Perspectives on ADHD coaching: a response to Bergey, M. (2024)

In the June 2024 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, sociologist Dr. Meredith Bergey, explores the profession of ADHD coaching. Bergey raises concerns that coaching often commercializes personal experience, lacks clear standards or oversight, blurs the line between professional and personal expertise, and simultaneously challenges and relies on a medical view of ADHD. In this response article, we address the assumptions and perspectives Bergey makes about the nature of ADHD coaching; share our own observations and concerns; and propose an alternative framework through which to view and understand the emergence of ADHD coaching.