Andrea Yellinek, MS, OTR/L, CACP
ADHD Coach and Life Coach, Executive Skills Coach
Coaching New York and Worldwide
Andrea Yellinek is a credentialed ADHD Coach and a registered occupational therapist. As a coach and clinician, she has over 2 decades of experience helping individuals with executive function challenges related to ADHD and other neurodiversity maximize their potential.
Andrea incorporates her background in mental health, sensory processing, and occupational functioning into the coaching process. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Columbia University. Throughout her occupational therapy career, Andrea has gained vast experience working with individuals with ADHD, autism, and learning differences in both the school system and private practice.
Later in her career, Andrea joined the coaching community with the goal of serving individuals from a strengths-based and collaborative approach. She completed intensive coach training with ADD Coach Academy and afterward, through MentorCoach. As your coach, Andrea is committed to assisting individuals with executive function challenges to use their strengths and embrace their values to create more fulfillment in their lives.
Areas of Coaching Expertise:
Andrea is a Professional Certified ADHD Coach (CACP) from the Professional Association for ADHD Coaches (PAAC) and a registered Occupational Therapist. Andrea specializes in working with:
- Adult Professionals
- Young Adults transitioning to independence
- College, graduate students and high school students transitioning to college
- Self-regulation and sensory challenges
- Parents of neurodivergent children
- Balancing productivity with self-care
- Managing perfectionism, worry and overwhelm
Current Programs:
- Sensory Processing, Self-Regulation, and ADHD – Private Consultation
- Sensory Wellbeing Coaching Program
- Executive Functioning College Edition – Individual Consultation with Coach Andrea
- College Bound – Individual Consultation – Explore how you can prepare for the upcoming fall semester with Coach Andrea
- College Transition Coaching Plan
- Individual Consultation Session – Adult, Parent, or College Transition
Professional Training and Education:
- ADD Coach Academy, Certified ADHD Coach Training (ADDCA)
- MentorCoach Life Coach Training
- M.S. in Occupational Therapy, Columbia University
- B.A. in Psychology, Rutgers University
Testimonials:
“Coaching has been a game-changing life-saver.
Before I started coaching, my life felt like a rollercoaster. Most of the time I was either jumping from task to task or unable to begin any tasks, missing deadlines and struggling to focus. Day and night, I felt like I was drowning in a sea of unfinished projects.
Andrea taught me multiple time and energy management strategies and helped me organize my workload in a transformative way. Now I can prioritize my workload better and meet deadlines more consistently.
Andrea’s coaching also helped me to understand how my personal traits can be strengths rather than hindrances, and to acknowledge, appreciate and leverage my creativity and ability to think outside the box. Thanks to Andrea, I am more confident and productive, I feel more empowered than ever before, and I am earning more recognition for my contributions at work.”
“Andrea was a pleasure to work with. Kind, thoughtful, genuine, and precise! Great, probative questions and great patience from Andrea helped me better manage my time during work, have more time and energy to address things around my apartment, and ultimately recognize the commitment I needed to make to myself to be successful
I would like to just list some of the positive impacts of the coaching sessions: improved time management through the use of a calendar, flow of the day, and better management of my daily routine; improved impulse control using methods to calm myself and self-awareness; more drive through ‘remembering my ‘why’’; better management of expectations through clear and early communication with coworkers; and better relationships with coworkers by anchoring a funny anecdote to outcomes associated with ‘keeping it too real’ and much more.
Would recommend Andrea to anyone looking to push themselves in the right way, at the right time, and at their own pace. It was truly a pleasure.”