Neurodiversity Coaching

Nancy Doyle is a registered occupational psychologist and coaching psychologist who has practiced in the disability support and social justice space for over twenty years. Nancy founded the non-profit company Genius Within, which is a majority neurodivergent/disabled staffed and led company providing support for adults and businesses on neuroinclusion in society and work. Nancy is a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London. Almuth McDowall is Professor of Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, where she co-directs the Centre for Neurodiversity Research at Work with Nancy. She is a registered practitioner psychologist (occupational) and undertakes consultancy for the public, private and third sector. She is committed to helping businesses make their people happy.

Acknowledgements 1. Our approach to writing this book 2. Introduction to neurodiversity 3. Typical challenges in neurodiversity coaching 4. The opportunities in neurodiversity coaching Section B: Coaching Techniques and Principles 5. Clean Language interviewing 6. Transactional Analysis 7. Positive communication in coaching 8. The Psychology of coaching Section C: Context Matters 9. Good work 10. Wellbeing and work life balance 11. The coaching contract 12. Reflective Practice