Andrew F.
Private tutor in San Antonio, TX
Education
Majored in Psychology and minored in Music at the University of the Incarnate Word. I will be completing my Master's in Community Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio this Fall. I have experience tutoring students as well as working with people individually and in groups, as an undergrad Psychology intern, a cognitive skills trainer, and a counseling student. As an undergrad intern, I worked with elementary school children as a tutor and a mentor. As a counseling student, I have worked with various populations, from grade school students (making healthier choices) to adults (stress, anxiety, career decisions, bereavement, etc.) to older adults in hospice care, as well as facilitate groups with individuals suffering from a mental illness. Also, I teach a beginner ukulele class at a community education center. Through my personal, academic and vocational experiences, I have gained insight about the process of working with people, educationally, musically and through goal setting (counseling and coaching).
Experience
My approach is one that is peculiar to each of my students. As an auto-didactic learner, I believe that everyone has their own way of learning. Therefore, I use an approach that I feel works well for each of my students, with regard to whether a student thinks abstractly or concretely, for example. With so many possible goals, it is important to be flexible to work effectively with each student's learning style. I present concepts with the idea that experience is the key to learning. I strive to create a warm atmosphere that allows students to feel comfortable with making mistakes, with making progress and with being themselves. I see the process as a wonderful opportunity for students to gain knowledge and awareness and to personally develop. With my patience, positive energy, personal insight and passion for working with people, I do my best during each meeting to help ensure my students are working effectively towards progress, while having a fun time doing it. I do this by helping my students create meaning and by keeping the focus of the lessons based on my student's interests and concerns. My hope is that is undoubtedly clear. Personal Development Coaching: Using my insight gained as a counseling student and my aforementioned experience working with people, I am happy to provide my personal development coaching service, which focuses on helping individuals develop personal areas identified as needing growth and development (e.g. career, anxiety management, lifestyle). If interested, please, contact me for details about my personal development coaching. I work with grade school students and adults (including college students). My approach to personal development coaching is based on a therapeutic intervention called Gestalt Therapy (GT). The underlying idea of GT is that awareness is the key to change. My approach looks to help the individual gain self-actualization. This allows one to discern where such things as anxiety, unhappiness, ambivalence, etc. stem from. I believe that it is important for every human being to go through such a process so that peace and awareness within brings peace and awareness to the outer world. I am inspired by and influenced by the ideas of Carl Jung. I help facilitate the process in a genuinely humane, empathetic and professional manner. Have a look all of the services I offer as well as reviews from some students of mine on my TakeLessons.com profile: http://takelessons.com/profile/andrew-f31
Subject Expertise
College EssaysVocabularySummer TutoringStudy Skills And OrganizationSingingReadingPublic SpeakingPsychologyPianoPersuasive WritingMusic TheoryMusicHandwritingGuitarFiction WritingEssay Editing2nd GradeCollege AlgebraAstronomy1st Grade5th GradeWriting3rd Grade11th Grade10th Grade4th Grade9th Grade8th Grade7th Grade12th Grade6th Grade
Availability
Weekdays at any time
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I love peace; I love life; I love to read fiction and non-fiction; I love to write; I love to play music (singing, piano, guitar, ukulele); I love going for bike rides; I enjoy having intellectually-stimulating conversations; I love to inspire and help individuals reach their goals. Two important things: I strive to maintain a positive collaboration with my students so that learning and development may occur. I believe this is one of the most important parts of the process. Also: I promote the idea of Soul. To me, Soul is any sincere display of passion. With Soul, we perform in a most genuine and graceful way. I personally believe that whether one is playing the piano, writing an essay, giving a speech, or anything (necessarily peaceful), one should do it with Soul. I mentioned everything that is above so that it may be known and understood. Please, contact me if you have any questions about any services I provide, my approach or anything!
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