Career coaches for neurodivergent adults
Compare 39 career coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are career change, career clarity and purpose, resume and linkedin and job search. They most often work with neurodivergent adults, professionals and students. Most charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Ash Cross
Ash Cross is a career coach and master's programs admissions consultant. Ash helps grad students, career changers, and senior professionals with resumes, mock interviews, and job searches. Ash spent time at Carnegie Mellon University, where they worked with the MSCF finance program and 16 Master's Engineering programs. There, Ash coached 300+ MSCF students, and all of them landed internships. Ash went full-time with their practice this year and booked 20 clients in the first month.
Josh Mandell
Josh Mandell is a career coach who helps people make big career moves, especially in big tech and corporate jobs. Josh spent seven years at Snap leading partnerships with Amazon and Apple. Josh now runs a Large Customer Sales team at Wondery, part of Amazon. Josh has also worked at EA. Josh has ADHD and also coaches others with ADHD on using it as a strength in their careers.
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Benjamin Fitzgerald is a career coach in New York who helps IT and tech professionals reinvent their careers. He also works as an AI transformation consultant and executive coach. He has 16+ years in senior IT-led business transformation. He moved from analyst to global director in under 10 years at a data science firm. He has supported 100+ IT professionals with promotions, industry moves, and ADHD-focused strategies.
Cristin Downs
Cristin Downs is a career pivot coach for experienced professionals who need a change. Clients come from higher education, K-12, healthcare, nonprofits, the arts, pharma, finance, marketing and media. Cristin has held more than 40 jobs across more than a dozen industries and has worked as a recruiter, talent sourcer and hiring manager. Most of Cristin's early professional experience was in the theatre. The work covers strategy, resumes, LinkedIn, interview prep and offer evaluation.
Ben Tobin
Ben Tobin is a career, ADHD and leadership coach in Portland, Oregon. He mainly coaches tech and software professionals, including developers, engineers, managers and leaders. He also works with adults who have ADHD and with entrepreneurs. Ben spent 20 years in the software industry as an engineer and as a manager of software teams. He builds an action plan with small steps and keeps clients accountable along the way.
Gina Robinson
Gina Robinson is a career and life coach in Barre, Vermont. Gina helps people who want a new job or feel unhappy in their current career. Gina works with BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent clients, and with anyone who feels they don't fit in. Gina is a Certified Professional Resume Writer. Gina coaches through guiding questions and reflective listening. Gina also helps clients spot limiting beliefs, emotions and fears that get in the way of career choices.
Krista Vaught
Krista Vaught is a career and life design coach based in Tennessee. Krista helps higher education professionals and executive assistants find their strengths and skills. Clients get clear on what work they would like to do, then build a plan to explore that direction. Krista also works with early career professionals, administrative professionals, highly sensitive people, and neurodivergent people. Krista holds Designing Your Life and Gallup Strengths certifications.
Carrie Jones
Carrie Jones is a career coach and life coach in Minnesota. Carrie helps people get unstuck and grow. Carrie's coaching draws on brain science and nervous system awareness. Carrie works with people who have ADHD, individual contributors, moms, and people who feel burned out. Carrie looks at balance across career, family, community, and health. Carrie is working toward their ICF credentials. Sessions are flexible, so clients can handle new challenges while they stay on their goals.
Elspeth Wadsworth
Elspeth Wadsworth is a career, life and business coach. Elspeth helps business owners, start ups and individuals who want more fulfilling work and personal lives. Elspeth does not stick to one niche. Elspeth treats work and personal life as linked, and coaches the whole person instead of one problem. Elspeth's business coaching draws on a background in marketing and business management. Elspeth holds an EMCC EIA and a Transformational Coaching Certificate.
Michelle Kevill
Michelle Kevill is a coach who helps high-achieving neurodivergent women get their passion for work back. Her coaching covers career clarity, stress and anxiety at work, and work/life balance. She also works on imposter syndrome, presentation nerves, perfectionism and self-worth.
