Executive functioning coaching

What is executive functioning/ADHD Coaching?

Executive functioning/ADHD coaching is a type of intervention that builds executive functioning (EF) skills, which help people manage their everyday responsibilities. As EF skills improve, clients learn to self-regulate so they can work independently to achieve their goals.

At Heights Psychology Collective, our coaches support clients, including students and adults, who struggle with organization in their school, work, and/or personal lives. Our coaches help their clients understand their particular executive functioning profile and provide targeted interventions. Coaches can also help clients remain accountable to complete specific tasks or work and offer support along the way. The coaches collaborate closely with Gauri Pradhan, PsyD and Laura Gordon, PsyD and attend a weekly supervision group to discuss cases and ensure best practices of EF and ADHD coaching.

If you are interested, please reach out to coaching@heightspsychologycollective.com. We are happy to schedule a complimentary, twenty-minute phone consultation followed by an intake session that will help us match you with a coach. Clients generally meet with their coach once a week, but we will determine a treatment plan to best fit your needs.

We are currently accepting new adult and teen clients!

Our coaching team: Lori Schwartz, BA, Priya Patel, MA, Oormi Sivapatham, BA, and Ivy Long, BA

Lori Schwartz studied Film at Columbia University, focusing on screenwriting, and spent ten years as a professional actor. She then began a career in business administration and patient advocacy for therapists and psychiatrists. Through this work, she consults and coaches mental health practitioners in their professional growth, always listening and paying close attention to the unique needs of each client. A target area of interest is working with professionals to assist them in meeting daily goals that are typically burdened by their busy lives and extensive responsibilities. 

Lori also offers academic tutoring and creative or executive functioning coaching to all types of professionals. As a coach, she provides adjunctive support to therapy by assisting with executive functioning skills such as organization, processing, time management, scheduling, and reasoning. She particularly enjoys helping clients with their writing, whether that be papers for school, work material, or creative projects!

Lori assists in emotional regulation during strenuous tasks and provides a solution-focused model to help clients achieve their goals. Her strengths-based approach allows her to break down goals into small, manageable tasks. She has experience working with professionals who have trouble with  ADHD, Depression, Anxiety and Trauma.

Oormi Sivapatham is currently pursuing her PsyD in School-Clinical Psychology at Robert Wesleyan University and hopes to work with children who have learning disabilities after graduating. She received her BS from Saint Francis College, where she was a student athlete in the honors program and majored in Psychology with a minor in Biology. 

Oormi is also an executive functioning coach at HPC and helps children and adolescents to strengthen their executive functioning skills, including time management, task initiation, organization, and more. Oormi’s long standing passion for working with children started in her teen years, when she was a soccer coach, tutor, and babysitter! She strives to create a comfortable environment for her clients to collaborate on a plan in order to achieve their goals.

Priya Patel holds her Masters in Psychology from The New School For Social Research. She plans to get her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and to specialize in working with children and families.

She currently serves as HPC’s executive functioning program administrative assistant and also works with children, adolescents, and adults  as an executive functioning coach. In this role, Priya helps her clients manage executive functioning skills such as organization, time management, planning, and more. 

Priya collaborates with clients to create a model that works for them when it comes to achieving their goals, whether those goals are school or skill focused (e.g. taking the subway independently). Her work includes helping clients navigate the subway, complete personal tasks such as grocery shopping or going to the pharmacy, and supporting phone and computer digital organization. Priya has expertise in motivational interviewing and incorporates it in her sessions as needed. She has a particular passion for working with individuals with ASD.

Ivy Long graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice where she majored in human services and community justice. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work at Hunter College with a focus on clinical practice with individuals, families and groups. Ivy has experience working with adults and teenagers with ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, anxiety, and depression. 

Ivy’s educational background in social justice informs her approach to coaching. In addition to understanding the unique circumstances of each individual client, she utilizes the systems theory to acknowledge environmental factors that may impact the client. Through a strengths based perspective, Ivy works collaboratively with her clients and tailors her EF coaching sessions to their particular needs.