Adolescence can be an intense and complex stage of life. Navigating relationships with friends and family, balancing demanding academic workloads and social pressures is a lot to manage! At one time or another, most students experience stress and may feel overwhelmed and confused during their high school years, this is normal, if not essential. The Bay School provides a number of resources to support students during difficult and challenging times. In addition to a student's advisor, the dean of students and class deans, school counselor Jeremy Marshman is available and eager to meet with students individually, as well as with their parents, to serve as a confidential source of support, to offer counseling, and to provide referrals to additional professional resources.

Jeremy Marshman

As Jeremy says: "The advantage to speaking with me is that I am able to provide a safe, private place here on campus to talk about what's on your mind. Having a place to think out loud along with someone who is trained to think with you can be very helpful. Coming to see me for the first time may be one of the most daunting things about getting help. You might be embarrassed, feel nervous, or in emotional pain. However, most students who come seeking assistance leave my office feeling glad they came, with a clearer sense of what they are feeling and what they want to do about it."

As a community- and systems- minded clinician, Jeremy is available to assist those who support Bay School students as well. Parents, and members of the faculty and staff are all encouraged to contact Jeremy when social and emotional issues arise. He offers informal sessions and is available to help manage the emotional impact of personal or family crises, providing referrals to outside resources as needed. All private information is held in strict confidence.

In addition to counseling, Jeremy teaches the Choices in Relationships seminar here at Bay which has been designed to offer sophomores an opportunity to consider and reflect upon their values and choices as they grow to build new and more complex friendships, partnerships, and begin to explore intimacy in relationships. For the past two years, Jeremy has led a "launching" discussion group for senior class parents focused on the emotions and changing relationships that parents and teenagers experience during the final year of high school. He has also co-facilitated peer resource groups and Intersession retreats at Bay focused on communication, student leadership skills and issues related to adolescence.

Students and parents are encouraged to contact Jeremy via email at: jmarshman@bayschoolsf.org to set up a time to meet. He also welcomes drop-ins at his office located in room 164. Jeremy's schedule on campus is Mondays and Wednesdays 8am-4:30pm and Fridays 8am-12:30pm.

Jeremy David Marshman, School Counselor - Biography
A licensed marriage and family therapist who has practiced for more than a decade, Jeremy studied psychology at the University of California Santa Cruz (BA), the New School for Social Research in New York, and the California Institute for Integral Studies (MA). He began working with adolescents and families involved in the juvenile justice system and child protective services in 2003. Having witnessed many individuals working through very difficult life challenges Jeremy has developed a deep trust in the process of therapeutic counseling. He brings a passion for the aliveness and authenticity of adolescence to the Bay School. In addition to his position at the Bay School, Jeremy maintains a private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley.