"You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
​And you are the one who’ll decide where to go."
​- Dr. Seuss

What is coaching?  

What are the benefits of coaching? 

​In a nutshell, I work with students and adults to identify what is working well in their lives and what areas need strengthening. I support my clients as they identify goals, build action plans and develop systems to move them closer toward their goals.

Who do you coach? 

High School, College, Graduate Students and Adults ​that:

• struggle with executive function skills
• have difficulty beginning tasks consistently
• have difficulty seeing a task through to the end consistently
• are organizationally challenged
• have 504's, IEP's 
• tend to procrastinate
• are gifted and talented or twice exceptional
• have ADHD, dyslexia, Aspergers, ASD
• have the ability to focus when doing something they love but not when it is something boring
• tend to get bored in school and are not motivated
• feel like it is easier for everyone else but them
• struggle to make and keep friendships
• struggle with time management
• have grades that do not reflect their potential and/or ability
• have difficulty studying effectively

• Understanding your strengths and how to use them
• Identifying your weaknesses and how they can get in the way
• Building the skills needed to set realistic goals in manageable chunks
• Strengthening time management skills
• Establishing strategies to utilize in case plan A doesn’t work out
• Experiencing the power of shifting to a growth mindset
• Self-reflecting in order to problem solve in the moment
• Developing strategies to begin tasks that are non-preferred
• Consistently seeing a task through to the end 
• Expanding your overall well being
• Creating systems that work for you and assist with organization
• Understanding of how your brain works
• Better self-regulation through identifying triggers and developing strategies to move through them
• Overall improved self-awareness
• Knowing when to ask for help and when to push through
• Creating self-advocacy strategies 
• Less stress 
• More independence
• Improving critical thinking skills
• Expanding creative interests

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Working with Ms. McKinzey made everything come together for me. I am now able to coach myself. I can hear the questions she would ask me, and I am able to create my own plans and put my own supports in place so I can get my work done. I feel that I am better prepared to manage college independently. 
- Clara H. 
College Student - VA