FOR PARENTS
She's not quite herself.
Coaching that helps her get to know herself again, and make decisions that are actually hers.
One-to-one · Online · First two sessions free
Dusty Rose · Acrylic on canvas
WHAT YOU'VE NOTICED
She's quieter than she used to be.
Shorter-tempered.
Not quite herself, in a way you'd struggle to explain to anyone else.
Something might be going on, or it might just be a hard stretch. Either way, you'd like her to have a bit of extra support while she's in it.
Not instead of you, and not instead of anyone she might already be seeing. Something different in kind. An hour that isn't about looking back, but about where she is now, what she wants next, and how she goes about deciding it.
The decisions are the surface of it. What changes underneath is that she gets to know herself better, and becomes more herself in the process.
WHERE THIS SITS
Not every hard year is a diagnosis.
There's a word for everything now. Anxious, avoidant, burnt out, OCD. Some of it is real and useful and hard-won. Some of it is a girl reaching for the only language anyone has given her to explain why she feels strange.
Not knowing who you are yet isn't a symptom.
It's the work of being her age, and it's harder now than it has ever been, because she's doing it with an audience and with more options in front of her than any generation before had to choose between.
Sometimes what gets called anxiety is the feeling of standing in front of a decision with no idea which part of you is supposed to make it.
What helps
She doesn't need a diagnosis to explain why she feels lost. She might just not know herself yet.
What she needs is practice.
Practice at working out what's actually going on, instead of carrying a vague sense that something is off. Practice at reaching her own answer rather than collecting five other people's. Practice at making a decision and being able to stand behind it afterward.
Mostly I ask questions, the kind that get her looking at something from an angle she hadn't tried. Sometimes I offer an observation and ask what she makes of it, and she's free to disagree.
She arrives at the answer herself, because that's the only version that builds anything.
We work on whatever she brings, small or big. The small ones are where the ability actually gets built, so the big ones aren't the first time she's tried.
WHY THIS WINDOW
The decisions come now.
The skill lasts.
What to study.
Who to spend her time with.
What to keep doing, and what to let go of.
Who to listen to.
She's making them when she knows least about herself and cares most about what everyone thinks. That isn't a flaw in her. It's the order things happen in.
Knowing her own mind is a skill. Build it now, and she has it for everything that comes after.
WHAT SHE GETS
Someone who isn't her teacher, her parent, or a friend.
No expectations of who she should be.
Space to think out loud, without worrying how it sounds.
An hour about where she is now, and where she's going.
It's easier to think out loud with someone outside your everyday life. That's what makes this work.
WHAT YOU GET
A clear picture, without breaking her trust.
A conversation before she starts, and a direct line to me after.
Updates on how it's going, never on what she said.
If she's ever at risk, you'll know right away. She knows that from the start.
And a daughter who's learning to trust her own judgment.
STARTING
No referral, no diagnosis,
no waiting list.
She can start next week.
It's lighter to start: less formal, lower stakes, and much easier for her to say yes to than something that begins with a referral and a diagnosis.
Jeanne is genuinely curious and truly cares about you as a person. She has a special ability to notice contradictions or gently reflect back things you've said in a way that opens up important insights. Her calm energy creates a safe and supportive space. I would recommend her without a doubt.
WHAT IT COSTS
The first two sessions are free.
She can decide whether she likes me before you spend anything.
FIRST TWO SESSIONS
Free
No cost, no commitment.
THEN SIX SESSIONS
CHF 780
or €780
In three monthly installments of CHF 260 (€260), used at her own pace within a year.
CHF 130 (€130) a session.
IF SHE CONTINUES
CHF 260
or €260
A month for two sessions. Pause or stop at any point.
About the same as tutoring or riding, and there's nothing to cancel if she stops needing it.
Single sessions outside a block are CHF 160 (€160).
Prices are the same number in Swiss francs or euros: francs in Switzerland, euros everywhere else.
A few reduced-fee places are available each term. If cost is what's stopping you, write to me.