Support for the way neurodivergent minds work
CoachBridge provides neurodiversity-affirming coaching that is practical and skills-based. We support individuals who struggle with planning, organisation, focus, time management and follow-through.
Institutions see better engagement, smoother study and work, and clearer insight into what is changing. Individuals can sign up directly, with or without an institutional sponsor.
🔒 Built with privacy and GDPR compliance in mind.
What we do
What is executive function coaching?
CoachBridge delivers structured executive function coaching, focused on planning, prioritising, starting tasks, sustaining effort, and follow-through. Executive function is the ability to plan, organise, start tasks, manage focus and adapt when things change. For many neurodivergent people, these processes work differently, not worse. Executive function coaching builds on existing strengths and creates practical structures that work with, rather than against, the way a person's brain works.
Getting started
Moving from intention to action, when starting is the hardest part of the task.
Time awareness
Sensing how time passes, so plans match the hours you actually have.
Planning ahead
Breaking goals into visible steps, and ordering them in a way that holds.
Holding things in mind
Keeping the right information to hand while you work through a task.
Going with the flow
Adapting when plans change, without losing the thread of what matters.
Staying organised
Building systems for tasks, spaces and information that work without constant effort.
Managing emotions under pressure
Staying steady when stress builds, so feelings inform you rather than derail you.
Thinking before acting
Creating a pause between impulse and action, on your own terms.
We work from what is happening in daily life, how tasks, environments and expectations interact with your brain, and build support from there.
What's inside
Inside the programme
A short, structured arc with a clear start and finish. We measure where someone is, support them through two complementary strands, then measure what has shifted.
Before
Impact check-in
A simple baseline of needs, confidence and goals.
Across the programme
Skills Labs
Practical, lab-style sessions where participants try out executive function tools, compare approaches and learn what works for them. Each session includes structured body doubling, so people leave having made progress on real tasks.
1:1 coaching
Confidential online coaching focused on the participant’s real study or work context. Coach and participant co-create strategies, test them between sessions and adjust what is not working.
After
Impact check-in
What has shifted, for the person and anonymised for the institution.
Free Assessment
Understand how you work
Our 3-minute executive function assessment is the foundation of our coaching approach. It shows you how you naturally work across 8 key areas, no diagnosis needed. Use it to understand yourself, focus your coaching, or simply learn more about your strengths and where you might want support.
⚡ Free · 3 minutes
The CoachBridge Executive Function Assessment
A free, 3-minute assessment that reveals your strengths and challenges across 8 key executive function areas. No diagnosis, no labels, just practical insight into how your brain works. Individuals use it to understand themselves. Coaches use it to personalise your coaching. Everyone learns something useful.
Take the assessment →🔒 No account required to begin.
About our approach
How CoachBridge is different
Most coaching focuses on productivity hacks, mindset shifts, or helping people perform within systems that were not designed for them. CoachBridge starts somewhere else: with functional need. We look at what is actually getting in the way day to day, such as planning, organisation, focus, task initiation, time management and follow-through, whether or not someone has a formal diagnosis. For individuals, that means practical, neuro-affirmative coaching that meets you where you are, without shame or pressure to “try harder.” For institutions, it means a scalable way to support students and staff based on real need, while strengthening reasonable adjustment, accommodation and inclusion practice.
Ungated by design
No diagnosis and no disclosure are required to begin. We start from functional need, how tasks and environments interact with a person’s brain, so support reaches people who are quietly struggling, not only those who already have a label.
Human coaching, at scale
Trained, supervised coaches deliver consistent support across whole cohorts, so institutions can reach many people without losing the human relationship.
Built for legal obligation
Our model supports duties around reasonable adjustment and equality, giving institutions a defensible, documented way to meet them.
Who we work with
We work with institutions,
not just individuals
CoachBridge supports three key sectors where neurodivergent people often struggle to disclose and to access support without active outreach. In all three, the challenge is not lack of need, it is that support rarely reaches people who are quietly struggling.
Higher education
Universities and colleges need sustainable, scalable support for students managing planning, time and focus challenges. Our cohort-based and individual coaching models fit within student services, accessibility and wellbeing frameworks.
Employers and workplaces
Organisations building inclusive cultures need practical support that reaches undisclosed employees. Our coaching supports obligations under disability equality frameworks and helps build genuine psychological safety, so neurodivergent people feel safer asking for what they need.
Healthcare systems
NHS Trusts and other health providers need structured, non-clinical support for people waiting for assessment or navigating everyday executive function challenges. Our coaching helps fill the gap between diagnosis waiting lists and clinical interventions.
