COUNSELORS
Greenwood System™
Training, Assessments, Reports, and Support
Become trained as a Greenwood System™ career counselor and use the most comprehensive and holistic career assessment available. Our cutting edge career counseling model will benefit any individual looking for career direction and fulfillment. Training involves online tutorials and live in-person (Zoom) case studies of your first two clients. Ongoing training is available through continued in-person support for each client. Begin using our robust, data-driven career counseling process and report to provide the best outcomes for your clients.
Steps to Becoming a Greenwood System™ Trained Counselor
1. Contact us using the button below to find out about pricing and eligibility.
2. Purchase Registration & Training and first two assessments.
3. Gain access to your GS Portal and watch training videos.
4. Give your first two clients their assessment links
5. Once clients complete their assessments, case study their reports in live training sessions with a Greenwood System trainer.
Research Validated
Published in Career Development Quarterly 2008 “85% Effective, 95% Approval”
Over 30 Years Experience
We have been helping career counselors deliver the very best career counseling since 1987
Easy to Use
Through an easy to use Greenwood System portal counselors are able to purchase assessment, retrieve results, access support materials, and schedule time with live Greenwood System associates for each report.
Holistic
Our assessment and career counseling model takes into account your student/clients’ abilities, interests, personality, and values and produces a single report with career matches based on all of this information.
Individualized
We support each report with one hour of live professional videoconference support.
Best Practices Career Counseling
The Greenwood System uses only research supported best practices in its counseling model.
Proven Efficacy
We have supported career counselors for over 30 years helping them conduct holistic career counseling of the highest quality.
Live Professional Support
Our Greenwood System trained counselors and associates are here to help you with each client/student.
Industry Leader in Career Counseling
We have been training career counselors all of the world for over 30 years.
Trained Greenwood System™ Career Counselors
Daniel R. Greenwood, Ed.D., M.Ed.
CEO, Career and Educational Consultant
Dr. Greenwood conducts career counseling with clients of all ages and trains counselors on the Greenwood System™.
Mrs. Beth Greenwood, B.A.
CFO, Career and Educational Consultant
™Mrs. Greenwood conducts career and educational counseling for clients of all ages and trains counselors on the Greenwood System.
Janet Greenwood Ph.D., C.E.P.
President, Career and Educational Consultant, Greenwood Associates, Inc.
Dr. Janet Greenwood is president and founder of Greenwood Associates, Inc., established in 1987.
Bernie Zimmeran, M.A., LCPC
Educational Consultant, Career/College Counselor, Executive and Parent Coach
Bernie has collaborated with Greenwood Associates since 2005. He offers executive coaching, parent coaching and college / career assessments at the Cultivation Boise office and via telehealth. He is also supervising Northwest College Support’s Boise campus and the Gemba Boise Gap Program. He is the former Chief Operations Officer for Cherry Gulch and Novitas Academy. He is a former Professional Member of IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association). He is registered with the State of Idaho as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and as a Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor. He is an active member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Program’s (NATSAP) Government Relations committee and regularly travels to Washington DC to advocate for children and their families. Bernie has been married to his high school sweetheart, Krista, for 27 years and together they have three young adult sons.
Elaine Morgan, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Morgan Guidance Services
Elaine Morgan, M.Ed. is an Independent Educational Consultant specializing in Career Counseling, Educational Planning, Therapeutic Placement Consulting and Parent Coaching. Elaine is the founder and first point of contact at Morgan Guidance Services. Much of her work focuses on strategic planning with families. She is an expert at identifying the best resources so students and young adults stay on track to reach their potential in school and in life. She is known for her collaborative, nonjudgmental approach and for being a strong advocate for her clients.
Location Information:
Orlando & Winter Park, Ponte Vedra, Gainesville Call/Text 407-636-1004
Annette Reiter, MA, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MT#1896)
Annette Reiter, MA, is an individual, family and couples therapist, author, and national speaker. Her private practice focuses on creating long-term healing and change within oneself. Her systemic approach to counsel makes her uniquely positioned to value the interdependence’s of oneself, family, career and education. Phone: 727-623-4633
Andrew Bryan
Educational Consultant
Andrew Bryan’s work as an educational consultant has spanned over three decades of experience with adolescents, emerging young adults and their families. His expertise is to provide insight and guidance into educational and career options, to help others move toward realizing their potential and live within their purpose. The career assessment process and focus on practical next steps with both emerging adults and adults is key to his highly relational and mentoring style for those wanting to engage in transforming their life experience and transition to activities and occupations that are more essential to who they are in the world. .
