Overview
What you'll achieve
Understand what's actually driving your teen's behavior, instead of just reacting to it
Respond to conflict and tension with more calm and less escalation
Rebuild connection with a teen who's pulled away or become harder to reach
Feel more confident navigating the ups and downs of parenting a teen, without a manual
Set boundaries and expectations that actually stick, instead of constant renegotiation
Learn to support a struggling teen without over-functioning for them
Leave sessions with a clearer, calmer sense of how to show up for their teen — and for themselves
Who this is for
Parents who feel like they're either doing too much or not enough, sometimes in the same day
Parents navigating a teen who's pulled away, become harder to reach, or stopped opening up
Parents caught in repeating conflicts with their teen and unsure how to break the cycle
Parents supporting a teen through anxiety, perfectionism, or academic burnout who need their own space to process it
Parents who want to respond to their teen with more confidence and less reactivity, but aren't sure where to start
Verified Top Expert
Dru Cartier
Academic Coach
Portland, United States
2 years experience
I'm Dru, a Teen Development Coach with dual Master's degrees in Adolescent Developmental Counseling and Teaching English. I am also a Teen Resilience Coach, certified through Youth Coaching Institute's ICF-accredited program.
I've spent 10+ years working directly with students — not just on academics, but on the emotional side of learning that so often gets missed. I've seen firsthand how a teen who is very capable can still freeze up under pressure, how perfectionism can quietly turn into burnout, and how the right support at the right moment can change the whole trajectory of how a student sees themselves and their futures.
My coaching sits at the intersection of academics and emotional development — I help teens reconnect the struggle in front of them (a hard class, test anxiety, a shutdown around writing) to the bigger picture of who they're becoming. I also work with parents navigating the ups and downs of raising a teen, and with college students figuring out who they are once the structure of high school is gone.
Sessions are 1:1, 45 minutes, and built around exactly what you or your teen need in that moment — no fixed curriculum, no pressure to commit to a package. Just real support, when you need it.
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