Now booking · fall 2026
Coaching that meets you where you actually are.
A neurodivergent-affirming coaching practice for autistic and ADHD teens and adults. Science-based, plainly spoken, by video — with the option to write between sessions.
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Oregon · Washington · California
One-on-one coaching
50-minute video sessions, weekly or biweekly. Optional written summaries after each session. Sliding scale available.
CohortGroups
Small video cohorts — five people, eight weeks, one shared question. The fall group on executive function is enrolling now.
For teamsTraining
Workshops and talks for schools, clinics, and workplaces who want to understand and support neurodivergent people — built from the same science as the coaching.
Brainy Day is a small coaching practice for people whose brains run on different rails — autistic, ADHD, PDA-profile, twice-exceptional. The work is practical and day-by-day: building a life that fits, in the language of the people who actually live in it.
The lens is academic. Lee Bess, who runs the practice, came to coaching from an evolutionary-biology Ph.D. — which is to say, the methodology is grounded in what’s actually known, and the wellness-speak stays at the door.
Most clients arrive on referral from a therapist, social worker, or another professional. Sessions are structured but not scripted. Coaching is a phase, not a relationship for life.
2SLGBTQIA+ affirming | PDA-aware | Referral-friendly
PDA, plainly
What demand avoidance is, what it isn't, and how it shows up in coaching.
A working list of clinicians I trust
Pacific-Northwest-focused. Updated quarterly. Refer-out is part of the job.
On waiting for diagnosis (and not)
Notes for adults considering an autism assessment in their forties.
From a client letter, used with permission
“Lee is the first person who didn’t ask me to set a goal in the first session. We just talked about what was actually going on, and I cried, and then we made a list of three small things. That list is still on my fridge.”
— M., adult client, 18 months in