OVERVIEW

Help for the difficult transitions of life need not always entail a mental illness context or the violations of privacy that often accompany the involvement of diagnoses, treatment plans, and insurance gatekeepers that can authorize or deny treatment.

On December 1, 2009, Chesapeake Coaching of Oyster Point Psychological, LLC began to focus exclusively on the issue of students involuntarily separated from school due to poor grades or behavioral infractions which sometimes involve legal charges.

Academic Coaching does not entail the treatment of a mental illness, although referrals for therapy are made whenever the coach and/or the client deem it necessary. At the time of the initial interview, this matter is discussed in detail and in strictest confidence.

WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM ACADEMIC COACHING?

However painful it is, this separation experience can be an opportunity to revisit some important questions regarding the student’s life. The student may wish to consider three questions:

1. Do you want to attend college?
2. If so, do you want to attain a degree?
3. If you do want to return to college, do you want to return to the same college/university or attend some other institution of higher learning – perhaps on a temporary basis?

The student may wish to keep in mind that one can be a good person, a happy person, a healthy person, and a financially successful person without a college diploma. College is not something to do because others think it’s a good idea. Perhaps some other plan of action is a better fit for the student’s aptitudes, interests, and assets.

Through regularly scheduled sessions with the academic coach, the student develops a personal plan and works toward the implementation of the plan as slowly or quickly as the student wishes. As might be expected, sometimes there is movement back and forth between plan-development and plan-implementation.

In some cases, when face-to-face sessions are impractical, a student desires to have follow-up sessions via videocall. This capability is available via Skype and associated encryption to enhance privacy.

Students can “drop in” and “drop out” of the coaching relationship as success and desires suggest.

FEES

Fees are dependent upon the nature and complexity of the involuntary separation. A deposit is required, and charges are made for services as they are rendered. Coaching services are not a covered mental health benefit and will not be filed with, or paid by, insurance carriers.

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

Individuals, who wish to discuss how academic coaching may be of benefit, are invited to call Chesapeake Coaching of Oyster Point Psychological, LLC in White Stone, Virginia at 804-435-6777 for a no-cost, no-obligation discussion of their particular circumstances.