Text Box: Testimonials and Feedback As a parent you are always in the advocate role for your child.  It is remarkable to find an individual that not only advocates for your child, but intentionally builds relationship, builds your child, and builds community AND advocates in a refreshing, new and personal way.  This is not done from behind a desk, or bound by traditional boredom, or in a cold therapy session, but in well earned stepstones of friendship, integrity, life experiences, hikes, shared meals, trust and explorations. Our child seeks and trusts Casey because he knows Casey cares and values him.  This is deserved.   Casey has offered us, as parents, RESPITE, knowing we are not the only ones that "know and value" our child, and that some one else is there helping them develop a well earned voice and path in this complicated journey.-Parent Casey is doing an outstanding  job mentoring my 19 year old who has struggled for a long time in many aspects of his life.  My son is moving forward with his future in a much healthier way due to Casey's help.  And my son is happier and more motivated.  I am incredibly grateful to Casey.  -Parent Casey has been working with my 14 year old son for the last 2 years. He has been his mentor, life skills coach, friend, and role model. He has been sharing with Casey more than he is willing to reveal to us, his parents. They have been hiking, shopping, cooking, eating, talking, playing sports, and working on social skills.  Casey offers a good advice, helps resolve my son’s issues and ultimately helps us as parents in raising a young teenager. –Parent Casey’s ability to listen to and advocate for a teenager and to act as a mediator between parent and child at this crucial developmental stage is superb. Casey is a perfect mix of calming energy, inspiration and guiding light!  I feel very fortunate that my son has had his support. -Parent We met Casey when my son went on a Wilderness Reflections Youth Quest where he was a guide. Subsequently, my son joined his mentoring program. Both my husband and I couldn’t be more impressed and grateful. Like a lot of teens, my son had some personal problems that were causing low self-esteem, and were holding him back from reaching his potential. From working with Casey, he has developed insight into who he is, his values and his goals, and this is helping him get through a very challenging high school environment with a positive perspective.  In addition, my husband and I have a deeper understanding of our son’s strengths and challenges, and how to support him. Overall, Casey’s mentoring program has been a tremendous boon to our entire family. -Parent Casey is a principled, kind (but firm), insightful mentor and group leader. Our son has genuinely benefited from his understanding of adolescent male development as well as his gentle guidance. –Parent Casey is a powerful presence with the boys’ group and with their parents. He listens with non-judgmental intention and provides guidance through experiential wisdom instead of dogma. He has been a grounding inspiration to my son’s emotional growth. –Parent I want to highly recommend Casey and his services.  My son worked with him for 2 years at his high school.  At first I totally didn't 'get' the concept of a "Resource and Support" person....  But after my son worked with Casey it became really clear:  Casey was someone with whom my son could talk about /everything -- / school struggles, girlfriend issues, stuff going on at home, what his place in the world was looking like it was going to be. I had the sense that my son felt like his time with Casey was a safe space to explore becoming a young man, with someone he could relate to in a way that is so crucial at this age and stage of life.   Casey supported my son's  passion for acting and film, and gave him concrete tools to explore where he wanted to go with these.  They met at the school, and after my son graduated Casey continued to support him by helping him to build a website.  They met in a variety of cafes, which my son loved!  I thought it was terrific that Casey was able to continue his support in an 'outside-the-box' kind of way that my son clearly responded to.  I think he's a terrific role model for boys-becoming-men and I feel so grateful that he was a part of my son's development along the way..... -Parent Casey McCarroll, M.A. caseymcc@gmail.com 510.703.8179