What is Mentoring?
Our program focuses on empowering adolescents and young adults from ages 12 to 25+ who struggle with a variety of issues. Mentors work in person to introduce clients to a healthier lifestyle by implementing new habits, routines, perspectives, and fun activities. Mentors work in collaboration with their clients' various involved professionals and providers.
Mentors typically see clients for 1-5 hours weekly, and sessions take place in-person and/or virtually.
Our mentors cultivate a two-way relationship with clients. Building a foundation of trust and affinity allows for mentors to take on unique roles as non-clinical professionals, yet a source of support nonetheless.
What we do
Mentoring can be implemented in a variety of ways, but Bodin’s mentors work by connecting with mentees in-person, supplemented virtually as needed, week to week. We have helped mentees develop practical skill sets such as getting jobs and driver’s licenses, learning staple recipes to cook, and keeping a schedule. We have also introduced them to new ways to engage in the world through positive and productive pursuits, such as rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, art projects, and anything else to build confidence and break down the barrier between the lives they would like to be leading and the excuses that tend to get in the way. Mentors also plan group activities that are open to mentees in our program. Our program is designed to be fun for our mentees!
We recognize every client is unique and deserves a tailored plan. These are some of the ways we have supported clients in the past:
Accountability
Self-advocacy
Executive functioning skills
Mindfulness
Social skills
Independent living skills
Small group activities
Goal setting
Explore interests
Exercise - rock climbing, hiking, weight lifting, etc.
Hobbies - journaling, painting, archery, thrifting, etc.
Character building
Job search and career goals
Academic support
OUR vision
The Bodin mentoring program is designed to offer direct support and guidance to adolescents and young adults in the Bay Area. The program caters to those in need of support, transitioning home from treatment, prior to going to treatment, or in need of structure and scaffolding in day-to-day life. Our team of mentors consists of highly motivated, open, and caring role models who share advice based on their own experiences. The mentor’s approach is to connect on a personal level with the mentee to gain rapport and establish trust. Doing so allows the mentor to understand and help define what the mentee’s personal goals may be, and then create a plan to accomplish their goals with consistent guidance and accountability.