Janet Nicholas, MA, LPC, LCDC
Ethical, Caring Christian Counseling Services
Janet Nicholas LPC LCDC EAP is a counselor, therapeutic placement consultant and provides career assessment and consultation. She is a member of the National Association of therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP).
Mark D. Barrentine, LCSW
Executive Director, Evangelhouse Consultancy
Mark Barrentine has worked with teens for over 20 years as a teen and family therapist. He has extensive training, experience and success inspiring teens to find clarity and purpose within their career path. In addition to working with teens, Mark also has a gift for working with small business owners and executives in career planning.
Lisa Vella, M.Ed.
Educational & Therapeutic Consultant
Lisa is the founder of Vella Consulting, Inc. Her practice focuses on assisting families with therapeutic placements, boarding school placements, advocacy and career/college counseling.
Phyllis Perlroth, M.Ed.
Special Education/Educational Consultant
I feel passionate about education, especially educating people with unique learning profiles. I have spent the past 30+ years learning about people who learn and think differently. As an experienced Education Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in schools that are innovative, personalized and project-based. Understanding students with learning challenges and then taking action steps to “level the playing field” so they have the opportunities to grow into a career or a profession. Under construction……..
Kathy Griswold-Fine, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Educational Consultant
Experienced College Admissions Consultant and Academic Coach specializing in the college application process and academic coaching (high school & college). Using her theoretical expertise in education and educational psychology, Kathy uses a process-based approach to help college bound students identify places they can thrive—educationally, socially, and emotionally. As an academic coach, Kathy utilizes her knowledge of learning, teaching, and motivation to help high school and college students succeed while learning to become the managers of their own learning.
Alexandra Rizzi, M.S.Ed.
Holistic college and career guide
Alexandra brings over fifteen years of experience as an international educator, student advisor, mindfulness practitioner, and career guide to the table. She is passionate about helping her clients discover their true path and empowering them with the tools to accomplish their goals. In her private practice, Alexandra utilizes holistic career assessments, career narrative interviews, and guided personal and career exploration techniques to help her clients discover their best-fit career paths. She is a member of NCDA – National Career Development Association, and an associate member of IECA – Independent Educational Consultants Association. She works with students on their college essays and admissions process, major selection, and career guidance, as well as adults seeking a career change.
Scott Prince, M.S.Ed.
College Counselor
Scott Prince is the former Director of College Counseling at two prominent independent day schools, Louisville Collegiate (Kentucky) and Kent Denver (Colorado). He brings more than 25 years experience as an independent school teacher, coach, administrator, and college counselor to his private practice.
Jamie Goodman, LPC, NBCC
Educational Consultant
Jamie Goodman is the founder of Pilcrow Advisors and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified School Counselor (Type 73), National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC) and experienced Therapeutic & Educational Consultant.
Jamie travels regularly throughout the United States to evaluate schools and programs for both typically developing and special needs clients. She has visited hundreds of schools and programs to date and works diligently to keep her knowledge base current. Jamie partners with families to develop short and long-term goals, exploring possibilities both local and distant. She has worked with clients and their families on school and program placement for over a decade and has placed hundreds of clients in appropriate schools & programs. Prior to Therapeutic & Educational Consulting, Jamie worked in the public school system as the Director of Special Education, overseeing the IEP/504 process within her school and assisting students with school applications.
Dana Grote, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CO #2629)
Dr. Dana Grote has 20 years of experience in psychological assessment and psychotherapy with children and adults. In her private practice, she provides college and career planning and specializes in working with clients with learning differences. Dr. Grote helps students and their families navigate the transition to college and academic accommodations process.
Jennie Hall, Ph.D., M.S., ACMHC
School Counselor
Jennie is passionate about education and in her work as a school counselor, therapist, and advocate, she has had the opportunity to help adolescents successfully navigate the world of education and work. She is a School to Career Counselor at Glencoe High School and is a doctoral student in Education at the University of Oregon.
Teressa Nair, M.Ed.
