Understand Executive Functioning. Build the Skills. Support Your Family.
Psychologist-led learning opportunities and coaching to help you understand executive function, support your child, and build real-life systems that actually work for YOU.
Located in lovely Madison, WI. Available online nationwide.
Who This Is For
You might be here if:
• Your child has ADHD - or struggles with organization, follow-through, or emotional regulation
• You’re constantly reminding, prompting, or managing things behind the scenes
• Your teen or young adult should be more independent… but isn’t quite there yet
• You’ve started to realize… you might struggle with this too
Whether there’s a diagnosis or not, executive functioning challenges are real—and they’re incredibly common.
A Practical Way to Understand Executive Function
Executive functioning isn’t about motivation or effort…it’s about skills.
These skills include:
planning, organization, time awareness, emotional regulation, and follow-through.
They can be impacted by:
ADHD, anxiety, depression, stress, hormonal changes, or simply the demands of everyday life.
Instead of asking “what’s wrong?”, we focus on:
→ Which skills are under strain
→ What supports actually help
→ How to build systems that work in real life
Because when you understand the system, everything starts to make more sense.
Start Here
Executive functioning isn’t about motivation or effort, it’s about skills. And the good news is that skills can be built! Here’s how to work with me:
1. Monthly Workshops
Learn what executive functioning actually is and what’s driving the challenges.2. Group Coaching
Go deeper with structured support, skill-building, and real-life application that you can learn with others who are living in the same boat.3. Build What Works
Use what fits. Adjust what doesn’t. Create systems that last.
Choose Your Focus
Moms & Women
Understand your own executive function patterns and build systems that actually work for your life.
Parents of Young Adults
Parents of Teens and Tweens
Learn how to support executive function at home, reduce conflict, and build independence over time.Support planning, follow-through, and independence, without taking over.
Monthly Parent Workshops
These 60 to 75 minute, psychologist-led workshops are designed to help you quickly understand executive function and take practical next steps.
Ideal for parents navigating ADHD, school challenges, or increasing demands at home.
Hi, I’m Dr. Liz.
I’m a psychologist, adult educator, and coach who supports families everyday.
Through my clinical practice, Capital City Psychology, I work with tweens, teens, young adults, and their families navigating ADHD, anxiety, and executive function challenges.
Through Empowered Focus, I provide educational workshops and coaching programs designed to help parents better understand behavior, ADHD, and executive function skills.
I also come from a family deeply shaped by ADHD, and I know firsthand what it feels like to support others while quietly running out of steam yourself.
As a midlife mom who’s been to the edge of burnout and back, I believe you deserve:
clarity instead of constant worry
tools instead of guilt
community instead of doing this alone
I share practical, actionable ideas that help you transform overwhelm into clarity and confidence- while balancing the demands of work, family, and (yes!) time for yourself.
What This Is (and What It’s Not)
Empowered Focus is not therapy (if you’re looking for therapy, check out my Madison, WI therapy practice Capital City Psychology)
This is a structured, educational approach to understanding executive function and building real-life skills.
You’ll learn how to:
→ identify where things are breaking down
→ support your child more effectively
→ build systems that actually hold up in daily life
FAQs
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Empowered Focus provides psychologist-led workshops and educational programs designed to help parents better understand ADHD, executive function skills, and everyday behavioral challenges.
Our goal is to make complex psychological ideas practical and accessible, giving parents clear strategies they can use at home and in daily life.
Most Empowered Focus programs are offered as live workshops and educational sessions, with occasional coaching opportunities available for adults who want additional support in strengthening their own executive function skills.
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Empowered Focus workshops are designed primarily for parents who want to better understand ADHD, executive function skills, behavior, and everyday parenting challenges.
Many of the parents who attend are thoughtful, busy adults trying to support a child who struggles with attention, organization, emotional regulation, or behavior. They are looking for clear, practical strategies that go beyond the overwhelming or conflicting advice often found online.
While the focus is on parent education, many participants are also midlife working moms juggling career, family, and the mental load of everyday life, who find that learning about executive function and behavior helps them better understand both their children and themselves.
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No. A formal diagnosis is not required to benefit from Empowered Focus workshops.
Many parents attend because their child struggles with attention, organization, emotional regulation, or behavior — whether or not ADHD has been formally diagnosed.
These workshops focus on helping parents understand how executive function skills affect everyday behavior, learning, and family dynamics. The strategies discussed can be helpful for children with ADHD, as well as for many children who simply need more support with planning, focus, or emotional regulation.
Our goal is to provide clear, practical guidance that helps parents better understand what may be driving their child’s challenges and how to respond in ways that are more effective and less stressful.
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Empowered Focus workshops and coaching programs are educational and skills-focused, not therapy.
In these programs, Dr. Liz Gaebler shares research-informed guidance on topics such as ADHD, executive function skills, behavior, and parenting strategies. Workshops focus on helping parents and adults better understand how these challenges affect everyday life and learn practical approaches they can try at home.
Coaching programs focus on helping adults strengthen their skills, such parenting, time management, and understanding behavior.
Because workshops and coaching are educational services, they do not provide individualized mental health treatment or replace therapy with a licensed provider.
If you are looking for therapy services, Dr. Gaebler provides clinical care for tweens, teens, young adults, and parents in Wisconsin through her practice, Capital City Psychology.
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Yes. Most Empowered Focus workshops are offered virtually, so parents and participants can join from anywhere.
These educational workshops focus on topics such as ADHD, executive function skills, behavior, and parenting strategies, and are designed to be accessible to families regardless of location.
For organizations, schools, or professional groups interested in hosting a training or workshop, please feel free to reach out to discuss virtual or in-person training opportunities.
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The easiest way to begin is by exploring the upcoming workshops offered through Empowered Focus.
These psychologist-led workshops cover topics such as ADHD, executive function skills, behavior, and parenting strategies, and are designed to provide practical guidance that parents can start using right away.
You can view current workshop offerings and register directly through the workshop page.
If you are interested in executive function coaching or organizational trainings, you are also welcome to reach out to learn more about those options.
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Still have more questions…or an idea for something not listed that you’d like help with?
Reach out — I love to talk (I am a psychologist after all…).