what we do
We help college-bound students craft authentic essays and develop stress-management skills so they arrive at college confident, not just accepted. Depending on a student’s needs, we offer two tracks. These can stand alone or can work together.
All sessions are offered both in person and virtually.
We also work with gap-year students or post-graduate applicants! Email us at info@thenextchaptergroup.com to set up a free consultation.
Essay & Narrative Coaching with Eli Jordan
Uncover what makes you genuinely YOU
Generate essay ideas that are meaningful, not manufactured
Develop your authentic voice for essays, interviews, and self-advocacy
Create a personalized workbook with your writing exercises and essay directions
Stress Management Coaching with Catherine Roberts
Build practical tools for managing anxiety and uncertainty
Develop skills for the process —and what comes next
Reduce fear of the unknown with proven coping strategies
Create a personalized workbook of stress-management tools
who we are
We are Elizabeth (Eli) Jordan and Catherine Roberts, sisters who grew up in Greenville, SC. Even though our careers took different paths—one of us into the writing and creative realm, the other into mental health—we have always wanted to work together. Over the years, as we witnessed our own children and so many young adults go through the college admissions process—capable, motivated, but often overwhelmed—we found, in combining our skills, that we could offer another level of support. While we are not college counselors, our work is designed to compliment those services by focusing not only on “getting in,” but also preparing your child for what comes next.
ELI is an award-winning essayist with more than two decades of experience shaping stories on the page and in the world. She has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and has spent the last ten years in educational marketing at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville. She has coached students on undergraduate and graduate application essays, helping them identify and develop meaningful stories that reflect who they truly are. Learn more.
CATHERINE brings more than two decades of experience supporting adolescents, adults, and families through periods of challenge, change, and growth. With a background in psychology and a master's in social work, she has worked in a range of settings, helping individuals build practical skills, emotional steadiness, and confidence in their daily lives. She has spent the last seven years at Prisma Health Upstate where she provides therapy and serves on the faculty for the Prisma Health/USC Psychiatry Residency Program. Learn more.