Designed to strengthen institutional compliance
Across the UK, EU, US and beyond, equality law expects institutions to remove practical barriers for disabled people, and many neurodivergent people meet those definitions. CoachBridge gives you a scalable, documented way to strengthen that work.
Learn more about our legal framework ↓See how this could work for your institution
Start with our two-minute self-assessment for a tailored snapshot of your provision and our practical guide, or talk to us directly.
Legal Framework
Grounded in disability equality law
CoachBridge operates in the context of disability equality and employment law across multiple jurisdictions. Our coaching is grounded in functional need, not diagnostic labels, and focuses on reducing practical barriers to learning and work. We help institutions provide practical, non-clinical support that can form part of a wider reasonable-adjustment or accommodation approach, alongside other measures. We centre lived experience and work in partnership with staff and student neurodiversity networks, disability services, and other stakeholders through a rights-based approach.
UK Equality Act 2010
Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 creates a duty to make reasonable adjustments so that workers, learners and service users with disabilities are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared with people who are not disabled. Executive function coaching can be one way institutions support that duty, including as part of anticipatory adjustments where they identify common barriers in advance. This aligns with guidance that organisations should take proactive steps to remove barriers, not wait until an individual hits crisis before acting.
EU Employment Equality Directive 2000/78/EC
Article 5 of the EU Employment Equality Directive 2000/78/EC requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to enable people with disabilities to access, participate in and advance in employment, unless this would impose a disproportionate burden. Coaching that helps with planning, focus, organisation and follow-through can complement other workplace adjustments and support employers in meeting these obligations across EU member states and the EEA.
US Americans with Disabilities Act
Under Title I of the ADA (employment) and Title II (public entities), covered organisations must provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities unless this would cause undue hardship or fundamentally alter the service. Executive function coaching can be one practical support measure within an institution’s broader ADA accommodation strategy, where it is appropriate to the role and the individual’s needs. It does not replace the need for case-by-case assessment, interactive dialogue or other job-related adjustments.
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The CRPD sets out international standards on equality, accessibility and participation for people with disabilities, including obligations to ensure reasonable accommodation and support for independent living, education and work. Executive function coaching can support implementation of these principles in practice by helping to remove everyday barriers to learning, employment and community participation for neurodivergent people whose difficulties meet the relevant disability thresholds.
How we support compliance
CoachBridge is designed to help institutions strengthen their approach to legal obligations in a way that is scalable and person-centred. We provide clear programme documentation and anonymised or aggregated outcome data that can support internal equality, diversity and inclusion work, policy development and compliance reporting. CoachBridge is not a substitute for legal advice or statutory assessment, but it gives organisations a structured, evidence-informed way to offer support that aligns with modern disability equality standards.
Insights
Institutional validation and measured results
CoachBridge has been tested with institutional partners across education, healthcare and enterprise. Early results show strong engagement from neurodivergent people and promising impact on self management and psychological safety.
120+
specialist coaches
Across the UK, the Nordic region and the US. ICF certified, or on a structured ICF pathway.
5.9/6
psychological safety and inclusion rating
From workshop participants, indicating that people feel safe enough to be honest about what is hard.
2nd
NHS Trust cohort commissioned
Commissioned after evaluation of the initial pilot.
Partners and programmes
NHS Healthcare · UK
An NHS Trust that renewed and expanded
Running cohort based coaching with an NHS Trust. The Trust renewed and expanded programming following the pilot. Focus: improving day to day functioning for neurodivergent people.
Higher Education · Nordic and Europe
BI Norwegian Business School
A student pilot at BI Norwegian Business School, proving demand for executive function support in higher education.
Enterprise · Central Europe
EY coach networks
The CoachBridge Executive Function Assessment Tool is in use by 80 internal coaches at EY across Central Europe.
Multi Sector · Multi Region
Expansion across UK, EU and US
Active in the UK, EU and US, and building institutional partnerships in each market.
What Our Clients Say
“I am more organised, and I am kinder to myself when I am having a particularly difficult day.”
“I generally feel calmer, able to face day to day challenges with more ease, and I am a lot more organised.”
“This coaching has provided several methods to help, creating soft landings by planning tasks the day before, having an accountability partner, and reducing distracting environments.”
Why CoachBridge?
Neurodiversity-Affirming
All our coaches are trained to celebrate neurological differences and build strategies that work with — not against — your brain.
Affordable by Design
We partner with universities and nonprofits to keep rates low. Our pilot program offers reduced-cost coaching for qualified clients.
Flexible & Virtual
All sessions are held via video call, making it easy to connect with a coach no matter where you live or what your schedule looks like.
Whole-Person Focus
We don’t just tackle homework or to-do lists. We help you understand yourself, build self-advocacy skills, and create a life you’re proud of.