Kate Horne
Storyteller | Life Coach
ADHD+: THE FUNDAMENTALS
The ADHD brain is scientifically proven to differ in structure, chemistry and function to a neurotypical brain. That is why ADHD impacts an individual’s entire internal response system, causing their attention, activity, emotions and impulse control to be dysregulated, affecting EVERY SINGLE THING that they THINK, SAY and DO. It’s very important that ADHD is understood in this way, as a condition of DYSREGULATION, rather than dismissing it as a “disorder of attention”.
That’s just the ADHD “brain” dysregulation…
So, who’s behind this new conceptualisation of ADHD+? Well…ADHD+ was coined by Dr James Kustow, leading expert on ADHD and author of best-selling Penguin published book, “How to Thrive with Adult ADHD.”
After years of supporting thousands of people with ADHD as a psychiatrist and therapist, Dr Kustow began to see patterns emerging: particular health issues that patients frequently presented to him with – conditions that “cluster” together with ADHD at far higher rates than in the general population.
Dr Kustow and fellow experts have identified that the chemical malfunction in the brain that the mental health world has been so focused on for decades – the “ADHD” stuff going on “up top” – translates into issues going on “down below”…
They have realised that ADHD-ers’ systems are more SENSITIVE, the stressed on ONE system more often than not driving INFLAMMATION in the body and causing DYSREGULATION in another.
ADHD+ is an invitation to view ADHD, neurodivergence – and mental health more broadly – through a MIND & BODY lens.
Understanding if and how ADHDis wired, uniquely, into a person’s physiology – allows ADHD-ers and the professionals supporting us – to determine the ways we are “dysregulated” by it, and the optimal management and treatment for us SHIFT DYSREGULATION towards REGULATION.
As leading expert Dr James Kustow says – and I attest to: “While medication is by far the most commonly employed option to treat ADHD, due to the weight of evidence behind it, optimal management is more nuanced than shifting the biology alone. There needs to be a multidisciplinary approach to managing ADHD, one underpinned by high-quality psychoeducation and including therapeutic interventions. Only with the foundation of knowledge about ADHD can an individual with the condition begin to take the key steps that lead to a committed life-style optimisation, step into the creative and targeted workarounds and a new mindset to thrive at life with ADHD..”
Mapping out your unique ADHD+ Signature is a fundamental step towards managing your ADHD+ in an optimum way.
This is the process of identifying what REALLY makes an ADHD-er tick (mind and body) and the springboard to taking those key steps to working WITH your ADHD instead of battling against it.
ADHD life coaching helps people to minimise the challenges they are facing with ADHD and leverage their strengths. Whatever your gender or age (16+) I work with you as your ADHD Life Coach to identify the specific challenges that you are experiencing and understand what you want to change in your life (goals big and small).
Over a course of regular coaching sessions I collaborate with you, brainstorming and honing tailor-made solutions and unique strategies with the aim of bridging the gap between your current experience of life and how you wish it to be. Through this partnership and the inherent accountability of the coaching process, I empower you to make significant changes to your life, with positive and lasting results.
“Common challenges [of ADHD], such as time management, organization, goal setting and prioritization are often issues that medication or therapy do not address, { } the focus of ADHD coaching is on building skills and taking action. It helps people to improve their business focus, interpersonal skills and ability to get things done in such a way as to lead a more productive, fulfilling and rewarding life.”
– Dr Edward Hallowell, renowned child and adult psychiatrist and New York Times bestselling co-author of Driven to Distraction, the book that sparked a revolution in universal understanding of ADHD.
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