At Open Door Tutoring, students discover
that “1 + 1 can add up to more than 2.”

Q. How is this possible?
A. At Open Door Tutoring, in addition to learning academic materials during sessions, I empower teenagers in their development into responsible young adults. While confronting a looming textbook, they discover and develop internal skills that will serve them later in life.

Q. What additional skills exactly?
A. With unconditional positive regard toward their feelings, I teach them to keep going even when they feel excruciatingly bored. When a textbook is poorly written, or the work causes frustration, we complain or laugh together while continuing forward. Thus, they develop: fortitude, resilience, persistence, competence, and pride in a job well done. They learn that on the road to success, there is no substitute for good, hard effort.

Q. What educational background leads to this well-rounded approach to teaching?
A. I have a Masters degree in counseling psychology (JFK University, 1993) and a BA in human physiology (UC Berkeley, 1983). This harmonious mixture of academic knowledge plus keen listening and communication skills is the key to my success.