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An ADHD-Certified Educator and certified social & emotional wellness yoga instructor (E-RYT 200 hour), Courtney brings over fifteen years of teaching and tutoring experience to her clients at North Shore Executive Functioning. 

Equally at home working with both adolescents and adults, Courtney helps all clients optimize the balance between presence and preparation through functional EF tools that support time management, project planning, and self-advocacy.

With a dual masters in English Literature and Gender Studies, Courtney has worked at the elementary, high school, and collegiate levels. For thirteen years, Courtney taught English literature (9th-12th grade) at an elite independent school in Massachusetts before stepping into the position as head of the Academic Support Center where she worked one-on-one with students as an academic advisor and created specialized EF skill-building support programs. 

A trained writing instructor through the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking, Courtney is particularly passionate about helping reluctant writers master the writing process by helping learners of all ages understand how to steadily move from the brainstorming and drafting phases of writing to the final editing and feedback stages. Whether writing an important email, an academic assignment, a college essay or a performance review, Courtney is committed to demystifying the writing process and breaking it down into easy-to-follow steps for anyone challenged by task initiation, organization, working memory, planning, and/or sustained attention. Writing can be fun with the right tools! 

Using an eclectic toolbox of strategies to help clients of diverse ages and backgrounds discover value-driven goals that provide meaning and motivation, Courtney uses accountability, collaboration, and humor to ensure all clients are empowered to build lasting executive functioning skills and find enjoyment in the EF coaching process.