Looking for a coach or mentor in Beverly Hills? Blackburn Mentoring offers private, one-on-one mentoring with a single dedicated mentor, in person in Los Angeles or by video. Clients set specific goals, work on them in weekly steps and have text and phone contact with their mentor between sessions.

Privacy and a steady relationship

Many Beverly Hills families are used to a long list of advisors. What they usually want from a mentor is different: one consistent person who knows the young adult well, keeps things confidential and is honest with them. Each client keeps the same mentor. Updates go to parents or family only with the client’s permission, or as agreed on the intro call for high school students.

Common reasons Beverly Hills clients reach out

A teenager with real ability and little drive, where every reminder turns into an argument (motivating a teen at school)
A young adult who has resources but no clear direction, and who is tired of being asked about it (young adult mentoring)
Pressure to join or live up to a family business, and the wish to test their own path first
Professionals who want accountability on health, fitness or a career decision, without adding another meeting that goes nowhere (mentoring for professionals)

Independence is the real goal

When money is not the main constraint, it is easy for a young adult to skip the small skills that build confidence: booking their own appointments, managing a budget, showing up to a job they found themselves. Mentors focus on those skills on purpose. The aim is a person who handles their own life, not one who needs a mentor forever.

Weekly goals the client chooses, not ones handed down
Practical life skills: calendars, bills, cooking, a budget and a first job
Honest feedback when plans slip, and a reset instead of a lecture

Meeting in person or by video

Beverly Hills is central, but crossing it at midday along Wilshire or Santa Monica Boulevard still takes time. Mentors meet in person in Los Angeles where that helps, for example over a walk or a coffee, and by video when schedules are full or a client is away at school or traveling. Plenty of clients use both.

Where a mentor fits with other support

Mentors are not tutors, therapists, doctors or admissions counselors. With permission, they coordinate with the professionals a family already has, so the young adult hears one consistent message. If stress, low mood, anxiety or drinking and drug use are part of the picture, a licensed professional is the right step, and a mentor can work alongside one with your permission. In a crisis, call or text 988.

How to start

Take a short assessment. Tell us about yourself or your son or daughter and the goals. It takes about five minutes.
Have a free intro call. Our team reviews every assessment personally, then sets up a short call to talk through fit, schedule and rates.
Meet the mentor. We match each person with one mentor whose experience and style fit.
Start the plan. 60 minute sessions, weekly or several times a week, in person in Los Angeles or by video.

The flats, the canyons and the Beverly Hills week

Beverly Hills is small enough to cross in ten minutes on a quiet Sunday and slow enough to take half an hour on a weekday afternoon. The flats south of Sunset form a grid of family homes within walking distance of Beverly Drive and Rodeo Drive, while houses north of Sunset climb into Coldwater and Benedict canyons. Many households are multigenerational, and families here come from all over the world, so a young person may be balancing more than one set of expectations about school, work and when to leave home.

Parents often work in law, finance, medicine, real estate or entertainment, many in offices in Century City or downtown, and travel is a regular part of the job. Teenagers in the flats enjoy rare walkable freedom, but friends, activities and jobs elsewhere on the Westside still require a ride. College students who go away tend to come back to a quiet house and a scattered social circle, and graduates who stay may find a comfortable home makes the push to launch easy to postpone.

Situations that come up often in Beverly Hills

A teenager who walks everywhere in the flats but has never ridden a bus or planned a trip across the city alone.
A high school student juggling family responsibilities, such as helping grandparents, alongside a demanding course load.
A graduate living at home in the canyons, without a car of their own and with a job search that keeps getting postponed.
A college student home for the summer who needs real work experience rather than another open-ended break.
Parents who travel often for work and want a consistent adult checking in with a high schooler while they are away.

Mentors meet Beverly Hills clients in person in Los Angeles when that suits the week, at a convenient, appropriate place arranged ahead of time, and move to video when Wilshire is gridlocked, a student is away or the family is traveling. Text and phone check-ins between sessions make the plan feel continuous. Parents of teens who lean on them for everything may want to read when a teen is too dependent on parents; other neighborhoods are covered under mentoring and coaching in Los Angeles.

Mentoring is not therapy or clinical care. If someone needs mental health treatment, a licensed clinician is the right place to start, and a mentor can work alongside them.

Common questions

Is mentoring confidential?

Yes. What a client shares stays between them and their mentor, except for progress updates they agree to, or that a parent agrees to for a high school student, and any safety concern.

Can a mentor help a young adult who has never had a job?

Yes. Finding, starting and keeping a first job is one of the most common goals we work on.

Can a mentor work with a student who is away at school?

Yes. Students away at college keep the same mentor by video, scheduled in their local time zone, with in-person sessions when they are home in Los Angeles.

Do you publish rates?

No. Plans are monthly and priced by how many 60 minute meetings you want each month, and are reviewed on the free intro call.

Get started

Looking for a private mentor or coach in Beverly Hills? Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.

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