Educational Planner
Teresa is a creative and experienced leader in education and business. Over the past 20 years, Teresa has taught in almost every sector of education and has co-founded a learning studio and homeschool learning group in The Silicon Valley, Bay Area. As a homeschooling mom, special needs professional, and educator, Teresa’s goal is to empower and support families and students in their choice of educational paths. With her vast experience and multidisciplinary background, Teresa seeks to design, create and facilitate 21st-century learning environments that support neurodiversity in a strengths-based education approach. Teresa is the President, and on the Board of Directors, of SNP (Special Needs Professionals of Silicon Valley). SNP, is a non-profit, professional networking organization that strives to better support professionals who help families and children with unique needs by providing a high-quality, trusted network of support and resources. Teresa is currently pursuing her doctoral degree through The Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education and consults on educational planning for twice-exceptional students and their families.
Devon MacEachron, Ph.D.
Educational/Neuropsych Assessments
Devon MacEachron, PhD provides consultation services and comprehensive neuropsych and psychoeducational assessments.
As a specialist in twice-exceptional and gifted learners, with a positive psychology focus on strengths and interests, Dr. Devon is an expert diagnostician who provides an actionable game-plan to families enabling students to achieve their potential.
Brandi Elliot
Educational Consultant
Brandi has 25 years’ experience working with at-risk adolescents and young adults, their families and the programs who serve them. Working within the therapeutic program arena, Brandi has succeeded in various positions, including Executive Director, Case Manager, Risk Manager, and Director of Admissions and Business Development. As a consultant and coach, Brandi has supported wilderness, young adult, therapeutic boarding and chemical dependency programs, educational consultants and insurance underwriters with risk management, admissions and marketing, training, parent education, program development, regulatory compliance and leadership coaching. Brandi’s wide experience and powerful insight allow her to address issues from an objective yet understanding perspective.
Dr. Jessica Romeyn
Educational Consultant
Dr. Jessica Romeyn has more than a decade of expertise in educating and treating individuals with and without special needs across their lifespan. She is passionate about working with and supporting emerging adults during challenging transitions. Her breadth and depth of experience has helped her to develop the core belief that all individuals require individual and unique consideration, and there is no “one size fits all” approach to therapeutic intervention.
Dana Stahl, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Educational Alternatives, LLC
Dana Stahl, M.Ed. is a learning specialist, educational consultant and child/parent advocate. Her practice focuses on educational assessment, advocacy and placement. Dana is an associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) and the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP).
Donna Maglio Brooks, LCSW, CEIP-MH
Educational Consultant
Donna Maglio Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and is also certified by the Certification Board for Equine Interaction Professionals (CBEIP) to provide equine-facilitated counseling services. Since 2003, she has worked as a school social worker and counselor in the K-12 NJ public school system, as a clinician for the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program, as an embedded military counselor at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, as a faculty member for the University of North Carolina Wilmington School of Social Work, as a military counselor for the Virginia Beach public schools, and in her own solo private practice.
Liz Hasty, M.Ed.
Career Counselor
Liz Hasty is a private career counselor with many years experience.
Ericka Markman
Founder at Markman Educational Consulting
Ericka Markman offers decades of experience in the field of education as a counselor, educator and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Markman Educational Consulting, she spent more than 25 years building and managing educational enterprises and working with K-12 students and their families, first as President of National Geographic’s Education division and then as CEO and Founder of Millmark Education. She is a member of the IECA and NACAC, and is a certified Greenwood System Counselor.
Joanna Lilley, M.A.
Educational Consultant
Specializing in helping young adults and their families during the most important time in adulthood. Proactively supporting young adults with a mental health history who are launching into the collegiate world, or reactively providing support when the young adult launches and unravels. Regardless of the transition timeline, Lilley Consulting can step in to provide resources and guidance.
Meg Stiphany
Career and Educational Consultant
With over a decade of experience, Meg has a deep passion for helping adolescents & young adults find the confidence and strength they have within themselves to reshape their future.
Meg served The University of Chicago, The University of Notre Dame & La Lumiere School in the areas of academic advising, career coaching & admissions.
Anne Shields, B.A.
Career Coach
Individual Coaching
Coaching is driven by your goals and your agenda. At times, career coaching overlaps to a great extent with life coaching. Most of us have extenuating circumstances in our lives that we must consider during this time of introspection and purposeful growth. Your choices are made within the context of your life and may result in shifts in your identity as family member, a caregiver, a current employee, or active community member. I’ll support your exploration of what that might mean for you as you come to realize what matters most in your work, set goals and checkpoints, and recognize your whole self in the outcome.
Sue Gauthier-Pin, LMFT
Career Counselor and Therapist
Sue Gauthier-Pin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California who specializes in trauma-based integrative expressive arts therapy and Accelerated Resolution Therapy. By providing these experiential-based therapies, Sue offers her clients an outlet to express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences for which they often “have no words.”
