About JessADHD Coach, M.A, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

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Jess

 

ADHD COACHING FOCUS AREAS

  • ADD/ADHD Coaching
  • Life Skills & Executive Functioning
  • Organization/Systems
  • Time/Task/Project Mgmt
  • ADHD Student Coaching
  • ADHD Relationships Coaching

 

 


Jess Bergmann, M.A, LMFT
ADHD Coach

ABOUT JESS

Jessica, as a licensed marriage and family therapist, has assisted families, couples and individuals with solution-oriented counseling prior to her choice to become an ADHD Coach.  Those experiences together with her ASN Internship Coach Training enhance her abilities as an intern ADHD coach at ASN. She understands that ADHD can present unique challenges in relationships, parenting, learning/education, career and life success. She is excited by each new opportunity to offer support, systems and strategies that are individualized for each client to assist them in overcoming many of life’s challenges. 

She is a strategic thinker and is naturally focused on a systems approach to achieve life goals for clients with ADHD.  Being optimistic with a focus on inventive life hacks and routines to support productivity, effectiveness, efficiency and simplicity, she is able to guide the coaching process successfully. This solution-based approach together with her excellent listening skills and the ability to brainstorm multiple solutions to problems support the client in moving toward reaching their full potential. 

As a military spouse, she’s been through many unique challenges including living through uncertainty, sudden change, and living in a foreign country with no family support and small children to raise. She can relate to those who have been through drastic changes and provides solid systems and support to facilitate easier transitions that may be so difficult for those with ADHD.  

FAVORITE QUOTE

“What will happen when we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?” -Donald O. Clifton  

EDUCATION / AFFILIATIONS

        • ASN ADHD Coach Internship
        • National Attention Deficit Association (ADDA)
        • ADHD Coaches Organization

        • M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and Clinical Psychology - Azusa Pacific University

 

03-21-23

ASN Core Actions & Beliefs

  • Each Client is "Unique" +

    Masterful ADHD coaching and client success depends on providing ADHD coaching services that are very highly individualized based on each clients:

    - Life experience

    - Current situation

    - Values & beliefs

    - Their own flavor of ADHD

    -Their Personality

  • The Client Knows What is Best +

    • We encourage client self-awareness as a tool to promote wisdom and discerning choices

    • Questioning is an important tool to assist the client in self-awareness/decision making at times

    • At other times the client does NOT have the information so we offer it in terms of options, role play, modeling, etc.

    • Some clients choose to take ADD/ADHD medication and some don't. - It is a personal choice

  • Making a Commitment to the Process +

    ADHD Coaching is NOT a cure or a quick-fix. Our ADHD coaching engagements are typically for 9 months to 1 year. We want our clients to walk away with habits, skills and tools that are self-sustaining. They are confident that they know how and will be successful in their endeavors. ADHD coaching is about making an investment in yourself that lasts a lifetime.

  • We Understand +

    We have genuine compassion ... The client with ADHD is both resourceful within themselves and also typically desires assistance with change. We honor and seek to elicit greatness from within the client. When needed we also offer options to promote client growth and development that will work for them "with" their ADHD

  • ADHD is a "Difference" +

    Many people with ADHD believe that they are somehow defective which is far from the truth. It is a "difference" in the way the brain functions and with new skills and growth people with ADHD can and do lead less chaotic and successful lives

  • The Client Comes First - Always! +

    First and foremost, by choosing to always do what is best for the client::

    • There will be enough clients to fill the needs of our coaching practice

    • Therefore, we work in an environment that offers client support within our team when a client need is identified that can be better served by another coach

    • We collaborate within our team to promote the best possible client experience

    • We refer to other professionals as appropriate

    • We charge a fair price and endeavor to assist those with financial challenge as much as possible

    • We don't promote or make claims to provide a "quick fix" or a "cure"

  • Collaborative Communications +

    Excellent communications between the client and ADHD coach are essential to the process. These skills include:

    - Complete honesty and openness

    - Absolute confidentiality

    - Compassionate directness

    - Validation when appropriate (no cheerleading)

    - Accountability

    - Practical & strategic

    - Collaborative approach

  • Team Respect & Collaboration +

    • We support, care for and offer compassion to each other

    • We do not compete with each other

    • We know that we are all precious and mistake-making individuals

    • We communicate clearly and openly with each other

    • We share our knowledge freely

    • We have no hidden agendas

    • We believe that ASN is bigger than any one of us and each support its growth and development for the benefit of our clients with ADHD.
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