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Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by ranting-moth on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:46PM (#37253682)
> Shimmer is NOT clinical and we do NOT provide licensed medical services

In which case I personally find the phrase "All of our Shimmer ADHD Coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals" to be quite deceptive.

Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by christalwang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @04:09PM (#37253909)
Thank you for pinpointing this. I re-read many times, and I agree with you. I've just re-written the whole section with our Lead Coaching Psychologist, Xenia.
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by agentdrtran on Thursday August 24, 2023 @05:48PM (#37254989)
Your website has photos of the doctors for the "care team" and coaches buried under a link. Come on, just be uprfront with people.
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by bitwrangler on Thursday August 24, 2023 @04:59PM (#37254474)
please elaborate on which licenses and certifications they have. Can I confirm those credentials, how will I know if they are industry recognized and respected instead of your own in-house certification.
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by christalwang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @08:38PM (#37256389)
None of them are our own in-house certifications. We haven't designed that yet, however we are considering it. Not meant to replace incoming certifications in the short- or medium-term, but to reward coaches for their learning and work and for common language. Example credentials of our coaches are: ICF, NB-HWC, MSW, PhD, EMCC, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT. Not all coaches have all of those credentials—it'll differ by coach.
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by hirvi74 on Friday August 25, 2023 @01:43AM (#37258505)
> Not all coaches have all of those credentials—it'll differ by coach.

What decides who gets what coach? Is it a triage based on symptom severity or first-come-first-serve?

Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by seanthemon on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:04AM (#37258609)
Or highest paid best coach..
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by p1necone on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:07PM (#37255209)
This is like the cheap wine with the "gold medal at so and so wine awards" sticker when so and so wine awards is just some thing the maker of the wine made up.
Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by christalwang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:44PM (#37255525)
This was an excerpt of a longer message; we did not claim all our coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals.

Original wording: All of our Shimmer ADHD Coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals* or have extensive experience with ADHD & undergo our Shimmer Coach Training program

Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by istjohn on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:33PM (#37257705)
Even the full original wording doesn't align with what you later said:

> Overall though, we use PhDs/psychiatrists/master-level coaches to supervise, create protocols, trainings, etc. and use coaches to deliver. (Not AI). Our coaches are either credentialed by ICF (International Coaching Federation) like BetterUp or Ginger or Lyra's coaches, NB-HWC (National Board - Health & Wellness Coaching), or have masters-level psych degree and go through our training.

If the licensed or certified mental health professionals aren't actually hands-on with your clients, it's awfully misleading to say that all of your coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals or blah blah blah. If you were being honest, you'd skip the nonsense about using mental health professionals as coaches and just say that your coaches go through your training program and are supported by mental health professionals--you know, the actual truth.