Featured topics include: guiding student-athletes; gap year trends; finding right-fit K-12 schools; working with transgender and nonbinary students; and the importance of attunement and connection in therapeutic programs.
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Guiding Student-Athletes: Understanding Verbal Commitments in College Athletics
To many independent educational consultants (IECs), the athletic recruiting world can be both opaque and intimidating.
Seven Gap Year Trends to Know for 2024
Part of my mission as a gap year consultant is to help educate students, parents, school counselors, and independent educational consultants (IECs) about the benefits of gap years.
Helping Families Assess Right-Fit Schools for their Children
One of the most rewarding aspects of working as an independent educational consultant (IEC) is helping families discover schools where children will thrive and develop strong foundations for success in the future.
Working with Transgender and Nonbinary Students
In my work as a school counselor over the last two decades, I’ve worked with all kinds of students with all kinds of challenges. But when students started coming out to me as transgender, I didn’t have anything in my toolbox to help.
A Dialectical Approach: Messiness vs. Structure, The Importance of Attunement and Connection in Relating to Young People
The prevalence of mental health issues among young adults remains disturbingly high. But in our profession, we find great success by referring these clients to experiential therapeutic programs.