ADHD Coaching with Aubrey Winfield
ADHD Coaching for
College and University Students
Learn the skills that get you through school, and serve you long after it.
Aubrey Winfield coaches college and university students with ADHD, diagnosed or not, with a focus on first year and on young adults in transition.
A confidential 20-minute call with Aubrey.
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- Ten sessions by Zoom
- Across the US, Canada and internationally
- Skills for school and life
The Transition
Why first year is hard with ADHD.
Being capable doesn't always make school easy. Going to college or university is often the most significant change in a young person's life, and with ADHD that change can be very challenging.
The structure and accountability that held things together at home and in high school fall away. Deadlines are weeks apart, nobody checks whether the reading got done, and sleep, meals and a social life are suddenly yours to manage.
The problem is rarely ability. It is knowing how to do what needs doing, having a structure that fits how you work, and having someone to keep you accountable while it becomes a habit.
Who This Is For
First year, and young adults in transition.
Aubrey's focus is students in their first year of college or university, and young adults in transition. Students in any later year are welcome too.
First year students
More freedom and less structure, often in a new city. Assignments pile up, the week loses its shape, and it is hard to get started until a deadline forces it.
Young adults in transition
Getting ready to start college or university, taking time off, changing programs, or moving from school into work.
Second year and beyond
Students in any year are welcome. Many come after a first year that was harder than expected, wanting the next one to go differently.
No diagnosis required. Aubrey works with you, your goals and what gets in your way, not a label.
The intro call is where you decide together whether coaching is the right fit for now, or whether another kind of help, such as career counselling, would serve you better.
What the Coaching Covers
How ADHD coaching helps college students.
This is not test prep. This is not tutoring. This is coaching.
Test prep gets you ready for one exam, and tutoring helps with one course. Coaching teaches you how to overcome the challenges that get in the way, with skills that get you through school and will serve you long after it.
Skills for school. Skills for life.
Planning
At school
A week built around classes, assignments and exams.
For life
Any week with more to do than time to do it.
Starting and finishing
At school
Getting started before a deadline forces it, and finishing what you start.
For life
Following through when no one is checking.
Keeping track
At school
Everything that is due, in one place.
For life
Commitments, bills and appointments.
Balance and self-care
At school
A structure that balances school, health and social life.
For life
The habits that keep you well when work and life get busy.
Communicating
At school
Speaking up with professors, roommates and campus supports.
For life
Understanding a situation and responding in an authentic and appropriate way, at work and at home.
Knowing yourself
At school
Understanding your strengths and challenges, and how you work best.
For life
Choosing work and goals that fit who you are.
Accountability, built in
Someone who expects you to follow through.
Accountability here isn't someone checking up on you. It is a regular, honest look at what you said you would do, what actually happened and why, with someone on your side.
- A short daily check-in on The System, marking each commitment as no effort, effort or success
- A weekly review with Aubrey of what got done, what didn't and what to change
- Commitments resized when they are too big, so the next week works
Over ten weeks, you learn to hold yourself accountable, a skill you will use long after school, when no one else is checking.
How Each Session Works
Each session moves between two levels.
01 · Tactical Coaching
Working The System
The System, developed by Robert Pal, turns your goals into daily behaviours that move them forward. Each session starts with your check-ins: what worked, what slipped and what needs adjusting, whether it is the size of a commitment, its timing or the support around it.
02 · Mindful Intelligence
What is behind it
Then the conversation goes underneath, to why something didn't happen: stress, avoidance, an inner voice saying you are just bad at this, or a week that fell apart. Mindful Intelligence is learning to notice thoughts, emotions and impulses as they happen, so you can respond by choice instead of reacting.
Stress, self-care and the first time away from home
For many students, first year is also the first time living away from home. Sleep, meals, money and friendships are suddenly theirs to manage, alongside the work, and stress can build quietly.
Mindful Intelligence is more than meditation. For some students, self-care becomes a large part of the coaching: sleep, food, exercise, rest, staying connected and asking for help early.
Direct, never shaming. When something gets in the way, Aubrey helps you understand why and find a next step that works.
Creative Students
ADHD coaching for creative students.
Quote from Aubrey to follow.
