Navigating the many and varied transitions between ages of 11 to 19 can be daunting at best. Just when your child has mastered skills at one age, it is time for them to prepare to move into the next. Let’s work together.
What is coaching?
First and foremost, coaching is a collaborative process. The coach facilitates the client's own growth in the area(s) they are working to improve. By working together, the coach supports the client in learning new skills, elevating their strengths, identify ways to improve family relationships and find solutions to whatever problem may be present. The goal for the coach is to support parents and teens in reaching their identified family goals.
Coaching Studies uses the metaphor of a car trip. "The client is behind the wheel, while the coach is on the passenger seat. The client decides when to start the trip and the destination. As the co-pilot, the coach simply holds the map and invites the client to explore different roads and make stops along the way to enjoy the trip. The client decides whether they want to do that or not. They choose the speed and the roads to take, the same way they choose what happens during their coaching session."
First and foremost, coaching is a collaborative process. The coach facilitates the client's own growth in the area(s) they are working to improve. By working together, the coach supports the client in learning new skills, elevating their strengths, identify ways to improve family relationships and find solutions to whatever problem may be present. The goal for the coach is to support parents and teens in reaching their identified family goals.
Coaching Studies uses the metaphor of a car trip. "The client is behind the wheel, while the coach is on the passenger seat. The client decides when to start the trip and the destination. As the co-pilot, the coach simply holds the map and invites the client to explore different roads and make stops along the way to enjoy the trip. The client decides whether they want to do that or not. They choose the speed and the roads to take, the same way they choose what happens during their coaching session."
jennifer Greve M.A. Educational leadership.; M.A. Conflict resolution
Jennifer Greve brings over thirty years experience in education working with teens and their families managing important life transitions with love and accountability. While teaching in a a variety of school settings, Jen also earned two Master’s Degrees in Educational Leadership and Conflict Resolution & Mediation. As the person in charge at a public charter school for over 300 middle and high school students, Jennifer knows how to connect with teenagers and their parents. She builds trust and rapport to help guide families through transitions such as moving in to middle school, transitioning to high school successfully or finding one’s path in life after high school.
Whether a teen is headed to trade school, college, a gap year, the military or straight into the job market, Jennifer helps them identify where they can become the best version of themselves. Jennifer believes that working together with families creates the best team for a person to become their best self. She is uniquely talented in assessing and aiding students in handling interpersonal conflicts, teaching effective communication, employing successful advocacy for themselves and setting a path for success during and after high school.
With parents, Jennifer's goal is for you to reach your parenting potential. She can assist you in strengthening parenting skills, helping you understand each child’s specific needs and teaching you tools to best prepare your child for their own adulthood. Jennifer has a unique perspective from which she helps parents to not only identify their child's strengths but to influence the growth of these strengths .
Jennifer also works with organizations to address and resolve conflicts to facilitate a more positive and productive environment for the organization and its members.
Jennifer brings effusive compassion to her craft. She communicates effectively with both parents and teens and sprinkles in some humor and lightness along the way. – Carol Carty (parent)
"We have to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child" - Tim Elmore
Let me help your family work through some of these major transitions in a positive, proactive manner.
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