Ashley ChandlerFounder + CEO, The Teenage Guide · Founder and CEO, The Teenage Guide | Parent and Teen Coach

Teenage Guide vs Therapist vs Tutor: What Your Teen Actually Needs

24 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Ashley Chandler, a seasoned parent coach, clarifies that she is neither a therapist nor a tutor but a coach who works with both parents and teenagers. She explains that her services are customized to each family’s dynamics, focusing on three core areas: parent‑teen relationship improvement, executive‑function skill development, and social‑emotional support for both home and school contexts. Chandler emphasizes that parents often feel overwhelmed and that her coaching can help them show up more effectively, which in turn benefits their teens. She addresses common concerns about whether a teen would want a coach and offers a free quiz (linked in her bio) as an entry point for families to explore how she can help.

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After nearly 20 years of doing this work, there are 2 things that I have to correct. I am not your therapist. I'm not your teen's therapist, and I'm not a tutor. People sometimes think, well, can you work with my teen? And they just think I'm a parent coach. Or they might think I only work with teens and I don't work with parents. I work with both. I work with parents, I work with teens, and I customize the support so that it's meeting the needs that you have. You're the one who's been up since 6:00 AM trying to meet everyone's needs and take care of everyone else but yourself. No wonder you are stressed. Or you snap, you need the support so that you can show up in a way where everyone in your house, AKA your teenager, responds to you positively. They actually receive your wisdom. They receive your help. They listen to you. We change the parent's approach and the teenager inevitably benefits. I can meet the needs of your unique family dynamic right now. Parent-teen relationships, executive function skills, and social-emotional support for you and your teen. at home, in school, and in life. So if you've ever been thinking, yeah, but our family's different, or I don't know if my teen would actually want to work with a coach, that's fine. I can just work with you to start and it will make a huge impact. If you're curious where to begin, start with my free quiz, link in bio, and you can discover all the different ways that I work with clients inside there as well.