Private Educational Advising for Exceptional Young Adults
Get your neurodiverse, high-potential teen into a school where they will find their people.
An extraordinary education is only the beginning.
Your teen deserves a trusted advisor who sees beyond grades, applications and accomplishments—and helps her/him become the confident, capable young adult all that opportunity was meant to create.
I work privately with a small number of families whose gifted and neurodivergent teens are navigating demanding schools, university decisions and the complicated transition into adulthood.
I'm Dr. Emily Wassell.
The world has never been more complex for a teenager to navigate. And the one thing that would make all the difference, a trusted advisor who truly knows them and helps them build wisdom across all of it, has almost entirely disappeared from modern life. What I give a teen cannot be bought in a classroom or found in a curriculum. It is the unshakeable confidence of knowing exactly who they are. The teens who work with me arrive uncertain and leave unstoppable. I am a neurodivergent PhD educator and school founder with twenty-five years expertise. I work privately, by referral only, with a small number of families at a time. If you are reading this, someone who knows your family thought yours might be one of them.
I am neurodivergent, a dual citizen, and a third-culture kid. I have lived the complexity your daughter is navigating. And I have spent my career doing one thing with everything I learned from it: helping extraordinary young women turn their potential into a life that is entirely, unapologetically their own.
I founded a private school centered on student wellbeing, designed an app to measure daily experienced wellbeing, and consult students at elite private schools around the world.
You’re closer than ever to having peace of mind — knowing your teen is being guided by an expert to create a personalized, exciting plan for their future.
I'm Dr. Emily Wassell.
The world has never been more complex for a teenager to navigate. And the one thing that would make all the difference, a trusted advisor who truly knows them and helps them build wisdom across all of it, has almost entirely disappeared from modern life. What I give a teen cannot be bought in a classroom or found in a curriculum. It is the unshakeable confidence of knowing exactly who they are. The teens who work with me arrive uncertain and leave unstoppable. I am a neurodivergent PhD educator and school founder with twenty-five years expertise. I work privately, by referral only, with a small number of families at a time. If you are reading this, someone who knows your family thought yours might be one of them.
I founded a private school centered on student wellbeing, designed an app to measure daily experienced wellbeing, and consult students at elite private schools around the world.
I am neurodivergent, a dual citizen, and a third-culture kid. I have lived the complexity your daughter is navigating. And I have spent my career doing one thing with everything I learned from it: helping extraordinary young women turn their potential into a life that is entirely, unapologetically their own.
Even exceptional schools cannot provide everything an exceptional teen needs.
Your teen may have extraordinary teachers, rigorous academics, excellent university counseling and opportunities most young people never receive.
And still, no one person is responsible for seeing all of them.
Their academic strengths.
Their neurodivergent brain.
Their friendships.
Their confidence.
Their executive functioning.
Their university choices.
Their emerging identity.
Their future.
That is the gap my private advisory work is designed to fill.
More Than College Consulting
College admissions matters. But the goal isn't simply getting your teen into an impressive university.
The goal is helping them become the kind of young adult who can thrive once they gets there—and long after they leave.
My private educational advisory integrates:
University and college admissions strategy
Career and academic direction
Executive function support
Neurodivergent student advocacy
Leadership development
Social confidence and relationships
Emotional intelligence and resilience
Independent living and decision-making
Personal writing and communication
Long-term mentorship
The best schools will educate them. They will not ignite them. No curriculum teaches a gifted teen how to know themselves deeply enough to trust their own vision, own their voice, and move through the world with the conviction to actually change it. isn't your only option... I would love to give I work privately with a carefully chosen number of families at a time. As your teen's devoted advisor, my only agenda is theirs. I bring them the wisdom, candor, and unshakeable belief in who they are that transforms a passionate young person into someone with the clarity, confidence, and courage to make their vision a reality..
I'd love to help you get there!
