Hello, my name is Lind Stevens.
I coach individuals who have Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity, who want to manage their ADD and construct a lifestyle that works for them instead of against them. These individuals are willing to look at the challenges and difficulties ADD brings into their lives, along with their talents and goodness, in order to create a more balanced view of themselves and a more satisfying and productive life.
Manage time based on your individual lifestyle
 | Decide on a planner that suits your life. |
| Overcome the difficulties that time poses for ADDer's. |
Set, plan, and stick with your goals
| Develop goals and carry out projects that have clearly defined steps that are the right size for you. |
| Use the accountability provided by coaching to help you stay 'on task'. |
| Learn to work around the difficulties with task completion. |
Prioritize your activities
| Develop a "focus" by taking a careful look at all the activities you are involved in and make careful choices based on your interests and responsibilities and time. |
| Eliminate the 'shoulds' in your life that clutter up your time and your energy. |
Recognize how ADD 'looks' in your life
| Increase your understanding of how ADD affects your life through coaching and self education. |
| Ultimately, take control of your ADD and learn to live with it gracefully, realizing you have the right to be 'human' too. |
Build routines and systems
| Build systems that support you in your everyday life so you have more of yourself to spend on the 'good stuff'. |
| Set goals and carry out your plans to organize, declutter, streamline, simplify, etc, etc, etc! |
See the BIGGER picture!
| Remember that life is MORE than living with ADD! |
Office hours:
Limited to Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.
Eastern Standard Time
All coaching is provided over the phone.
Telephone: 301-642-2651
Email:
coaching@lindstevens.com
Columbia, MD
The fee for coaching is $60 per week.
This includes one 55 minute coaching session
and limited email support.
Payments: Check or PayPal
Professional Background
I am a graduate of The Optimal Functioning Institute, an ADD coach training program. I have been coaching since 2000.
I have continued my professional education by attending seminars, reading current literature, and interacting with other professionals in the field of coaching and ADD. I also hosted a local support group for a couple of years in my local area and have presented several workshops.
I also graduated in 1977 from Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy. I am currently certified and licensed to practice Occupational Therapy in the state of Maryland. The majority of my work as an OT was in adult rehabilitation.
I believe that my background in Occupational Therapy adds value to my role as an ADD Coach. As an OT, I am trained to see the ' whole' person by acknowledging the many facets that make up a person such as one's values, life history, culture, social roles, and physical and mental capabilities, not to mention the importance of one's desires, motivation, and goals. As an OT, I am highly trained in task analysis, which is a highly individualized process that is used to analyze where the performance breaks down and to develop strategies or remediation, when possible, that would allow for successful completion of the task.
In addition to my work as an OT, I was an at home mom for 13 years while my four children were very young. I have included this under Professional Experience because of the many skills it takes to be a mother and run a household and because of the many life experiences it has given me.