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills is a leadership coach who works with executives, leaders, business owners and people going through career transitions. Over half of Barbara's executive and leadership clients are ADHD or neurodiverse. Barbara has helped more than 2,125 companies, businesses and individuals since 2002. Barbara also works as a nonprofit compliance director in Camden, NJ, and hosts a weekly streaming talk show. Earlier Barbara worked for the SBA and for HUD.
Caitlyn McGinley
Caitlyn McGinley coaches students and professionals in college admissions, executive functioning and career moves into product management. Caitlyn leads AI Service Transformation at Natera. Caitlyn is a former Stanford researcher. Caitlyn has worked in research, clinical, school and workplace settings for over 5 years and has worked with over 800 people on school and work placement. Caitlyn also helps people get accommodations at work and in school.
Scott Garbini
Scott Garbini is a college and career consultant. Scott helps students and families find the right college or career. Scott is the owner and lead consultant of Garbini Education and Career Consulting LLC. Scott works with students who have anxiety, attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or who are on the autism spectrum. Scott also helps LGBT students find schools with strong support services. Scott coaches families and students on executive function and life skills.
Christina Steger
Christina Steger is an ADHD and career change coach who owns Balanced Approach Coaching. Christina works online with college students, graduate students, young adults and perfectionists. Christina has spent 3 years in counseling, as a school counselor and in private practice, and holds licenses in both. Christina also worked in a school specialized for students with ADHD. Christina is working toward Board Certified Coach status. Christina also coaches people who support loved ones with ADHD.
Christina Watkins
Christina Watkins is an ADHD, career and life coach in Long Beach, California. She coaches adults on productivity, career transitions and daily life skills. She has a special focus on ADHD and on adults who grew up with a hoarding parent. She served two tours in Iraq with the army. She then spent 10 years as a career coach and employment specialist in Los Angeles. Today she runs an employment training program and coaches the general public.
Funmi Oni
Funmi Oni is a London life, career and ADHD coach. Funmi works with professionals, young adults and neurodiverse people. Before coaching, Funmi spent 30 years as a management consultant. Funmi worked at IBM, NatWest and The Royal Bank of Scotland, and Funmi was an IT Director at KPMG. Funmi holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in ADHD. Funmi also works with organisations on neurodiversity at work and in education.
Maureen Hilton
Maureen Hilton is a career and life coach who focuses on neurodiversity, with deep expertise in autism and Asperger's. Maureen coaches adults, college students and partners in neurodivergent relationships. Maureen also trains coaches, HR teams, recruiters and organizations. Maureen spent over 20 years as a Harvard University administrator in Career Services, Human Resources, Recruiting and Disability Services. Maureen works in Massachusetts and uses CliftonStrengths in their own work.
Oliver Haughton
Oliver Haughton is an Atlanta life coach who works with ADHD and AuDHD adults. He studied community psychology at Georgia State and worked with the Grady Trauma Project and AvitaCare. He is AuDHD himself and was diagnosed as an adult after six jobs in twenty years. He founded ADHDWorks.biz, a career and coaching platform built for neurodivergent people. His clients get a 30-60-90 day plan, a work style assessment, and one-on-one coaching.
Carly Coleman
Carly Coleman is a life, career and performance coach in Amsterdam. Carly helps young adults with career transitions and entrepreneurship goals, expats who want more confidence and clarity, and people with ADHD who want to build executive function skills. Carly holds ECPC and ICF ACC coaching credentials and has coached in a mental health treatment center. Carly runs their own practice in the Netherlands and has more than 3 years of private coaching experience.
Christina Watkins
Christina Watkins is a coach in Long Beach, California. Christina helps adults with ADHD, career transitions, productivity and daily life skills. Christina spent 10 years as a career coach and employment specialist for a nonprofit and a government program in Los Angeles. Christina served two tours in Iraq with the army. Christina also works with adult children of hoarders, and Christina grew up in a hoarded home themselves.
Funmi Oni
Funmi Oni is a London life and career coach who also coaches people with ADHD. Funmi works with professionals, young adults and neurodiverse people. Funmi spent 30 years as a management consultant and worked with organisations such as IBM and NatWest. Funmi founded Ataraxia Coaching and holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in ADHD. Funmi also works with organisations on neurodiversity at work and in education.
