ADRIANNE LEWIS
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Executive Functioning and Behavior Change Coach with 500+ client hours supporting ADHD-impacted individuals in improving focus, follow-through, and daily functioning. Skilled in motivation, habit formation, and translating executive functioning strategies into practical routines. Graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy informs a relational lens and systems-based approach, providing a framework for analysis of complex behavioral patterns. Known for bridging practical skill-building with behavioral insight, empowering clients to draw on their strengths to navigate internal barriers and cultivate purposeful, lasting change.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Barber Family Counseling & Wellness
04.2024 - 12.2025
- Delivered 500+ hours of direct client support, helping individuals identify barriers, clarify goals, and implement strategies to improve follow-through and daily functioning
- Supported clients with executive functioning challenges, emotional dysregulation, motivation barriers, and relational stress
- Applied a systems-informed approach to how family dynamics, environment, culture, and internal patterns impact behavior and goal attainment
- Built skills in task initiation, emotional regulation, and accountability while addressing barriers such as shame, self-criticism, and avoidance
- Utilized collaborative, strengths-based approaches to increase engagement, motivation, and sustainable behavior change
- Maintained clinical documentation and collaborated within a multidisciplinary team
Private Music Instructor (Self-Employed)
01.2001 - Current
- Provided 25+ years of individualized instruction, coaching students in discipline, consistency, and effective practice systems
- Developed executive functioning skills including time management, task initiation, organization, and sustained focus
- Supported students in navigating procrastination, perfectionism, performance anxiety, and motivation challenges
- Implemented structured accountability and goal-setting systems to promote measurable progress and follow-through
- Worked with children, adolescents, and adults across individual, group, and performance settings, adapting to developmental needs
- Fostered long-term mentoring relationships focused on confidence, resilience, and self-efficacy while addressing fear of failure, self-doubt, and avoidance
Education
Master of Science (M.S.) - Marriage and Family Therapy
Capella University
03-2025
Bachelor of Music (B.M.) - Performance
Brigham Young University
Provo04-2011
Skills
- ADHD-informed coaching and executive functioning support
- Goal setting, habit formation, and accountability systems
- Task initiation, time management, and organization strategies
- Client motivation and behavioral follow-through
- Emotional regulation and self-management skills
- Shame-informed, strengths-based coaching
- Psychoeducation and practical skill-building
- Relational coaching and client engagement
- Individualized instruction, mentoring, and long-term support
- Behavior change strategy and implementation
Certification
- Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate (MFTC), Colorado
- Board Certification Training: ADHD & Executive Function Coaching (in progress), National Board for Executive Function Certification (NBEFC) – comprehensive board preparation for Executive Function and ADHD coaching competencies
Timeline
Barber Family Counseling & Wellness
04.2024 - 12.2025
Private Music Instructor (Self-Employed)
01.2001 - Current
Bachelor of Music (B.M.) - Performance
Brigham Young University
Master of Science (M.S.) - Marriage and Family Therapy
Capella University