MY APPROACH

Psychology First. Strategy Second.

I came to admissions consulting through the back door. My training is in school psychology — assessment, executive function, regulation, learning differences, how children present under pressure and why. I spent years inside schools and clinical settings, watching how children develop and where they struggle, before I ever helped a family navigate an application.

What I noticed, working alongside families going through the admissions process, was that most of the anxiety and misstep came from the same place: the child was being positioned rather than understood. Parents were getting advice about school reputation and application strategy without anyone first asking the more important question — who is this child, really, and what environment will let them thrive?

That question is where I start. Every time. I read your child's profile the way a psychologist reads it — looking at executive function, regulation style, learning strengths and stretches, social temperament — and I use that picture to build a school strategy that is genuinely right for them. Not a list of prestigious names. A real fit.

The families I work with are thoughtful, high-achieving, and often surprised to find that the most valuable part of our work together is not the school list or the essays. It is having someone who can hold the full picture of their child and help them see it clearly, especially when the pressure of the process starts to distort it.