Ginny Johnson
Ginny Johnson is an independent educational consultant who helps high school, undergraduate and graduate students plan for college and graduate school. She runs Pathways to Admission LLC in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Her work centers on students headed into allied health fields such as pre-med, physician assistant, physical therapy and nursing. She has visited more than 500 schools and supported more than 18,000 students. She also advises students with ADHD, dyslexia and other learning differences.
Jennifer Rickmers
Jennifer Rickmers is an executive, career and ADHD coach in Cibolo, Texas. Jennifer helps professionals who are changing careers, dealing with stress, or facing hard decisions. Jennifer also coaches people with ADHD and autism on focus, productivity and executive skills. Jennifer holds a PhD and is a Board Certified Coach. Jennifer is also a Key Performance Indicator Professional and a certified Neurolinguistic Programming practitioner. Jennifer writes articles on ADHD myths, setting boundaries and autistic strengths at work.
Lisa Lawrence
Lisa Lawrence is an executive and ADHD coach who works with high-capacity professionals facing growth, transition or burnout. Lisa's clients include lawyers, executives, founders, engineers and neurodivergent leaders. Lisa began their career as a lawyer, then moved into senior leadership and HR roles at Amazon. Lisa runs Reunion Wellness Studio. Lisa's coaching pairs clear thinking with attention to the nervous system, and Lisa takes on one issue at a time.
Marci Schwartz
Marci Schwartz is an independent educational consultant who leads Thrive College Counseling in Los Gatos, California. Marci helps teens and their families plan the move to college. Marci's team focuses on students with autism, ADHD, and other learning differences. They build college lists, guide applications, and teach executive function and college readiness skills. The same team member who does a student's test prep stays on to provide the college counseling.
Ned Snyder
Ned Snyder is an ADHD and autism coach who also does life and career coaching. Ned works with neurodiverse people of all ages, parents of neurodiverse children, students from K-12 through college, and business groups. Ned holds a Master's degree in Psychology and has trained in Special Education and Human Services. Ned has worked as a teacher, a school administrator and in mental health institutions. Ned holds certifications in ADHD, autism, career, life, CBT, REBT, DBT and NLP coaching.
Paula Michaeldass
Paula Michaeldass is a coach who helps people with ADHD, job seekers and students with career, school and daily focus goals. She has more than 20 years of combined experience in career counseling, ADHD coaching and college admissions. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership and is a National Certified Counselor. She focuses on 2E clients, who are both ADHD and gifted, and on entrepreneurship. She meets clients online or in Duluth, Georgia.
Don Eash
Don Eash is an executive, team and career coach in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Don works with individuals and teams at key moments such as new roles, career transitions and team friction. Before coaching, Don spent more than 30 years leading teams at Disney, Universal and other organizations. Don holds the ICF Master Certified Coach credential and has logged more than 6,000 coaching hours. Don also coaches neurodiverse professionals, including people with ADHD or autism.
Joe Henrickson
Joe Henrickson is a Seattle life coach who works with neurodivergent professionals. He focuses on career, relationships and life purpose. Joe left a career in Technical Support in the tech industry and started coaching after 2020. He holds an active ICF Associate Certified Coach credential. He also has autism and ADHD diagnoses himself, so he coaches on both from lived experience. His practice is called Symbiosis Coaching.
Roni Kean
Roni Kean is an ADHD and autism coach who helps neurodivergent adults with work and daily life. She is a certified health and wellness coach with 25 years in HR and organizational development. She knows how workplaces run and where neurodivergent people hit barriers. Her sessions cover executive function, workplace accommodations, self-advocacy, and relationship communication. She coaches clients online across the United States.
Kristin Hendrix
Kristin Hendrix is a life coach who works with women balancing their roles at work and at home. Kristin's clients include professionals, executives, working caregivers, people in tech and neurodiverse clients. Sessions start with where the client is now, in work and in life. Kristin then looks at what is working and what is not. Kristin draws on both lived experience and coaching experience to help clients build a map of where they are, where they are going and their progress.
