Counseling

Diane Freytag, Director of Counseling and Advising
email | 425-868-6191, ext. 654
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The Counseling and Advising Center provides academic and college advising, personal counseling and learning support to groups and to individual students, staff and parents. The center's services both prepare students to learn, and help prevent learning problems. The services are tailored to the academic, personal, social and future planning needs of students at all grade levels.


Personal Counseling

The comprehensive counseling program at Overlake offers both in-house services and referrals to students and their families, both for academics and for personal/social health. These services include (but are not limited to):

  • access to confidential one-on-one counseling
  • advisory consultations and support
  • parent education
  • small group workshops
  • crisis intervention
  • curriculum development
  • community referral resources

School counselors are proactive, but also offer preventive services. They address relevant issues affecting the school community, such as teen and parent issues, while meeting specific needs for individual well-being.





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     —10th grade

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