The Dual Track Coaching Protocol (DTCP)

A neurodivergent-affirming model for sustainable behavior change

What is DTCP?

The Dual Track Coaching Protocol (DTCP) is the foundation of care at NWA Integrative Behavioral Health. It’s a coaching framework developed specifically for women whose nervous systems and lived experiences do not align with traditional models of behavior, productivity, or personal growth.

DTCP was created after years of failed attempts to thrive inside conventional coaching systems. As a woman with late-diagnosed AuDHD, I consistently found myself overwhelmed, inconsistent, and burned out by programs that assumed more capacity than I had. The harder I tried, the more I spiraled, until I started asking a deeper question: What if the problem isn’t me, but the method?

That question led me into deep study of trauma, neurodivergence, executive function, nervous system science, and behavior change theory. Over time, I began shaping a model that actually worked for my brain and body. Then I began using it with clients.

It worked. Again and again.
So I named it.
Now it’s the foundation of my graduate thesis and my care model.

Why I Created DTCP....

Most traditional coaching frameworks assume a baseline of:

Motivation on demand
Emotional regulation under stress
Consistent executive functioning
The ability to override the body’s signals

For many women—especially those with ADHD, autism, trauma history, chronic stress, or sensory sensitivity—these assumptions set them up for failure. What looks like “lack of follow-through” is often nervous system overload, not lack of discipline.

DTCP was created to replace that shame cycle with something more humane and more honest.

DTCP Tracks

The protocol follows two tracks that run in parallel, both essential for change:

1. Internal Regulation

This track focuses on nervous system state, sensory processing, emotional patterns, and physiological capacity. Without regulation, the brain cannot access consistency, reflection, or new patterns. We begin here—always

2. External Structure

This track focuses on creating adaptive behaviors, routines, and support systems that are designed for low-capacity days, not just high-motivation moments. These structures honor cognitive load, sensory reality, and emotional accessibility.

By tracking both simultaneously, DTCP avoids the “try harder, fail faster” loop that so often plagues traditional models.

How DTCP Helps My Clients

DTCP helps clients:

Understand their behavioral patterns without shame
Build rhythms of movement, rest, food, focus, and spiritual life that align with their actual wiring
Create realistic systems that hold on low-capacity days
Rebuild trust in their own body, mind, and process
Engage with Scripture and spiritual life in a way that feels grounded, not pressured

This model is used across herbal consultations, coaching sessions, and spiritual formation work. While every client’s application looks different, the protocol holds the same: regulation and structure, together, at a pace that fits your life.

DTCP is:

Trauma-aware and neurodivergent-affirming
Grounded in behavioral science and nervous system theory
Biblically compatible with whole-person stewardship
Flexible, sustainable, and client-led

DTCP is not:

A clinical treatment protocol or diagnostic tool
A one-size-fits-all plan
A mindset strategy or productivity system
A replacement for licensed mental health care

DTCP was born out of lived experience, shaped by research, and proven in real client care. It helps women who feel like they’ve tried everything finally find something that works with them, not against them.

If you’ve ever felt like a failure inside traditional systems, you are not alone.
You are not the problem.
You may simply need a different protocol.

Let’s start there.