FOR SCHOOLS
The students who need support, but not a referral.
Coaching that helps girls know themselves, and make decisions that are actually theirs.
Talks · Workshops · Group programs · First workshop free
THE GAP
There's a girl you've been meaning to check on.
Her work comes in. Nothing is wrong on paper. But she's gone quiet this year, or she's snappish in a way she didn't used to be, or she's carrying more than she can hold.
You have two options, and neither fits.
YOUR COUNSELOR
Good, and one person with several hundred students.
The list is for the most concerning cases. Most of these girls never will be.
If she were, she'd be taking a place from someone in crisis.
The office is in the building. Being seen going in has its own cost.
Overwhelmed,
not unwell.
REFERRING OUT
A clinical route.
A doctor, a diagnosis, a waiting list measured in months.
A conversation with parents that starts by suggesting something is wrong.
Too much for a girl who's overwhelmed rather than unwell, and everyone involved knows it.
So mostly nothing happens, and you keep an eye on her.
This is for that girl.
The overwhelmed ones.
The ones who've gone quiet.
The ones carrying more decisions, more comparison, and more performance pressure at sixteen than any cohort before them, with the same amount of guidance.
Often what she needs isn't treatment. It's an hour with an adult who isn't her parent, isn't her teacher, and isn't going to repeat any of it.
WHAT THIS IS
One-to-one coaching in decision-making and self-trust.
- It starts with what she wants from the hour.
- In between, she talks and I ask questions, listening for what's underneath what she came in with.
- It ends with what she's decided to do, and how she'll hold herself to it.
Somewhere in it, clarity usually arrives. The more we practice, the more she gets there on her own.
WHAT THIS ISN'T
Not therapy, and not a substitute for it.
- Not a mental health intervention.
- Not a service that will hold a student who needs clinical support.
- Not a replacement for your counselor or wellbeing team.
If a student needs more, I'll say so early and help find it.
ON SELF-TRUST AND AUTHORITY
A girl who trusts her own judgment is easier to teach, not harder. She pushes back with a reason instead of going quiet or going along. Nothing in this work sets her against parents or teachers. The noise we help her filter is social media and group chats.
FORMATS
Five ways to work together.
Based in Zurich and Athens. Other locations can be arranged.
Assembly talk
20 minutes
Fits an existing assembly slot. Introduces self-trust as a practical skill, with one exercise students can use the same week.
Workshops
One hour · all the girls in a grade, or a smaller group
We start with Deciding With Confidence: structured exercises and paired work on decisions they're facing now. Every student leaves with the Clarity Check, a five-step tool for thinking any decision through. Further workshops build on it, on themes chosen with you. Your school's first workshop is free.
Program
Four consecutive weeks · one hour weekly · 10 to 12 girls
The full arc, delivered in person throughout, with a short self-report at the start and end and a written summary for your wellbeing team.
Parent evening
15 minutes including questions
Slots into an existing parents' evening. Why girls this age struggle to locate their own judgment, and what parents can do at home.
One-to-one
By referral
Arranged directly with families, outside school time.
How it usually grows
A talk or a workshop
An assembly talk, a parent evening, or your free first workshop. An easy way to see how students respond.
A group program
Four weeks with a small group of girls who'd benefit most.
One-to-one where it helps
Individual coaching for girls who want more, arranged directly with families.
Each step is a separate decision. Many schools start with one visit and take it from there.
CREDENTIALS
Anyone can call themselves a coach. Not everyone has been certified.
There is no license required to practice, which is exactly why the certification matters.
I hold a credential from the International Coaching Federation, the profession's principal global accrediting body. It requires accredited training, supervised practice, examinations, and ongoing adherence to their code of ethics, including a complaints procedure I don't control. Credential holders are listed on a public register, so my standing is verifiable rather than something you take on trust.
SAFEGUARDING AND GOVERNANCE
Documentation available on request.
Swiss Privatauszug, available on request
Sonderprivatauszug, the extract specific to regular work with minors, obtained on engagement
Professional liability insurance
ICF Code of Ethics and complaints procedure
Written confidentiality and disclosure policy, shared with students and parents before any session
Anything suggesting risk goes to your designated safeguarding lead the same day, following your procedure
Happy to complete your own vetting process and provide references.
SCHEDULING
Booked in blocks, around my dates in each city.
I spend blocks of time in Zurich and Athens and book school visits around those dates. The group program runs over four consecutive weeks, delivered in person throughout, so there's no gap in the middle and nothing falls back to video.
Talks and workshops are single visits.