Each family I work with arrives at a different stage in their journey. Some are at the very beginning, with a growing sense that their child is struggling but they have no clear explanation or pathway to move forward. Others may be trying to understand what recent assessments or diagnoses mean in practice, for school, for home, and for their child's future. Others are navigating an educational situation or decisions and need a calm, expert hand to support and guide them. Whatever the starting point, I design my input entirely around your child and your family.

Often, however, my work spans four areas.

Holistic Educational Reviews
Holistic Educational Reviews are my signature method. This is an approach which I have developed and which results in a clear, compassionate, and actionable picture of who the young person is, captured through their eyes, and which pinpoints how to move forward at school and often at home too. Frequently, Reviews draw together threads that have been previously missed or misunderstood.

'Susi has got to know my 16 year old daughter very well in a short period of time, focusing on celebrating her strengths as well as understanding the areas in which she struggles and why. After reading the report from our holistic review, my daughter commented "literally everything I would have wanted to say, put down on paper" — which brought tears to my eyes.'

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Support Programmes
Support Programmes are tailored to the individual needs of families, schools and/or young people. Often this means helping young people to understand themselves more fully, for example before or after a diagnosis, and equipping those around them, at home and school, to understand and support them better. I rarely work in isolation with young people. My work almost always involves also working with parents and families, schools or universities, and often other specialists too.

'When we started working with Susi, we were on the cusp of pulling our young teenager out of mainstream school. She saw the strengths and positives in our child, and made our child see those strengths too. Susi's expertise and deep care have turned things around not just for our child, but for us as a family.'

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Tailored Educational Experiences
I design and tailor educational experiences to restore a young person's confidence, reduce anxiety, and re-engage them with the joy of learning. These are built around the young person's unique profile of strengths and needs, and they are created to bring back a sense of calm and confidence. This is sometimes in a home-schooling context but it can also be for young people who attend physical schools, and especially boarding schools which is an area in which I specialise.

'We found Susi at a critical time for our son — weeks before his A-Levels. Her practical, no-nonsense approach was both reassuring for us as parents and a huge relief for our son. Within weeks we were able to get him the exam adjustments he needed through her work with his school. The sense of relief we — but more importantly our son — had is immeasurable.'

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Bespoke Advisory
Some families need guidance on a specific issue or challenge. For example, where a school relationship has broken down, there is an upcoming assessment or exam, or a school transition on the horizon. Others, however, require sustained bespoke advice and involvement over time to guide and optimise their child's educational journey. With a very small number of global families, I take on the role of their family's personal educational advisor through their child's education, often working as part of their wider support network.

Dr Susi Pinkus was instrumental in transforming our son's academic and behavioural journey. Once among the lowest performers in his year and frequently in trouble, he is now confident, motivated, and thriving. Most importantly, he now believes in himself — and so does everyone around him.'

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