Psychology in the Workplace

Mission
In the clinical applications of psychology to business, the core mission is to work in partnership with an organization or executive to manage change or stabilize a professional/personal derailment.

Vision
There is need for things to be different and a goal to be reached. Finding that path and helping to get there by a process that achieves a better understanding of who you are and what you want with greater resourcefulness and strength of abilities.

Method
As an action oriented approach, the conversations focus on how to move ahead and how to succeed. You will develop a realistic appraisal of the your situation, look at your skills and interpersonal style in light of what’s happening within the organization and then set a plan in motion to make you more effective.

Goals
Whether you are facing a career or personal transition, launching a new venture, struggling with change, out of balance, drifting, we can help moving you in a direction to that will lead to the results you want to achieve.

Action
As a bespoke process, this approach is specifically tailor-made drawing from a base of technical expertise as well hands on management experience. Areas of core competency include: executive intervention, organizational effectiveness, succession planning, leadership development, human resources strategies and life planning.

Educational Consultations

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College Counseling
The two main goals of college counseling with an independent consultant are, to find colleges that are a good match for your student and to get assistance in preparing applications that portray students in the best possible light. The following are included in the counseling process:

Assessment

• Interpretation of academic history and psycho-educational reports
• Evaluation of current high school record and test scores
• Administration of college readiness assessment and college personality profile
• Professional assessment of academic, emotional, and psycho-social needs
• Ongoing recommendations for class schedule, extra-curricular activities, summer activities, and standardized testing
• Referral to local tutors and professionals

Recommendations

• Presentation of individualized list, with fact sheet, of appropriate college options
• Instruction of the college search process, including effective methods for researching college websites and making the most of college visits
• Assistance in editing preliminary list to determine where applications will be submitted

Application and Essay Process

• Essay brainstorming sessions and unlimited essay editing sessions
• Step by step assistance with the organization and completion of college applications
• Mock Interview Sessions
• Guidance on making a final decision
• Transitional coaching

Post-Secondary Placement
Not all students are ready for or desire an independent, traditional college experience immediately following high school. Luckily, this is such a common circumstance that there are hundreds of programs across the country that serve these students. Students typically attend one or a combination of these programs for a year or more, and most fall within one of these categories:

• PG-13 (Post Graduate 13th Year) - Located on its own campus or on the campus of a boarding high school, students in a PG-13 year can increase their academic skills, test their independence, and/or increase their GPA (popular for student athletes), and usually earn some college credit before applying to a college/university the following year.
• Gap Year - A year of “hands on, experiential” learning through travel, community service, internship, outdoor adventure, exploration, or a combination of one or more of the above. The purpose of a gap year is to take a break from traditional work, to mature, or to find direction. Colleges and universities look highly upon a gap year before admissions.
• Independent Living Skills/Vocational Programs - The goal of these programs to teach students the skills necessary to live on their own, care for themselves, socialize independently, and find an appropriate vocational program or job.
• Transitional College Programs - Programs that focus on the transition from high school to independent college life. Using a coaching or therapy based model, students are aided in the academic transition through advising and tutoring, social judgment through mentoring, and independent living skills through budgeting, time management, and organization.

Therapeutic/Emotional Growth Placement
For many students, psychological difficulties are getting in the way of forward movement and success. This includes adolescents who are not thriving in school and disrupting life at home, young adults who are not reaching the milestones of independence that their peers are reaching, or students who have attempted college or independence only to have failed and returned to a life of dependence and lack of productivity. Regardless of the issues at hand, students who are stuck in a cycle of failure often need the help and respite of a therapeutic school or program. The NBI staff is experienced in determining if the appropriateness of this kind of placement and guiding families to the school or programs that best meets the needs of each student.

Crisis Management
When an adolescent or young adult is making poor peer choices, struggling in school, defiant at home, or displaying self-defeating behaviors, the time to act is now. When it is determined that a student is in danger, the situation becomes a crisis. During those times, NBI staff can be available to make a placement within 24-48 hours and guide parents through what is, inevitably, a tenuous and difficult time.