Personal Counseling

At Berkeley Preparatory School, dedicated personal counselors in each division strive to ensure every student is known, nurtured, and well. The counselors support students’ social/emotional development through school-based personal counseling services, age-appropriate programming, and collaboration with faculty, families, and outside stakeholders as needed to help students attain their highest potential as human beings.

• Provide developmentally appropriate individual and small group school-based counseling services, focusing on social, emotional, psychological, and personal development

• Deliver social/emotional programming based on developmental milestones

• Direct skill-building for students in areas including but not limited to: conflict resolution, emotional regulation, social skills, perspective taking, self-esteem, and positive mental health

• Support campus life through involvement with events and divisional programming

• Partner with faculty, administrators, and families to promote student well-being

• Collaborate with local independent school counselors, participate in professional development opportunities, and engage in professional organizations to ensure that best practices are utilized as counselors

• Assist students and their families with resource referrals to connect with external mental health providers and other community mental health resources as needed

• Facilitate parent discussion in small groups for the Berkeley Speaker Series program