Coaching is the core of what we do. Everything else supports it.
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Working With Dr. Dee
Working With Dr. Dee
The Strategy Session
A single, focused session for the student who knows something needs to change and wants a clear path forward. Together, we get to the root of what's not working, identify what to do about it, and end with a concrete action plan the student leaves ready to execute.
One conversation. One plan. Immediate momentum.
One-on-One Coaching
For the student who wants more than a course correction, a transformation. Ongoing coaching builds the self-reliance, judgment, and confidence that carry a student not just through freshman year, but all the way to graduation.
Our work and relationship begins where the admissions process ends. Once your student has said yes to a school, we start preparing for what comes next — the summer before, move-in, the first semester, and the moments in between when things get real.
Every engagement is built around one principle: we guide, your student does the work. Dr. Dee won't email the professor, fix the schedule, or manage the deadline. She'll guide your student to do those things because the goal isn't a smooth first semester. It's a capable adult.
Whichever path fits — strategy session or coaching — the work covers the terrain families rarely think about until they're standing in it:
Decisions: Time, money, priorities, and the freedom to get all three wrong without a safety net of nagging
Academics: Office hours, syllabi, study habits that survive contact with a college workload
Self-advocacy: Asking for help early, using campus resources, speaking up before a problem becomes a crisis
Recovery: Because something will go sideways, and what matters is what your student does next
Not sure which fits? Coaching relationships are tailored to each student, so the first step is always a conversation.
Parents, This Part Is for You
The hardest part of coaching often isn't the student — it's helping parents resist the urge to rescue. If your student is old enough for college, they're old enough to hear hard truths and handle real responsibility. Our job is to make sure they're ready. Yours is evolving from manager to consultant. We'll help you both.
Workshops
Workshops
Group workshops bring the Tassel to Tassel approach to college-bound students — practical sessions built around the questions they don't know to ask until it's too late to ask them. Every workshop is designed for the student; parents are always welcome in the room.
For Individuals
Open-enrollment workshops for college-bound students, offered seasonally and timed to the rhythm of the college calendar. Upcoming sessions are announced on Substack and social media.
For Organizations
Civic groups, scholarship-granting organizations, and agencies contract Dr. Dee to prepare their students for the transition to college. Choose a single workshop from our catalog, or combine several into a multi-session boot camp tailored to your students.
Group workshops bring the Tassel to Tassel approach to students and parents together — practical sessions on the transition to college, built around the questions families don't know to ask until it's too late to ask them.
Workshops are offered seasonally, timed to the rhythm of the college calendar. Availability, topics, and formats vary, so the best way to learn what's coming is to ask — or to follow along on Substack, where upcoming sessions are announced.
College Ready 101
College Ready 101
Not every family starts with coaching — some start with a book. College Ready 101 distills Dr. Dee's approach into a practical guide for college-bound students: what's coming, what matters, and how to show up ready.
It's a great graduation gift, a better summer read, and the fastest way to find out whether the Tassel to Tassel approach fits your family.
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