Disclaimer
Andrew Petrillo Life Coaching: https://andrewpetrillolifecoaching.com/
Effective date: January 2024
This page explains, plainly and honestly, what our coaching is and just as importantly, what it isn’t. We work with teenagers, so we hold ourselves to a high standard of clarity with parents. Reading this should take about three minutes.
1. Coaching Is Not Therapy or Medical Care
This is the most important thing on this page. Life coaching, including everything offered by Andrew Petrillo and the AP Coaching Team, is not psychotherapy, counseling, psychological or psychiatric treatment, or medical care, and it is not a substitute for any of these. Our coaches are credentialed coaches (ICF PCC, CTEDU), not licensed mental health providers, physicians, or clinical practitioners. We do not diagnose or treat any mental health condition, and nothing on this website or in our sessions should be read as clinical advice. Coaching is forward-focused support for goals, habits, confidence, and motivation, it works alongside, never instead of, professional healthcare.
2. In a Crisis, Don’t Wait for Coaching
3. What ADHD Coaching Is and Isn’t
Because “ADHD coaching” can sound clinical, we want to be precise. Our ADHD coaching is organizational, motivational, and skills support: planning systems, focus routines, follow-through, self-advocacy, and confidence. It is not diagnosis, treatment, medication advice, or clinical ADHD care of any kind. Andrew’s insight comes from professional coach training and his own lived experience with ADHD as a teen, not from clinical licensure. If your teen has (or may have) ADHD, please maintain the relationship with their physician, psychologist, or other licensed provider for all clinical needs. We’re glad to work alongside that care.
4. No Guarantee of Results
We coach with everything we have, and we’re proud of what our clients achieve, but outcomes in grades, college admissions, motivation, and confidence vary from teen to teen and depend heavily on the teen’s own engagement, effort, and circumstances. Testimonials and examples on this site are real individual experiences, shared with permission. They are not promises of typical results, and no coach who tells you otherwise is being straight with you.
5. Not Academic, Legal, Financial, or Medical Advice
Guidance around school, motivation, and college planning is coaching support helping your teen clarify goals, build habits, and follow through. It is not guaranteed admissions consulting, and nothing we publish or say constitutes legal, financial, or medical advice. For decisions in those areas, consult the appropriate licensed professional.
6. Blog, Workshops, and Online Course Are General Information
Our blog articles, free workshops, and the “Coaching Tools for Parents” course share general information and educational content. They are not personalized advice for your teen’s specific situation, and reading our content, attending a workshop, or purchasing the course does not create a coaching relationship. A coaching relationship begins only when services are formally engaged under our Terms of Service.
7. External Links
This site links to third-party services and organizations, for example, Calendly for scheduling and the ICF and CTEDU coach directories that verify our credentials. We link in good faith, but we don’t control those sites and aren’t responsible for their content, availability, or privacy practices. Their terms govern your use of them.
8. Mindfulness and Yoga-Informed Practices
Andrew is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500), and coaching may incorporate mindfulness practices such as breathing techniques, grounding exercises, and attention-based practices to help teens manage stress, improve focus, and build emotional resilience. These are wellness practices intended to support personal growth and are not medical, psychological, or mental health treatment.
Participation in all mindfulness practices is voluntary. Teens are encouraged to participate only to the extent that they feel comfortable and may decline or stop any practice at any time. If your teen has a medical or mental health condition that could be affected by breathing or mindfulness practices, please consult their physician or licensed mental health provider before participating.
9. Parents Remain in Charge
Coaching supplements never replace parental judgment and professional care. Parents and guardians remain fully responsible for their teen’s health, education, and welfare decisions, including whether and when to seek clinical, educational, or other professional support. Our job is to be a powerful addition to the team around your teen, with you leading it.
10. Limitation of Liability
Your use of this website, its content, and our services is at your own discretion and risk. To the fullest extent permitted by Oregon law, Andrew Petrillo Life Coaching and its coaches are not liable for decisions made or actions taken in reliance on website content or general educational materials, and any liability connected to paid services is governed by our Terms of Service. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
Questions
If anything on this page is unclear, ask us before engaging services: Andrewpetrillolifecoaching@gmail.com. An informed parent is exactly the kind of client we want.