, awareness, and collaboration. Alongside that, I’ve learned so much about my own ADHD.
Chris and Emma’s warmth and the camaraderie with fellow students made the course thoroughly enjoyable. I was concerned about the time commitment but I found myself looking forward to every session - it even became a highlight of my week! I initially joined thinking it would simply inform my hypnotherapy practice, but it’s inspired me to take things further and I now fully intend to pursue ADHD coaching. I’d wholeheartedly recommend this course to anyone.
Frances Billi-Holder
Clinical Hypnotherapist and ADHD Coach
FAQs
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Live classes, twice weekly
Recorded classes from the live sessions to support your learning between sessions
Access to our student platform with materials and connection to your cohort.
Access to a small learning group of other student ADHD coaches while you are training with us
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80% attendance of live sessions
Completion of any missed sessions via video recordings, including submitting a short reflection.
3 sessions of one-to-one mentor coaching. You will bring a short clip of your coaching to these sessions and receive verbal and written feedback
16h of client coaching outside the core training course hours
Submission of a full recorded coaching session 30-60 mins in length.
Certificate in ADHD Coaching
£2995
Live Zoom group sessions twice a week, for 2 hours with a short break. Total of 58 session hours and 3 hours 1-1 mentor coaching.
Next cohort due Spring 2026.
Drop me a message at chris@theadhdworkshop.com or book a chat below to join the interest list.
No questions asked guarantee
I’m confident you’ll love the course - I currently average a 4.9 / 5 feedback score from dozens who have joined me on my ADHD courses so far. But I also want this to be as ADHD friendly as possible.
If you take part in 80% of the sessions and don’t love it, just let me know for a no questions asked refund.
You’ve also got 14 days from purchase to change your mind ahead of joining the course.
Let’s talk
If you’re interested in joining the next cohort of our ADHD coach training course, the next step is to book a chat. Here you can find out
Whether this is the right ADHD Coaching course for you
How we support you through the course
Any questions or thoughts you want to explore
How to get signed up if you wish to