Coaching

Students work through various issues 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.

Areas We Coach:

  • stress & anxiety

  • self-management: learning style, time management and building a system

  • 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 with our coach to understand their behavior, approach to work, self-perception and worldview, as well as what drives and motivates them. Through coaching work, thinking is heightened, skills are gained to better manage stress and anxiety, academic performance is improved, and the discovery of the self is prioritized. During meetings, 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

  • Essentially, coaching is about getting to know a student as an individual and then mentoring and guiding them from that standpoint. Unlike therapy, which only addresses issues or problems, coaching addresses both weaknesses and strengths. Coaching has a different meaning to most everyone, yet it is always comprehensive in nature.

  • Coaching allows a student to not only navigate their lives, but themselves. It therefore promotes higher level thinking; creates tools to deal with anxiety, stress and life; and deepens ones social-emotional capacity. It also makes possible, everyday adjustments which can profoundly impact emotional well-being and academic performance.

  • Anyone can benefit by having mentorship and someone to dialogue with. Even the most talented and capable people thrive when having the opportunity to be guided, look inward, and be challenged. Yes, coaching is fundamentally about mentorship and guidance; it is also, though, about strategy, performance, and decision-making. Fusing the philosophical and pragmatic is critical.