Therapy focuses on mental health treatment—diagnosing and addressing conditions like depression, anxiety, trauma, and other clinical issues. Therapists help clients understand and heal from past experiences, process emotions, and treat psychological disorders. Therapy often asks “why?” and explores root causes. It’s typically covered by insurance and requires specific clinical licenses.
Coaching focuses on present and future goals—helping clients develop skills, strategies, and systems to achieve specific outcomes. Coaches work with clients who are generally functioning well but want to improve performance, navigate challenges, or reach their potential in specific areas (like career, relationships, or life management). Coaching asks “what?” and “how?”—what do you want to achieve and how can we get there? It’s action-oriented and focused on building capability. Coaching is typically self-pay and doesn’t require clinical licensure (though credentials vary).
For neurodivergent adults specifically:
- Therapy might address co-occurring anxiety, depression, trauma from years of misunderstanding, or help process a late diagnosis
- Coaching helps with executive function strategies, workplace accommodations, relationship communication, building routines, time management, and learning to work with (not against) your neurodivergent brain
Many neurodivergent adults benefit from both—therapy for mental health support and coaching for practical life skills. The two complement each other but serve different purposes.
A COACH should not be offering diagnosis, recommendations for medication or specific treatments. Anything beyond what is described above, a responsible, ethical coach will refer you to a LMHC or other professional.
A COACH is not limited to specific states.
Reach out to an advocate who can review what’s happening. Sometimes there is an opportunity to communicate and make requests for accommodations and monitor progress. Contact roni@divergentsupport.com to discuss.
If your situation is egregious enough where it constitutes discrimination or a violation of your rights under the ADA, you will need to consult with an attorney. An advocate can help refer you to someone who can help.
Speaking with an advocate either through Divergent Support Services or other organizations, is usually a free service. The only time there would be a cost is if there was mediation involved- where an advocate reaches out on your behalf to work towards resolution to issues around accommodations or other concerns in your workplace.
It depends on a few factors, if the trainer is coming to your site, how many staff do you want trained, etc. Contact info@divergentsupportservices.com to request a quote.
There is a book, “The Inclusive Workplace, A Neurodivergent Employee’s Guide to Success”– available on Amazon, that is a wonderful resource, full of templates and advice. If you do not feel comfortable reaching out, this book might be just what you need!
NO. Divergent Support Services does not provide diagnostics, evaluations, recommendations for medication therapeutics, legal representation or mediation, or medical advice regarding neurodivergence diagnosis.
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