Coaching for ADHD, Autism & Neurodiversity
Understanding neurodivergence instead of hiding it
Coaching around ADHD, autism and other neurodivergent patterns — for teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 25, and for their parents. Online across Switzerland, Germany and Austria, and in person in Rheinfelden.
Bridge & Bloom works with teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 25 around ADHD, autism and other neurodivergent patterns — and with parents who want to understand their child better. The focus is self-understanding, everyday follow-through, direction and being able to say what you need. Not becoming less noticeable. The work is with the young person; parents are involved where that helps and has been agreed. Sessions happen online across Switzerland, Germany and Austria, or in person in Rheinfelden, in English or German. It is not diagnostic assessment, psychotherapy or medical treatment.
Who for
Who this is for
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For yourself
You are between 14 and 25
You are the person being worked with — your goals count, not the ones other people hold for you. You do not need a diagnosis for this.
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For parents
Your child is neurodivergent
Your attempts to help land differently than you meant them. This is not about making your child fit, but about the two of you understanding each other again.
Recognising
You may recognise one of these
Not a checklist and not a diagnostic question. Just a few sentences that show what coaching often starts from.
For yourself
- I know exactly what needs doing. I still cannot get started.
- I hold it together in front of other people, then I am good for nothing for hours.
- Everyone talks about what I could do. Right now I cannot feel any of it.
- Since I got an explanation for it, I understand even less what to do with it.
As a parent
- I am reminding them for the fifth time about the same thing, and I hate who it turns me into.
- At home it boils over regularly. At school they tell us nothing stands out.
- I cannot tell when to step in and when to stay out of it.
- We have an explanation now. What to actually do with it on a Tuesday morning, I still do not know.
What for
Three areas where something can shift
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Everyday life and getting things done
When the intention is there but the route from decision to action has to be negotiated again every time. Starting, staying with it, structure that fits the person, and energy that does not arrive evenly.
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Direction and transitions
When a decision is due or something is changing: school, training, study, work, living arrangements, new roles. Not being handed the right path, but exploring options, testing them and choosing.
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Communication and self-advocacy
When it is clear what is missing but not how to say it. Recognising your own needs, naming limits, preparing difficult conversations and actually asking for the support that fits.
The same thing sits underneath all three: understanding better how you work, what you need and what matters to you. Self-understanding is not a separate module — it is what makes the rest hold.
How
How working together unfolds
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Step 2: Why that makes sense for you
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Step 3: How things interact inside you
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Step 4: What happens between you and your world
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Step 5: What you want to do with it
This is a map, not a fixed programme. The order shifts, steps repeat, and some fall away. How many sessions it takes depends on the situation — a fixed number would be an empty promise.
The bridge does not change the person. It widens what is possible for them.
Stance
What the name means
The bridge does not help you become someone else. It helps you find your place as the person you already are.
Bridge
The bridge
On one side there is you, with your perception and your needs. On the other there is a world whose rules, schools and workplaces are mostly built for neurotypical people. The coaching is the bridge between them — not the place where you learn to hide your neurodivergence better.
Bloom
Blooming
At the other end there is no world in which everyone has to be the same. Think of a meadow instead: some plants need sun, others shade, some flower early and some late. None of them has to become another one to be worth something.
My part in it
I am not standing on the far bank calling you over. I am on the bridge with you — sometimes a little ahead, sometimes alongside. That my support is needed less over time is not the end of it; that is the point of it.
Grounding
What the work builds on
- CAS in autism spectrum conditions and ADHD — exact wording still to be confirmed
- CAS in coaching — exact wording still to be confirmed
- BSc Biology
- DAS Biomedical Sciences
- Regulatory and compliance work in pharmaceuticals
- Coaching in German and English
exact wording still to be confirmed.
Coaching is not diagnostic assessment, psychotherapy or medical treatment. Where something else is needed, I say so and point you onward.
Working in English, in a German-speaking region
Plenty of people living in Switzerland, Germany or Austria think, feel and explain themselves more precisely in English than in German — whether English is their first language, the language they were educated in, or simply the one that does not cost extra effort on a hard day.
Coaching here happens in English as a genuine working language, not as an accommodation. That includes the difficult and technical parts of the conversation.
This does not make Bridge & Bloom a service specifically for international families. It is simply a second way in.
What is available in English
Everything: coaching for teenagers and young adults, ADHD coaching, autism coaching, the three topic areas, how I work, the introductory call, sessions online or in person in Rheinfelden, the twelve knowledge articles, and the imprint and privacy notice.
For the imprint and the privacy notice, the German version is the authoritative one. If the two differ, that is an error and worth reporting.
Common questions
Do I need a diagnosis to start coaching?
No. A formal diagnosis is not a requirement. Specialising in ADHD and autism shapes how I understand and work, not who is allowed to come. Where a diagnosis exists, that knowledge feeds in; where it does not, we work from what you actually experience day to day.
How is coaching different from psychotherapy?
Coaching works on the present situation and on concrete steps: understanding, deciding, acting, reviewing. Psychotherapy treats mental health conditions under a different remit, different methods and a different legal basis. Bridge & Bloom does not provide psychotherapy, diagnostic assessment or medical treatment. If it becomes clear that something else is needed, I say so.
What happens in the introductory call?
In 20 to 30 minutes we look at what brings you here, how I work and whether that fits. You also hear where the limits of coaching are. The call is free and commits you to nothing — and it is explicitly not a free coaching session.
No flower has to become another one to be worth something.
If you want the detail
The depth has not gone anywhere. It lives on its own pages.
Find out whether it fits
The introductory call takes 20 to 30 minutes, is free and commits you to nothing. We look at what brings you here, how I work and whether coaching is the right thing for your situation. It is explicitly not a free coaching session.
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