Whether you are a family navigating a complex or uncertain situation, or a professional looking to refer a family into trusted hands, this page is for you.

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 no clear explanation or pathway 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 decision and need a calm, expert hand to support and guide them.

Whatever the starting point, my involvement is always bespoke, discreet, and built entirely around your child and your family.

My work spans four areas, although they often overlap:

Holistic Educational Reviews
Holistic educational reviews are my signature method. This is an immersive process which I have developed over many years, and it results in a clear, compassionate, and actionable picture of who the young person is and pinpoints how to move forward at school and often at home too. Frequently, this process draws 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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Advisory Support
Some families need guidance on a specific issue. For example, where a school relationship has broken down, there is an upcoming assessment or exam, or a transition to manage. Others require sustained involvement over time, and I work as their family's dedicated educational advisor, coordinating with schools, clinicians, and other specialists to ensure their child's educational experience is joined up, coherent, and moving positively forward.

'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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Individual Consultations
These sessions are tailored around the needs of the young person. Often this means helping them 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 too. I rarely work in isolation with young people, rather my work almost always involves also working with their parents and families, schools and 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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Bespoke Programmes
I design individually tailored educational programmes that restore a young person's confidence, reduce anxiety, and re-engage them with learning. These are built around the young person's unique profile of strengths and needs, and are created to bring back a sense of calm, confidence, and joy. This is sometimes in a home-schooling context but also for young people who attend traditional schools, and especially boarding schools.

'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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I specialise in working with teenagers but also take on cases involving young people from primary school age all the way through to university. All sessions are available online, and I work with families across the UK and internationally.

To make a confidential enquiry, please contact pa@drsusannapinkus.com