One of my main roles as a high school counselor is to provide academic support counseling. This is to ensure that students are on track to graduate and have all of the course work that they need to prepare for the following year of school. This could include creating long-term academic planning sessions, reviewing schedules for a balance of academic course work and electives, providing information and support about academic credits, GPA, college readiness, and career counseling support. Academic support counseling meetings are schedule at least once a semester but can be schedule multiple times over the course of a semester if the student needs additional support and guidance.
If you need academic support counseling, you can access my calendar here and sign up for appointments in 15 minute blocks. Please sign up for more than one block if you think you will need additional time.
Individual counseling can be provided by the school counselor in the school setting. These sessions are usually short-term (4-6 weeks). If there is a need for more long term counseling support, I will be able to provide parents with a list of counselors and assist with making referrals to counselors in the community.
I can address several issues in individual counseling including building social skills, making friends, divorce, grief, blended families, self-esteem, mindfulness, mood regulation, and other topics.
I use several techniques and strategies to work with students including solution-focused counseling, cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, brief therapy, and bibliotherapy.
If you are interested in a student receiving school counseling services, please complete this referral and I will follow up with you.
As a practicing counselor, it is best practice to consult with a supervisor to get feedback on counseling techniques in order to help me become a better counselor. If you are interested in allowing student sessions to be recorded (for training and supervision purposes only), please complete this Permission to Record form.
Adolescence is an exciting time of life when students are discovering their own identities, figuring out life, career, and educational goals and aspirations, navigating peer relationship to figure out where they feel safe and comfortable, managing strong emotions, and becoming autonomous but still leaning on parents, guardians, and other safe adults for support and guidance. In classroom lessons, we would explore many of these topics and work on skill development to help students during this time of life while also focusing on developing short-term and long-term goals for their academic and social emotional growth and success.