Questions people actually ask
Everything about how this works, what it costs, and where it stops — in plain language, without the hedging. If your question isn't here, email me and I'll answer it directly.
The basics
What is PKJ Coaching, exactly?
PKJ Coaching is a nervous system–centered coaching practice for high-performing adults with ADHD, founded by Pen King Jr. in New York. We work at the level of the nervous system — not task management, not habit stacking, not surface optimization. The work is forward-focused, action-oriented, and deeply personalized. It is not therapy and does not replace medical care.
How is this different from other ADHD coaching?
Most ADHD coaching focuses on task systems, accountability, and productivity tools — all of which sit on top of the nervous system. PKJ Coaching goes underneath them. We work on the regulation capacity that makes everything else possible. The result isn’t a better system. It’s a regulated person who doesn’t need to rely on pressure or perfect systems to function.
Who is this for?
High-performing adults with ADHD who look fine from the outside and are exhausted underneath it — people who have already tried the apps, the systems, and the medication adjustments, and concluded, wrongly, that the failure was theirs.
Is this research-backed?
PKJ Coaching is grounded in polyvagal theory, somatic neuroscience, nutritional psychiatry, and behavioral psychology. The methodology draws from established research frameworks while being adapted for practical, real-world application in a coaching — not clinical — context.
What is the Convergence Method?
The Convergence Method is the 1:1 program: a 90-day, application-only container built around your nervous system, your history, and your life. The sequence is deliberate — regulate first, then rebuild focus and follow-through on that foundation instead of on urgency.
The two offers, and what they cost
What are the two ways to work with Pen?
Just two, on purpose. Resonance is the self-serve door: $37/month, first month free, one live group call a week, every Thursday, 11:00 AM ET. 1:1 coaching — The Convergence Method — is the deeper door: application only, and it starts with a free clarity call where you and Pen talk through fit and pricing. Most people start with Resonance.
How much does ADHD nervous system coaching cost?
The Resonance Membership is $37/month, your first month is free, and you can cancel anytime. 1:1 coaching — The Convergence Method — is by application, and pricing is discussed on a free clarity call once you and Pen have confirmed it’s a fit.
What is the Resonance Membership?
Resonance is a monthly membership for nervous system regulation. There’s one live group call on Zoom, every Thursday, 11:00 AM ET, with a nervous system regulation tip, a live group training, and a guided vocal toning practice. Join live or watch the replay, whichever fits your week. Every other week you also get a downloadable practice guide (PDF) to keep and revisit between calls. It’s $37/month, your first month is free, and you can cancel anytime.
Can I try a live session before joining Resonance?
Yes. The free live session runs every Thursday, 11:00 AM ET, and anyone can register for and attend it — no membership and no card required. It is a taste of what Resonance calls are like. If it resonates, your first month of the membership is free, and you can cancel anytime.
Can I cancel the membership?
Yes, anytime. Your first month is free, and there is no minimum term after that.
Is ADHD coaching covered by insurance?
Usually not. ADHD coaching is not a licensed medical or therapeutic service, so it is generally private-pay and isn’t billed through insurance the way therapy or psychiatry can be.
What is the cheapest way to find out whether this works for me?
Sit in on the free Thursday live session — it costs nothing and requires no card. After that, Resonance is $37/month with the first month free. The free Nervous System Audit is the other no-cost door, and it is a real working session rather than a sales call.
Therapy, medical care, and scope
Is nervous system coaching the same as therapy?
No. PKJ Coaching is forward-focused coaching — it is not medical or psychiatric treatment, and it does not replace therapy or medical care. Therapy often works backward through history to process what happened to you; nervous system coaching works forward from where your body is right now, building the regulation capacity that lets you function without running on pressure. Many clients do both, and the two support each other well.
Is Pen a licensed therapist or doctor?
No. Pen King Jr. is a Certified Health Coach and a graduate of Health Coach Institute’s Advanced Health Coach program, an NBHWC-approved training program. He is not a licensed therapist, physician, or medical provider, and PKJ Coaching is not a licensed medical practice. He does not diagnose, treat, or advise on medication.
