Private Educational Advising. One Devoted Advisor.
One advisor who knows your teen and connects their education with the life they want to build.
Choose guidance in close partnership with your family, or guidance with greater responsibility for managing the educational journey.
The Athenaeum
I direct. We work closely together.
Personal mentorship and educational strategy. I guide your teen; your family stays closely involved in putting the plan into practice.
The Aegis
I direct and manage the educational journey.
The same personal mentorship, with greater responsibility entrusted to me for planning, coordination, and managing agreed educational priorities.
The distinction is responsibility. A limited number of families are accepted each year.
Even an Exceptional Education Has Gaps
Your teen can have an exceptional education and still need help with confidence, friendships, organization, or the decisions ahead.
I connect those needs with their strengths and ambitions.
A Trusted Relationship. A Thoughtful Way Forward.
Regular Zoom conversations create a kind, supportive relationship. I listen, ask thoughtful questions, and get to know what matters to your teen.
Together, we identify priorities, explore opportunities, and take practical steps. As their needs change, the guidance changes with them.
More Than College Consulting
University planning is part of a wider goal: a young person who understands themselves, makes thoughtful choices, and can build a meaningful life.
Private Educational Advising for Gifted and Neurodivergent Teens
We begin with your teen’s strengths, interests, and support needs. Guidance follows the individual, with practical strategies for learning, self-advocacy, and growing independence.
What Private Educational Advisory Encompasses
Learning: confidence in reading, writing, and mathematics; educational gaps; organization and follow-through.
Wellbeing: habits and environments that support sleep, movement, emotional resilience, and learning.
Direction: career exploration, university fit, applications, and meaningful opportunities.
Relationships: friendships, boundaries, self-advocacy, and informed choices about adult life.
Contribution: public speaking, community service, philanthropy, and turning ambitious ideas into action.
Where specialist support is needed, I help your family identify appropriate resources.
What does a private educational advisor do?
A private educational advisor connects academic direction, university planning, executive functioning, and personal mentorship. I help your teen understand their strengths, make thoughtful decisions, and build the confidence and independence to carry those decisions forward. With The Aegis, I also manage agreed aspects of the educational journey and coordinate the wider plan.
How is private advisory different from school counseling?
School counselors, teachers, tutors, and parents bring essential support. My role is to connect the wider picture across those relationships and stay alongside your teen as their needs evolve. University choices, executive functioning, friendships, wellbeing, and growing independence are considered together, with educational strategy shaped around the whole person.
How do you support gifted and neurodivergent teens?
We begin with your teen’s individual strengths, ambitions, and support needs. Our work may include planning, starting assignments, following through, self-advocacy, communication, and finding university environments where they can thrive. The aim is practical progress and deeper self-understanding, with guidance adapted to the young person rather than a standard formula.
What happens in a Legacy Conversation?
We begin with a private conversation about your teen’s strengths, the concerns bringing you here, and the decisions ahead. We explore the support your family needs and whether a devoted advisory relationship is a good fit. If there is alignment, we discuss the appropriate level of responsibility and the next steps. There is no obligation to continue.
