Judith Katz is a specialist coach working primarily with neurodivergent teens and young adults, particularly those navigating ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, burnout, school avoidance, or school-based trauma. Many of the young people she supports feel overwhelmed, shut down, or stuck, bright, sensitive, and capable, but often misunderstood and unsupported. Judith’s work focuses on helping them feel more in control, more confident, and more themselves.
Her coaching style is gentle, practical, and deeply personalised. With over 20 years of experience in the education sector, Judith’s background includes whole-class teaching (from Key Stage 2 to adult learners), policy development, one-to-one SEND support, pastoral mentoring, and running life-skills and philosophy therapy groups. She has also delivered research-based interventions for students with a wide range of needs. This breadth and depth of experience allows her to offer both a big-picture understanding and a fine-grained sensitivity to each coaching relationship.
In sessions, Judith begins by building trust and creating a sense of safety. From there, she explores the young person’s daily routines, thought patterns, and the wider systems around them. She introduces small, manageable strategies that align with the client’s nervous system and executive function profile, never against it.
Judith adheres to a professional coaching code of practice and only works on issues within her area of competence. While her approach incorporates aspects of therapeutic work — and many neurodivergent clients find coaching to be an invaluable coping tool — it is not a substitute for clinical or therapeutic treatment where needed. Conditions such as major depression, PTSD, severe anxiety disorders, eating disorders, self-harm, and substance abuse may require specialist support. In some cases, coaching with Judith can still be beneficial alongside other professional treatment, depending on the individual circumstances.
She also works closely with parents, offering one-to-one coaching and tools to support communication, collaboration, and deeper understanding. Many families come to her feeling stuck or unsure how to help. Her role is to reduce shame, translate what’s happening beneath the surface, and support a shift from conflict to connection.
Clients describe her sessions as calming, empowering, and often life-changing. Judith brings insight, humour, and unwavering belief in each young person’s potential, even and especially when they can’t see it themselves.