Victor Chambers
Victor Chambers is a life, career and leadership coach in Utica, New York. Victor helps thoughtful, capable people who are burned out from living inside systems that don't fit how their minds work. Many of Victor's clients are neurodivergent or work in helping professions. Before coaching, Victor worked in human services and behavioral health, moving from direct care into supervisory, program management and clinical roles. Victor holds a Master of Social Work degree.
Alex Gilbert
Alex Gilbert is an accountability and ADHD coach in New Jersey. She helps adults with ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disabilities who struggle in their careers. Alex spent her career in leadership development before she started Cape-Able Consulting. She has dyslexia and ADHD herself. Her work centers on helping clients handle their day-to-day workloads so they feel supported and reach their full potential.
Annie Archer-Byerley
Annie Archer-Byerley is a leadership and ADHD coach who works with first-time people managers, senior leaders, and people in career transition. Annie spent time in a corporate HR department and saw leadership development go mainly to executives and high potentials. Annie now offers that kind of learning to a wider group. Annie also supports disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent leaders. Annie holds Hogan assessment training and a Brown University leadership coaching credential.
Carissa Clearwater
Carissa Clearwater is an accountability and breathwork coach in Massachusetts. Carissa helps people who feel stuck, burned out, or cut off from who they are. Carissa holds a 200-hour yoga teacher training and is a certified career and wellness coach. Carissa has rebuilt their own life and career more than once, and Carissa draws on that experience in their sessions. Carissa's clients include artists, freelancers, and solopreneurs.
Declan Katwala
Declan Katwala is an accountability, ADHD and life coach who works with neurodivergent people, graduates and university students. Declan holds EMCC and ICF credentials and an added certificate in neurodiversity coaching. Declan has more than a decade of experience supporting people in the non-profit, education and private sectors. Declan's coaching builds confidence, resilience and self-awareness, and Declan helps clients handle workplace challenges.
Jess Jarmo
Jess Jarmo is a career and life coach for people with dyslexia and ADHD. Jess works one on one and tailors each plan to the client. The focus is on college seniors, recent graduates, and people who feel stuck in their careers. Clients build a 3 to 5 year career plan and learn how hiring managers think. Jess also has an HR generalist background and works in Massachusetts.
Kerry O'Connor-Kunsch
Kerry O'Connor-Kunsch is an ADHD career coach in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Kerry helps professionals with ADHD find the right career and run focused job searches. Kerry started out as a resume writer and holds the CPRW credential for resume writing. Kerry also holds the CCMC career coaching credential and trained at ADD Coach Academy. Kerry works with professionals who want to move past burnout.
Kat Andrews
Kat Andrews is a burnout recovery coach in Hawaii. Kat helps professionals, veterans and adult college students who deal with burnout, chronic stress and ADHD-related overwhelm. Kat is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Kat's clients include nurses, healthcare workers, IT professionals, first responders and therapists. Kat also works with career changers and neurodivergent clients who give a lot to others and want a life they do not need to escape from.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Cross | Career change and Job search | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Josh Mandell | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Benjamin Fitzgerald | Career change and Tech careers | $250 to $300 per hour |
| Cristin Downs | Career change and Job search | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Ben Tobin | Career change and Tech careers | $220 to $270 per hour |
| Gina Robinson | Career change and Job search | $150 to $200 per hour |
| Krista Vaught | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Carrie Jones | Career clarity and purpose | $110 to $195 an hour |
| Elspeth Wadsworth | Career change | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Michelle Kevill | Career clarity and purpose and Women's careers | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills | Career change | $125 to $230 an hour |
| Caitlyn McGinley | Career change and Resume and LinkedIn | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Scott Garbini | Career clarity and purpose | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Christina Steger | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $110 to $150 an hour |
| Christina Watkins | Career change and Resume and LinkedIn | $115 to $145 per hour |
Common questions
How much does a career coach cost?
Most career coaches charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
What else do these career coaches help with?
Common focus areas include career change, career clarity and purpose, resume and linkedin and job search.
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Last updated September 2026.