Aubrey Winfield
If you are studying music, film, design, theatre or writing, or creating things on the side while you study, this may sound familiar: everything goes to the project you care about, and the required course waits.
Aubrey knows that world. He has spent more than 40 years working with young artists and creators, and building companies in entertainment, media and content, including a record label and recording studios.
Your Coach
Who is Aubrey Winfield?
Aubrey Winfield is an ADHD coach trained by Robert Pal, and part of Robert's coaching practice. He is Co-founder of The Orange Group of Companies and has spent more than 40 years building and running companies in entertainment, media, marketing and content.
Aubrey has always been an ideas person. Seeing possibilities came naturally; organizing himself to act on them did not. He learned what closes that gap: a reliable structure, small commitments kept consistently, and the right people around him.
His training also includes positive psychology through the University of Pennsylvania and coaching at the Adler Graduate School, and he has coached business leaders and professionals through career and life transitions.
Fee and How to Start
One package, one published fee.
Weekly 60-minute sessions by Zoom, for students across the United States, Canada and internationally.
Ten-session package
US$3,000
Ten weekly sessions, 60 minutes each
Long enough to work through most of a term, with The System set up around your courses and your week, and adjusted as deadlines, exams and the rest of life change.
Step 1
Book a 20-minute intro call
Pick a time on Aubrey's calendar below. A student or a parent can book it.
Step 2
Talk it through with Aubrey
A confidential conversation about where things stand, to decide whether coaching fits, for both of you.
Step 3
Start coaching
Your first session sets up The System around your courses and your week.
Confidential · Direct · No pitch
For Parents
Can a parent arrange coaching for a college student?
Yes. Aubrey's aim is to help your son or daughter move forward in school while feeling encouraged in their ambitions. They set their goals together with Aubrey, so they have an active voice, build confidence and take greater ownership of their progress.
Time alone with your son or daughter
You are welcome to make the first contact. It is essential that Aubrey spends part of the intro call with your son or daughter on their own, because the fit that matters is between coach and student.
What is shared with you
Coaching is confidential. The goals your son or daughter sets with Aubrey, usually in the first session, are typically shared with you.
What coaching is not
It is not test prep, tutoring or therapy. It builds the skills and habits your son or daughter will rely on in school and long after it.
Most importantly, Aubrey helps them see that their future potential is not defined by their past performance.
Questions About Coaching for Students
Common questions, honest answers.
How is ADHD coaching different from test prep, tutoring or therapy?
Test prep gets a student ready for an exam, such as the SAT or LSAT. A tutor teaches course content. A therapist diagnoses and treats mental health conditions. A coach teaches the student how to do what they need to do, with skills for school and for life: planning, starting, finishing, looking after their health, communicating and making decisions. Coaching works alongside medication, therapy or academic support, not in place of them.
Does ADHD coaching help college students?
The research is limited but consistent. CHADD, the US national ADHD organization, reports that college students who received individual coaching developed better executive functioning and self-determination skills. It also reports a large-scale study in which first year college students who were coached were more likely to stay in college and graduate.
Is this the same as executive function coaching?
They overlap. Executive function coaching focuses on skills such as planning, organization, time management and focus, and those are a large part of this work. ADHD coaching also looks at how ADHD shows up in the rest of a student's life, including stress, motivation, relationships and confidence.
What ages does Aubrey work with?
Aubrey's focus is first year students, usually 17 or 18, and young adults in transition. Students in any later year are welcome too.
Does a student need an ADHD diagnosis?
No. Some students are diagnosed, some suspect ADHD, and some simply recognize the pattern. Aubrey works with the student, their goals and what gets in their way, not a label.
Does it matter where the student is?
No. Coaching is online by Zoom, so it continues from residence, from home and between terms, anywhere in the United States, Canada and internationally.
What does it cost?
US$3,000 for the ten-session package: ten weekly 60-minute sessions by Zoom, with The System set up around the student's courses and week. Ten sessions is long enough to work through most of a term.
Book an Intro Call
Start with where things stand.
Pick a time for a confidential 20-minute call with Aubrey.
Calls are booked directly with Aubrey. Are you a parent looking for coaching for yourself? Start a conversation with Robert →
Confidential · Direct · No pitch