Marianne Thompson, M.Ed.
Independent College Counselor
Thompson College Consulting (TCC) is an independent educational consulting firm located in Concord, Massachusetts. TCC’s mission is to guide a select number of students and families through the entire college planning, search, application and selection process.
Marianne M. Thompson, TCC’s founder, holds a bachelor’s degree in education and mathematics from Boston College and a Masters degree in education from Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Marianne also holds a Certificate in College Counseling from University of California-Los Angeles.
Diane Geller, M.A.
Independent Educational Consultant
I studied College Student Development at George Washington University and have a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Redlands. I have thirty years of experience as a College Consultant. I’m a Certified Educational Planner (CEP) and past President of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA).
I love knowing and working with teenagers and young adults. Spending time to learn who they are and what they dream of is rewarding for both of us. It’s exciting to see them develop a future that truly reflects their personalities and strengths.
Brynnen Ford, PhD
College and School Admissions Counselor
If you are looking for an in-person or virtual assessment in the Seattle area, Dr. Brynnen Ford is ready to partner with you.
Brynnen has thirty years of experience leading, teaching, and advising in colleges, universities, and schools, mostly in the Seattle area. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of Washington, and taught at Seattle University. Brynnen is also the parent of two young adults.
Brynnen’s practice, Schooling Doula, focuses on using a holistic approach to help young people find the next steps on their path. Brynnen loves the Greenwood System because it gets to each person’s passion and purpose and identifies tangible options and a clear action plan. Brynnen has used the system with high school students, transfer students, and young-adult recent graduates. Reach out if you are feeling stuck about your planned course of study or would like to explore possible career directions.
Aaron Garland
Career Counselor and Life Coach
Are you ready to take the next step? Are you ready to stir up a little more motivation? How about direction? Are you ready to figure out what fires your imagination and put together a plan to make happen? Are you ready to drop a couple of those “unhelpful” habits and acquire a few good ones?
Sharon Bowen, M.Ed., CEP
College Admissions Consultant
When I was in high school, I dove into my copy of the Fiske Guide to Colleges with highlighter in hand and organized mail from colleges in file folders color-coded by region of the country. Now, I employ that same enthusiasm to help my students explore colleges, dig into the details that make each school unique, and craft strong, personalized applications and essays.
I majored in psychology and communications at Northwestern University, then earned a master’s degree in school counseling at Vanderbilt University. I spent the next 10 years educating and counseling others in both school and community settings.
Since beginning admissions-related work in 2015, I’ve guided students individually through their essays and applications at four different organizations including College Essay Guy, evaluated freshman applicants for the University of California (UC) system, created admissions-related resources for a nonprofit that serves thousands of high schoolers, and worked as an SAT/ACT tutor.
Stephanie Martin
Career Counselor and Life Coach
Owner and Founder Transformative Life Coaching: Passionate about helping clients navigate their way to a more fulfilling and fruitful life.
Mike Brown
Life Coach and Carer Counselor
While I focus on Young Adults and their Families, I’m happy to work with anyone that seeks growth in their life. I’m able to help you work through issues such as weight loss, addiction, professional development, body/self image, marriage, and many more. Whether it’s the relationship with your spouse, your children, your friends, your parents, your accountant, your in-laws, your babysitter, or your tennis coach…or yourself!
Note: This is a partial list of Greenwood Trained counselors.
Testimonials
I love the flexibility of utilizing the Greenwood System. I have used it with students who are beginning the college process, clients seeking vocational options, executives considering career changes, myself included, and I have also used it with leadership members to further understand themselves and strengthen their executive teams.
The Greenwood System has helped me with clients that are stalled out or stuck. The values and motivators section helps me drive specific therapeutic recommendations when appropriate. So to me it truly is a great resource.
The Greenwood System process has been vital to our practice We are most impressed with how it guides students into questions like “who am I and what do I have to offer the world around me.”
The Greenwood System is an excellent tool to get clients actively engaged in determining a career path that aligns with their personality, beliefs, goals, and strengths.
College bound students and their parents are impressed with the thorough and personalized nature of the Greenwood System. The GS 120™ gets down to the nuts and bolts of the student’s talents, passions and strengths. It guides their college coursework and encourages them to explore their fields of interests. Most parents wished they had had the GS 120™ for themselves.