Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

MomLive
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:00:10 +0000

My son attended a small private HS. We did use a private counselor and we did let the GC know. The private counselor was actually the former HS principal (many years ago), so they knew him and had no problem working with him.

I do think the school GC slacked off a bit since she knew we were using someone else. Since we had been at the school for 11 years and know all the other families, it was easy to compare notes. We didn’t use the private counselor to get son in anywhere special, we simply had no clue where to steer him and he was overwhelmed with the process. Having a third party spend a fair amount of time with him really helped us all. I don’t know that I would do it again (if he wasn’t an only child). I think some kids benefit from having a private GC and some really don’t need the extra counseling.