Blackburn Mentoring offers online mentoring in Dallas-Fort Worth: one-on-one mentoring and coaching by video for teens 13 and up, college students and young adults across Dallas, Fort Worth and the rest of North Texas, with sessions in Central time. Mentoring since 2014, it starts with a free 20 minute intro call, and new clients are matched with a mentor within 2 business days.
Our team is in Los Angeles, and we only meet clients in person there. Each client has one dedicated mentor, sessions weekly or several times a week, and text and phone contact between sessions.
Session times from Dallas-Fort Worth
North Texas runs two hours ahead of Pacific time, so even the latest Dallas evening slot is still late afternoon for your mentor.
| Slot | Dallas-Fort Worth (Central) | Mentor (Pacific) |
|---|---|---|
| After school | 4:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| After a long suburban drive | 5:30 pm | 3:30 pm |
| After work | 7:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
| Late, after a game night | 8:00 pm | 6:00 pm |
Early starts are workable too: 7:30 am Central is 5:30 am Pacific, and it can often be arranged for high schoolers who have no free afternoon during football season. Weekend sessions fill the gap for families whose weekdays are all practices and drives.
Dallas-Fort Worth by the numbers
These figures are for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro as a whole, and each one says something about how mentoring fits here.
- 17.8 percent of workers in the metro work from home (Data USA, based on U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 estimates). Video calls are part of ordinary life for many DFW parents, and a mentoring session on a laptop feels the same as any other meeting.
- The average one-way commute is 27.9 minutes (Data USA, ACS 2024), across a metro so spread out that families often drive between suburbs for school and activities. A session from home gives that time back.
- There are 388,436 students enrolled in colleges and universities in the metro (Data USA, ACS 2024). Between students living at home and those who come back after college, a lot of young adults here are working out the move from school to a career.
- Median household income is $90,275 and the median property value is $359,500 (Data USA, ACS 2024). Housing is cheaper than on the coasts, but rising property taxes and insurance still decide when a young adult can move out.
The Data USA profile for Dallas-Fort Worth has the full numbers.
Heat, Friday nights and an August start
Most Texas public schools go back in early to mid-August (state level, 2026 to 27 calendars, per WeAreTeachers), at the peak of the summer heat. The routine resets earlier than in many states, so families often start mentoring in July to have a plan ready before the first week.
Summers from June through September are long and very hot, and activity moves indoors. Fall belongs to high school football, marching band and Friday nights, which can take over a student’s week. Spring brings severe storms, hail and tornado watches, and an occasional winter ice storm halts everything. Because sessions are online, none of that has to cancel a week.
The economy is large and diversified: corporate headquarters, finance, logistics and distribution, technology and health care. New office campuses keep rising along the tollways, and suburban districts run career academies and dual credit programs, so a high schooler can earn college credit or an industry credential before graduation.
Highland Park, Preston Hollow and close-in Dallas
Families in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow often have students in competitive public and independent schools where varsity sports, service work and social life are all part of the culture. High school mentoring helps a student carry all of that without letting the basics slip: a planner that works, enough sleep and a habit of asking for help early. A parent or guardian can join the intro call and receive regular progress updates. Athletes may want mentoring for student athletes.
New to North Texas
A lot of DFW growth comes from companies moving headquarters and families following the job. A teen starting over at a new school gets a constant from a mentor: getting organized in a new system, finding one or two activities that create real friendships and keeping grades steady through the first semester.
Young professionals in Uptown and Deep Ellum
Graduates come back to Dallas or move here for corporate jobs, and Uptown, Lower Greenville and Deep Ellum are full of people in their twenties working long hours. Young adult mentoring helps with a budget that keeps up with a paycheck, routines during busy seasons and planning a promotion, job change or graduate school.
What DFW families ask us
- Whether sessions can fit around long drives and packed after-school schedules.
- How a high schooler stays on track during a competitive fall semester.
- How a young adult who moved home after college can launch a career here.
- How parent updates work when the student is away at college.
Where a mentor fits
A mentor adds a person outside the family who checks in every week and keeps goals realistic. Mentors are not tutors or admissions counselors, and with permission they coordinate with counselors or therapists already involved. Where anxiety or substance use comes up, a licensed professional is the right step. In a crisis, call or text 988.
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Common questions
What time are sessions for Dallas-Fort Worth families, given the 2 hour difference from Pacific time?
A 4:00 pm Central session is 2:00 pm for your mentor, and an 8:00 pm session is 6:00 pm. Because the gap is only two hours, weeknight evenings and early mornings are both workable, along with weekends.
Do you meet in person in Dallas?
No. Our team is based in Los Angeles, and Dallas clients work with us entirely by video, with text and phone contact between sessions.
Can you work with students across the whole DFW metro, including Fort Worth and Collin County?
Yes. We work with families across Dallas-Fort Worth, including the Park Cities, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Southlake, Arlington and Fort Worth, all by video. We also have dedicated pages for Fort Worth and for Plano and Frisco.
Is video mentoring practical with DFW commute times?
It is one of the main reasons families here choose it. With an average commute near 28 minutes and long drives between suburbs, a session from a bedroom or home office saves an hour or more compared with an in-person appointment.
We just relocated to the Dallas area. Is now a good time to start?
Often, yes. A mentor can help a teen settle into a new school and routine, and the same mentor stays with them if the family moves again.
Is there one-on-one mentoring for teens and young adults in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Yes. Blackburn Mentoring works with teens 13 and up, college students and young adults across Dallas-Fort Worth by video, scheduled in Central time. It starts with a free 20 minute intro call, and new clients are matched with a mentor within 2 business days.
Get started
Want to talk about mentoring in Dallas? 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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Free, by video, 20 minutes, with a member of our team. Weekdays 9 to 5 Pacific.