Dr. Alan Graham, Ph.D., PCC, MCAC
Clinical Psychologist
As a key coach, therapist, educator, author and lecturer, Alan R. Graham, Ph.D., has over three decades of experience working with high-achieving professionals and executives to help them reach their full potential. Concurrently, he has helped thousands of neurodivergent children, adolescents, adults and their families navigate life's challenges, and gain the tools they need to effectively manage their lives. Initially trained as a secondary and elementary school teacher, Dr. Graham furthered his education by earning his Ph.D. in psychology at Northwestern University and completing his clinical training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
On the professional staff at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Dr. Graham has taught graduate courses in assessment and trained many medical students, psychiatric residents, psychology and social work students. While creating his group practice, ACP Consultants, Dr. Graham also held the position of adjunct professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine and at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. He founded and led a psychology department at a local psychiatric hospital.
Beginning a coaching career in the mid 1990s, Dr. Graham received his coach training at MentorCoach and currently is the Dean of the ADHD Coach Training Program at MentorCoach. He has been certified by the International Coach Federation as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and as a Master Certified ADHD Coach (MCAC) by the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches. Dr. Graham also led a discussion group about positive psychology as part of Dr. Martin Seligman’s Authentic Happiness Coaching Program.
Dr. Graham takes a systemic approach to working with both organizations and families. This approach is unique in that it requires an understanding and appreciation of each system’s interconnected and interdependent nature. This perspective enables him to approach challenges and changes in a comprehensive manner, considering the broader context and potential impacts on the entire system. His clients include large and small organizations such as Deloitte Consulting, W. Wrigley & Co., Leo Burnett, Abbott Labs, Pfizer, PNC Bank, Zebra Technologies, Exelon, Owens-Illinois, Vanguard and LaSalle Network.
