Every student has a unique style of learning. My goal is to help the student discover their 'style' and to help them learn using methods tailored to them.

The first session is focused on establishing rapport, discovering the student's objectives and finding out what they have and have not already tried.

People are born learners. Sometimes, a student needs to be reminded that they were born with incredible gifts of memory and problem solving. Keeping a log that shows progress is one way of clearly demonstrating improvement over time.

Everything is possible if broken into small enough pieces. Many students do poorly due to anxiety around passing a big test or scoring "high enough" on the SAT, ACT or GRE. I help them shift their focus to one question at a time. One question is very do-able.

There is always a new way of approaching a question. I excel at finding analogies from a student's own life that open doorways into challenging concepts.

Reading comprehension is often a question of relationships - between words, between ideas, between characters. Everyone is good at seeing relationships. Reframing the question as discovering relationships often helps students see the connections.

Often a real-world application of the material will help a student be more focused. Even the most abstract math or literature have real-world analogs that students could find relevant.