“My goal is to honor each person’s individual journey by helping them explore their interests, gain self-awareness and find what intrinsically motivates them.”
COLLEGE COUNSELING
Personal and customized guidance to help students gain perspective and make the most of the high school experience, leveraging that throughout the college selection and application process. >>
BIRKMAN SIGNATURE SELF-ASSESSMENT
Assessing self-awareness using the Birkman Method, a widely-used comprehensive assessment tool, helps you better understand your personality, interests and strengths and has a positive transferable effect on your relationships, life choices, and career. >>
LIFE SKILLS, CAREER & BEYOND
Success looks and feels different for everyone. Building off of the Birkman Signature Assessment, Joan thoughtfully guides her clients to help them determine a course of study, college program or a career path that best suits them. >>
A Unique Approach to Guiding Students…
With a true passion for education and helping clients to gain self-knowledge, Joan is committed to finding her students' paths forward as they transition to secondary school, college and beyond. Joan's background, training and experience enable her clients to embrace new challenges and be confident as they embark on a new and uncertain experience. Throughout the years, she has aligned herself with industry experts and creatively leverages resources to help her clients navigate education and career decisions in the most thoughtful way.
Whether a one-time consultation or a long-term relationship, Joan always offers a candid and action-oriented perspective supported by countless deep-rooted and genuine personal contacts and decades of experience.
She provides a sense of calm throughout a process that can be stressful for both students and families.
Most importantly, her students gain a true sense of self-awareness and confidence and resolve to make thoughtful decisions, thus choosing to attend a school or program in which they will be most successful.
Joan serves as a trusted and consistent resource to help guide students not only through the college application process, but through their journey into the world as they Launch to Life.
Her services include College Counseling, Career Exploration & Coaching
What our Clients are Saying…
“Our family worked with Joan on a college placement when our child was a senior in high school. Joan communicated exceptionally well with all of us from the very start…”
“Joan, I can’t thank you enough for everything you have done for our son, and by extension, my wife and me. Your steady hand, shrewd insights, valuable network of admissions staff, and endless kindness and compassion have ensured a bright future for him…”
“Joan Lockwood was a blessing in the college process! My son wanted to choose the person he would work with himself so I found two College Advisors for him to ‘interview’ and he chose Joan…”
“I really enjoyed meeting you and learning your approach to academic/life coaching. As I’m sure you could tell, I was most excited about your passion for helping kids find their story…”
Contact us.
joanlockwood1@gmail.com
978.998.1457
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA