Neurodivergence and Trauma-Awareness for Coaches
A Coaching Master Class with Kate Arms, CPCC, PCC and Tracy Winter, Ph.D., PCC
Most neurodivergent adults have some amount of developmental trauma due to childhood difficulties of navigating cultures designed to work for a majority of kids.
Any coach seeking to work with neurodivergent clients must have a basic understanding of how trauma affects the coaching process, when to refer clients for therapy, and how to ethically coach a client with trauma.
Many neurodivergent people are undiagnosed or will not self-identify to a coach. Because of this, trauma-aware coaching is needed in general practice as well as with identified neurodivergent clients.