Rosemary Hollinger, JD, ACCG, PCAC, PCC

ADDCA Leader, Assessor, & Mentor Coach

Washington, United States



Rosemary Hollinger, JD, ACCG, PCAC, PCC, is a certified graduate of the ADD Coach Academy and has also completed training through Coach Training Institute (now known as Co-Active Training Institute).  Rosemary enjoys coaching professionals and entrepreneurs to align their values and strengths in living their best possible personal and professional lives.  She has a special interest in developing workplace strategies for adults with ADHD. 

Rosemary began her coaching journey in 2017, when she initiated the idea of an in-house coaching program in the regional office of a federal agency.  The program trained 8 coaches who each coached 2-3 employees.  During the 12 weeks of the pilot program, the culture of the office was visibly changing with improved communication and collaboration.  Rosemary was completely sold on the concept of coaching.  Almost immediately after establishing her practice, Rosemary turned to coaching professionals with ADHD because this is where she saw the greatest need and, let’s face it, Neuro-Atypicals are more fun!  

Rosemary is the parent of two sons with ADHD. As soon as they were diagnosed, she read everything she could on ADHD and was amazed to learn that what she always accepted as “normal” wasn’t considered “normal,” and that her world was full of people dealing with the challenges of ADHD.  Despite what the experts were saying at the time, she realized that ADHD challenges didn’t end upon high school graduation and that many of the lawyers she was supervising were struggling with the same issues.  She started by adapting the strategies teachers were using in the classroom to the workplace and got good results. She originally started her ADDCA training to improve her skills and got hooked on the ADDCA approach. Using the knowledge she gained at ADDCA, she encourages her clients to experiment with strategies custom designed to deal with their challenges while building on their strengths.  

Rosemary supports her clients to:

  • Learn to recognize and accept how their unique brain works.  Using a skiing analogy, she points out that skis (and snowboards) are designed to turn in a certain way.  If you fight your skis, it’s ugly (and you could get hurt).  But if you work with your skis, it’s amazing.  Same thing with the ADHD brain.  It’s designed to work in a certain way, stop fighting it, work with it, and do amazing things.  
  • Build executive function skills that support all areas of life including planning, prioritizing, procrastination, social skills, time management and emotional regulation.
  • Align their personal values and strengths to their professional and personal life. A career path that doesn’t align with the client’s values is like wearing a pair of shoes that don’t fit.  No matter how good it looks from the outside, you’re always in pain. 

Rosemary facilitates a group for Lawyers with ADHD which uses group coaching techniques combined with mentoring and mutual support.    

She is a member of the following organizations:

  • Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
  • Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  • International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO)
  • Rotary International 

Rosemary lives with her husband, a dog and a cat on Bainbridge Island, Washington, except during ski season when they all become snowbirds and migrate to Utah for sunshine and snow. Over the years, the Hollingers have hosted 15 exchange students from 10 countries.  This experience has given her a close-up view of the challenges of adapting to US culture. She is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago (BA), Georgetown University Law Center (JD) and DePaul University (MS).  When she practiced law, she saw herself as a trial lawyer, mentor and an educator.  Now she is embracing her new identity as a coach, mentor and educator.