About me
Transform Your Life with My ADHD Coaching!🌟
Meet Carlene, a highly experienced, award winning Senior Mental Health Social Worker and dedicated accredited ADHD Coach, whose personal journey and professional expertise make her uniquely equipped to support individuals living with ADHD. Carlene’s deep understanding of ADHD comes from both her personal experiences being diagnosed with ADHD at 35 and raising a teenage son on the ADHD and ASD pathway and her extensive work supporting clients across the mental health landscape. She has overcome significant personal challenges, including post-natal depression, alcohol addiction, homelessness, domestic abuse, and body dysmorphia, and these experiences have shaped her into the empathetic, resilient, and insightful coach she is today.
Carlene’s story is a testament to resilience, growth, and transformation, and she uses these lived experiences to connect with clients on a deeper, more meaningful level. She knows what it feels like to struggle with focus, self-confidence, and life transitions and she uses these insights to guide others towards a path of strength, self-discovery, and success.
Professional Expertise Across Diverse Settings
With over a decade of experience working across Local Authorities, NHS teams, and mental health services in London, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire, Carlene has supported clients facing a range of mental health challenges. Her work includes supporting people with complex mental health conditions, co-occurring disorders, PTSD, and substance misuse, demonstrating her ability to address a wide spectrum of needs. As Deputy Manager for the Mental Health Crisis Pathway, she spearheaded initiatives that improved client care, such as implementing ADHD/ASD screening, which streamlined the assessment and diagnosis process, enabling clients to access support much faster.
Her ability to transform adversity into strength has been recognized on a national level; in 2021, Carlene was honoured with an NHS Staff Award for her exceptional contributions to mental health services.
A Unique Coaching Approach
Carlene’s coaching method combines clinical knowledge, real-life experience, and personal resilience to offer a unique, holistic approach. She draws on creative tools like LEGO, which encourages clients to express difficult emotions and thoughts in an imaginative and tactile way, often sparking insights that traditional conversation can't. Her coaching sessions are practical, insightful, and tailored to each individual’s specific needs and strengths, blending actionable strategies with emotional support to create lasting change.
She has a deep understanding of ADHD’s impact not just on adults but also on children and young adults. Carlene has worked extensively with children who have witnessed domestic abuse, substance misuse, and county lines activity, providing support that empowers them to heal, grow, and succeed.
Supporting Families
As a mother to a teenager with ADHD and navigating the educational landscape, Carlene is passionate about empowering parents and schools to provide the right interventions and support. She has advised schools on strategies to meet the needs of children with ADHD, ensuring inclusive education practices and interventions that help children flourish academically, socially, and emotionally.
With Carlene, it's not just about managing ADHD, it’s about thriving with it, growing stronger, and achieving success on your terms.
How I Can Help You
I provide personalised coaching that goes beyond just managing ADHD symptoms. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, or other challenges alongside your ADHD, my approach is tailored to your unique situation.
Together, we'll work on:
- Creating practical strategies for daily challenges
- Building confidence in your abilities
- Developing effective organisational systems
- Managing emotional responses
- Improving work and life balance
Why Choose Me as Your Coach?
As an EMCC Accredited Coach at Practitioner Level, my coaching and support are neuro-affirmative; together we seek to understand and celebrate your unique experience, embrace who and how you are, highlight your strengths and look for ways of advocating for your challenges and the particular needs you may have in different areas of your life.
This is an invitation to reconnect with aspects of yourself that may have been hidden, not only from the world, but maybe even from yourself, for years.
🎯 Free Consultation Call
Let's discuss your challenges and explore how coaching can help you thrive. During this call, we'll:
- Identify your main challenges
- Discuss your goals
- Determine if we're a good fit
- Create an initial action plan
📞 Book Your Free Consultation Today!
Visit my website to schedule your complimentary 30-minute consultation call. Together, we'll create a path toward a more organized, confident, and fulfilling life.
⭐️ Don't let ADHD and its challenges hold you back any longer. Let's work together to unlock your true potential!
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- EMCC GLOBAL - Accreditation at Practitioner Level -2025
- Social Work BSc (Hons) First Class - 2019
- Neurodivergent Inclusive Coaching Programme- Jan 2025
- ADHD Coaching diploma - Centre of Excellence - 2024
- Professional ADHD Coaching Diploma – ADHD Foundation – 2024
- LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Coaching training – 2024
- Safeguarding Adults 2 & 3 - 2021
- Safeguarding Children Level 3 – 2021
- Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice- Kings College – 2022
- Trauma Informed Practice - 2021
- Leadership and management training – 2021
- Social Supervisor Course – 2021
- Supervision Training - 2022
- Suicide Prevention 2021
- Domestic Abuse and the Impact on Children - 2020
- Mental Capacity Act 2005/DoLS -2020
- The Mental Health Act 1983 – 2020
- Forensic Mental Health Training - 2022
- Child Sex Exploitation -2019
- Learning Disabilities – 2019
- ASD Level 3 - 2019
- Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)- 2020
- DBS Enhanced check Adults and Children – 2024
- Registered with Social Work England - 2019
- Insurance provided by the British Association of Social Workers – 2023
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
Social Work
Fees
£75.00 - £150.00
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