Developmental Coaching

Coaching aims at allowing students to understand themselves better. It is about guidance, not advice. It’s about mentorship. It’s about developing the self with clarity and depth. It’s about the various areas of student life: managing time and stress, balancing school and activities, and learning how to perform at their optimal level. Coaching mixes a therapeutic approach with pragmatic solutions.

Typical Areas:

  • identity & self-analysis

  • stress & anxiety

  • self-management

  • sense of self & finding purpose

  • confidence

  • test anxiety & test performance

  • being overwhelmed

  • executive functioning

  • self-reflection and introspection

  • leadership

Our Approach

Using a mix of philosophical and psychological lenses and grounded in a strategic framework, students dialogue to understand their behavior, approach to work, self-perception and worldview, as well as what drives and motivates them. In turn, thinking is heightened, skills are gained to better manage stress and anxiety, academic performance is improved, and the discovery of the self is prioritized. In addition to dialogue, students review their week, prepare for the upcoming month, receive academic planning, and create goals and adjustments to work toward.

FAQ

  • Coaching is about getting to know a student as an individual, then mentoring and guiding them from that standpoint. Unlike therapy, which only addresses issues or problems, coaching addresses both weaknesses and strengths.

  • Coaching is about giving an individual vision, allowing them to understand themselves better. It promotes higher level thinking, creates tools to deal with anxiety, stress and life, and deepens ones social-emotional capacity. It allows students to make adjustments that will profoundly impact their emotional well-being and academic performance.

  • Anyone can benefit by having mentorship and someone to dialogue with. Individuals thrive when having the opportunity to be guided, look inward, and be challenged. Though coaching is fundamentally about mentorship and guidance, it is also about strategy, performance, and decision-making. Blending the philosophical and pragmatic is therefore critical.

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