Can I do this alongside my therapist or prescriber?
Yes, and that is the norm. The work is designed to run alongside existing clinical care rather than instead of it. If clinical material surfaces in a session, the coaching pauses and Pen sends you back to your clinician — that is a stated part of the agreement with every client, not a case-by-case judgment call.
Who is this not a fit for?
Pen does not take clients who are in crisis, who have significant untreated depression, active substance use beyond a prescribed medication, an eating disorder, or psychiatric instability. He also does not take clients whose prescriber hasn’t been part of the conversation. If you reach out and need something other than coaching, he will say so and point you toward it.
Medication and tapering
Can this help me reduce my reliance on stimulants?
It can support that process — when appropriate and in coordination with your prescribing physician. PKJ Coaching helps build the regulation capacity that stimulants have been simulating, which creates conditions where gradual, medically-supervised reduction becomes more viable. This is not anti-medication. Clients always work alongside their prescribers.
Is PKJ Coaching anti-medication?
No. The position is anti-dependency, which is not the same thing. Plenty of people should stay exactly where they are and some should go up. This work exists for adults who have quietly outgrown a dose, suspect there is something underneath it they have never addressed, and would rather find out with support than by white-knuckling it alone.
Who decides my dose and schedule if I taper?
Your prescriber, entirely. They decide whether to taper at all, the dose, the schedule, the pace, and any decision to pause, slow down, or reverse. The coaching only addresses the nervous system regulation underneath — building capacity, giving you language for returning body signals, and flagging early when something should go back to your prescriber.
My medication used to work and now it doesn’t. What is going on?
Often the cause is underneath the medication rather than in it. A nervous system that has been running on threat for years keeps raising the baseline the medication has to overcome, so the same dose delivers less. That is a regulation question, not only a dosing question — and it is worth raising with your prescriber as well.
Sessions, timing, and logistics
Do I have to be in New York?
No. Pen is based in New York and works in person there, but 1:1 coaching also runs by video, and Resonance is a Zoom membership open worldwide. Location is not the deciding factor in choosing a coach for this kind of work.
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What does the 1:1 work actually involve?
Weekly one-to-one sessions, in person in New York or by video, over 90 days. A personalized daily practice, adjusted each week. Support between sessions. Concretely: somatic regulation, executive function scaffolding, and burnout recovery.
How long before I notice anything?
Individual results vary, and nobody should promise you a date. The specific regulation practices are built to work in under two minutes, so most people feel something shift in a single session. The 90-day container exists because rebuilding a baseline — rather than getting temporary relief — is the part that takes months, not days. ADHD burnout in particular tends to take longer to recover from than people expect.
What is a Nervous System Audit?
A free working session that maps where your dysregulation actually sits — physical, emotional, cognitive — and what to do about it first. It is not a sales call. Some people leave with what they need and never work with Pen again.
What happens after I book a call?
You book a free clarity call using any of the buttons on this site. On the call, you and Pen map what’s driving your dysregulation and you leave with a clear next step — whether or not you work together. There’s no pitch and no pressure. If 1:1 coaching is a fit, Pen will walk you through next steps then.
How do I know if I’m ready for this?
If you’re asking that question, you’re probably closer to ready than you think. The clients who get the most from this work are people who are genuinely tired of the way things have been — not looking for another system to try, but willing to do something fundamentally different. If that’s you, book a call.
I have tried coaching before and it did not work. Why would this be different?
Because most of what gets called ADHD coaching works on the layer above the problem. If the systems kept collapsing, the usual reason is that they were built on a nervous system running on threat, and no amount of better structure fixes that. Whether this specific work is different for you is exactly what a free session is for.
The cheapest way to find out is free
Sit in on the free live session this Thursday, or book a Nervous System Audit and leave with a clear next step either way. No card, no pitch.
Pen King Jr. is a Certified Health Coach and a graduate of Health Coach Institute's Advanced Health Coach program, an NBHWC-approved training program. He is not a licensed therapist, physician, or medical provider, and PKJ Coaching does not provide medical advice or manage medication.