Executive Functioning Support For Neurodivergent Adults

Practical, neuroaffirming support with the demands of work, self-employment and study.


Led by an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist

Executive Functioning Support

Executive functioning describes the mental processes we use to get things done such as getting started, planning and prioritising, remembering what we need to do, managing time, staying focused, switching between tasks and following things through.

Difficulties with executive functioning can make work, self-employment, business or study harder to manage, even when you know what you need to do.

Executive Functioning Consultation

A standalone 90-minute consultation with an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist to understand where you are getting stuck and what may be contributing to this.

Before the consultation, you complete a pre-session questionnaire about your executive functioning, current demands and the situations you are finding difficult. This is reviewed before your appointment.

During the consultation, we look across different areas of executive functioning to understand the areas that come more easily, the areas that take more effort, and the situations where difficulties are having the greatest impact.

We explore how these strengths and difficulties interact with the demands of your work, self-employment, business or study, what is already working well, and the main obstacles getting in the way.

Together, we identify your main priorities and consider practical strategies, supports or adjustments that may help. We then focus on a priority area and develop clear next steps that you can begin putting into practice.

Following the consultation, you receive a written action plan summarising the main strengths, difficulties and priorities identified, together with the strategies, supports and next steps discussed.

Please note: This is not a diagnostic or neurodevelopmental assessment.

90 minutes · £225

Follow-up Executive Functioning Coaching

Executive Functioning Coaching is available for people who have completed an Executive Functioning Consultation with Authentic Work and would like ongoing practical support to put strategies into practice.

Coaching is provided by an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist working as an Executive Functioning Coach with Authentic Work, with experience supporting neurodivergent adults.

Sessions build on the priorities and strategies identified during your consultation. Rather than trying to address everything at once, coaching focuses on one practical difficulty, goal or priority at a time.

You work together to understand what is happening in a specific situation, break the difficulty down into manageable steps and identify practical approaches to try. This might involve developing routines or systems, using reminders or visual supports, adapting the task or environment, making better use of technology, or finding ways to reduce the amount you need to remember, organise or manage in your head.

Between sessions, you can try agreed strategies in real situations. In the next session, you review what happened, what helped, what got in the way and what may need to change.

Strategies can then be adjusted, simplified or replaced so that they better fit how you work and the demands you are managing.

Coaching provides ongoing practical support, structure and review to help you implement strategies, troubleshoot difficulties and build on approaches that are useful to you over time.

50 minutes · £125

Access to Work Support

Already have an Access to Work award for relevant coaching or coping-strategy support?

Authentic Work welcomes clients using Access to Work funding. Please contact us before your first booking so the relevant award and payment arrangements can be discussed.

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Book Your Session

New to Authentic Work?
Book a 90-minute Executive Functioning Consultation with an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist.

The consultation includes review of your pre-session questionnaire, exploration of your executive-functioning strengths and difficulties in relation to the demands you are managing, practical strategies and recommendations, and a written action plan following the consultation.

The consultation is a complete, standalone service. If you would like further one-to-one support to put strategies into practice, you can choose to access Executive Functioning Coaching after your consultation.

Already completed your Executive Functioning Consultation and want ongoing support?
Executive Functioning Coaching is available for people who have completed an Executive Functioning Consultation with Authentic Work and would like further one-to-one support to put strategies into practice.

Coaching is provided by an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist working as an Executive Functioning Coach with Authentic Work.

50-minute coaching sessions focus on one practical difficulty, goal or priority at a time, with support to try strategies, review what happens, troubleshoot difficulties and adapt the approach where needed.

Please note: there is currently a waiting list for ongoing Executive Functioning Coaching.

Using Access to Work funding?
Please contact Authentic Work before your first booking so the relevant funding arrangements can be discussed.

About Authentic Work

We work with neurodivergent adults, including autistic adults, adults with ADHD and AuDHD adults, whether formally diagnosed, awaiting assessment or self-identifying as neurodivergent. We also welcome neurotypical adults looking for a practical, neuroaffirming approach that takes account of how they think, work and process information.

We support people who struggle with

executive-functioning difficulties that can show up differently from person to person. In work, self-employment, business or study, this might include difficulty with:

  • getting started, even when you know exactly what needs to be done

  • keeping on top of emails, paperwork and administrative tasks

  • remembering tasks, appointments and deadlines

  • deciding what to do first when several things feel equally important

  • relying on last-minute urgency or deadline pressure to get things done

  • breaking down large, unclear or overwhelming pieces of work

  • finishing tasks and following things through

  • organising files, information and resources so you can find what you need

  • staying focused when tasks are repetitive, unclear or not immediately engaging

  • getting back into a task after being interrupted or distracted

  • switching from one task or type of work to another

  • estimating how long things will take and planning time realistically

  • keeping track of information or instructions while you are working

  • keeping track of what needs to be done without having to hold everything in your head

  • maintaining planners, routines or organisational systems over time

  • stepping back to review your work, notice what is not working and adjust your approach

  • managing several competing demands without becoming overloaded

  • continuing with a task when it becomes frustrating, difficult or boring

  • adapting when plans change, something unexpected happens or a system that was working stops working

We help by

providing executive functioning support that is practical, collaborative and focused on real situations in your day-to-day life. Depending on what you are working on, this might involve:

  • understanding what is happening when a particular task or situation becomes difficult

  • identifying what is already working and where additional support may help

  • clarifying goals and deciding what you want to work on first

  • breaking work into clearer, more manageable steps

  • developing realistic ways to plan and prioritise

  • creating external reminders, prompts, checklists and visual supports

  • reducing the amount of information you need to remember or hold in mind

  • developing approaches for starting, focusing, switching and returning to tasks

  • making time, deadlines and progress more visible

  • simplifying email, administrative and organisational systems

  • developing ways to manage distractions and protect attention

  • exploring routines, structures and accountability that are useful to you

  • adapting tasks, environments or ways of working to reduce unnecessary cognitive load

  • identifying practical supports or adjustments

  • developing approaches for managing changes, interruptions and competing demands

  • reflecting on what happened rather than assuming a strategy “should” have worked

  • trying strategies in real life, reviewing what was useful and adapting what was not

  • building on approaches that work for you and refining them over time

  • providing tailored support to find practical strategies, systems, supports and adjustments that fit how you work and process information.

About the team

Authentic Work is led by an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with experience supporting neurodivergent adults and understanding executive-functioning difficulties.

The Executive Functioning Consultation is provided by a Clinical Psychologist. The approach is neuroaffirming, psychologically informed and focused on understanding executive-functioning strengths and difficulties, identifying priorities, and developing practical strategies, supports and adjustments.

Executive Functioning Coaching is provided by an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist working as an Executive Functioning Coach with Authentic Work, with experience supporting neurodivergent adults.

Coaching focuses on practical implementation: putting strategies into practice, working on one difficulty, goal or priority at a time, reviewing what happens and adapting the approach where needed.

Contact Authentic Work

Have a question about the service, suitability or an existing Access to Work award? Send a message below and Authentic Work will respond as soon as possible.

Please note: Authentic Work is a coaching service and this contact form is not continuously monitored. It should not be used to seek urgent or emergency support. If you need immediate help, call 999 or attend your nearest emergency department. For other urgent mental-health needs, please contact your GP or an appropriate NHS or local urgent mental-health service.