The most basic qualification for working with students and their families is enjoying and respecting adolescents. In addition to the commitment and enthusiasm that Christie Theriot Woodfin brings to her work, she also possesses professional training, 15 years of professional experience, and current knowledge about educational institutions.

Christie Theriot Woodfin is a Certified Educational Planner and a member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. She has served on the Board of Directors of I.E.C.A., and chaired the Professional Development and Learning Disabilities Committees, she has also served as a board member of the International Dyslexia Association's Houston Branch. Ms. Woodfin also belongs to the National Association of College Admissions Counseling and the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.

Ms. Woodfin is a recipient of IECA's Irvin J.Katz Award, recognizing volunteer service for her work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

She appeared on The Today Show in 2007 regarding the college acceptance process.

Christie Woodfin holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from the Educational Psychology Department of the University of Houston. She is licensed by the state of Texas as a psychological counselor. During her internship at Texas Children's Hospital's Learning Support Center, she worked with learning disabled, neurologically and emotionally impaired children and their parents in group settings. In addition to her focus on learning and emotionally disabled children, she is interested in gifted students and adopted children.

Ms. Woodfin's undergraduate degree is from Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia. Her secondary school experience was at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans.

In 2005, after maintaining a practice in Houston, Texas for 10 years, Ms. Woodfin returned to Atlanta.  She works with clients from throughout the country.

Christie Woodfin has guided several hundred families in placing their students in boarding, therapeutic, post-secondary, and college settings.

* Licensed by the state of Texas as a psychological counselor.