Test Anxiety Coaching for the GMAT, GRE, EA, & other exams

Struggling with Test Anxiety? You’re Not Alone.

Do you blank, panic, rush, or spiral under pressure?
we can help you break the cycle and perform the way you trained.

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Science-Backed Mental
Skills

Learn proven tools from sports and performance psychology: focus control, reset routines, and performance mindset.

Tailored Coaching, Not Templates

Every plan is personalized to your individual anxiety patterns, study habits, and test-day challenges.

A Coach Who Actually Understands Pressure

Erika specializes in helping test-takers stay calm, confident, and in control when it matters most.

What’s Really Holding You Back?

The path to your dream graduate program isn’t always a straight line. After more than 20 years of working with test-takers, we’ve seen that many of the biggest challenges have nothing to do with the content of entrance exams like the GMAT, GRE, or EA. Instead, students often struggle with fear of change, perfectionism, racing thoughts, trouble sleeping, difficulty focusing, or energy levels that spike or crash.

Sound familiar? If so, you already know that grinding through more practice questions doesn’t fix the real issue. That’s where mental performance coaching comes in. Erika Osherow helps you understand your anxiety patterns, develop practical tools to stay centered, and train your mind to perform reliably on test day, even when the pressure spikes.

Erika works with you one-on-one to build focus, confidence, and control under pressure. You can work with her on your own or alongside a tutor. If you’re already studying with GMAT Ninja, she and your tutor can coordinate so your mindset and skills improve together.

You don’t need to struggle alone. With the right mental tools and the right coach, your performance can finally reflect your true ability.

Meet erika

Erika Osherow is a certified mental performance consultant (M.A., CMPC, CSCS) who has coached elite athletes, military cadets at West Point, university students, and high-pressure professionals. Think of her as a strength coach for your mind.

She specializes in helping test-takers stay calm, focused, and confident when it matters most. Drawing on sports and performance psychology tools like attention control, reset routines, self-talk work, imagery, and confidence training, Erika helps you perform on test day the way you do in practice.

Students consistently describe her as supportive, practical, and transformative. Many credit their score jumps directly to the techniques they learned from her.

What Students Say About Working With Erika

“The perfect compliment to working with a GMAT Ninja tutor.”

“Erika helped me get over my test anxiety in such a short time. For me, the GMAT was more about the mental game than the actual content, so conquering my fears was crucial.”

Erika Osherow is a certified mental performance consultant who provides training for elite athletes, students, executives, military officers, and other high performers.
TEST ANXIETY & MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING

Choose the Coaching Format That’s right for you

Whether you want a clear 5-hour plan to break the anxiety cycle or flexible, as-needed support, Erika’s coaching helps you stay calm, focused, and consistent on test day.

Flexible, Pay-as-you-go coaching individualized to your mental
performance needs

Hourly coaching works just like our tutoring and admissions consulting: you bring your concerns and goals, and Erika shapes each session around your most important challenges.

Use hourly coaching for:

  • Managing high stress moments, panic, or mental blocks
  • Building stronger attentional control
  • Developing pre-, during, and post-test routines
  • Building a confident mindset and supportive self-talk
  • Managing expectations and reducing perfectionist pressure
  • Recovery strategies after a bad practice test
  • Staying grounded while juggling life + work + studying

How it works:

  • No packages, no minimums
  • Sessions are one hour on Zoom or Google Meet
  • Ideal for check-ins, tune-ups, or longer-term support
  • Works seamlessly with tutoring or completely independently

Best for:

  • Students who want to focus on a specific problem area, or who want flexibility instead of a defined program
  • Those who have completed the 5-hour workshop and want continued support
  • Individuals looking to start somewhere with mental performance strategies and don’t quite know where to begin

A structured five-session program to help you stay calm, focused, and in control on test day.

This workshop is ideal for students whose biggest barrier isn’t skills or exam content — it’s spiraling thoughts, blank-outs, or pressure-induced mistakes. You’ll work one-on-one with Erika, a certified mental performance consultant, to build a personalized and practical mental performance plan, grounded in sports psychology techniques.

What the 5 hours cover:

  • Mapping your stress or anxiety triggers
  • Attention & refocusing skills
  • Confidence & self-talk strategies
  • Performance routines
  • Developing your daily mental performance training toolbox

What you leave with:

  • A personalized mental performance plan
  • Reset strategies for challenging moments during the exam
  • A stable pre-test routine
  • A clear list of daily and weekly mental skills to practice
  • Stronger confidence and emotional control

Best for:

  • Students whose scores drop under pressure, or anyone who wants a structured plan to handle test anxiety once and for all.

Both options are billed at the same hourly rate — the difference is structure and intention, not price.

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Find the Coaching Plan That Fits Your Needs

No contracts. No long-term commitment. Just expert coaching, tailored to you.

Ongoing hourly coaching

$320

per hour

Tailored one-hour sessions

Build stronger focus & calm

Improve test-day routines

Flexible, on-demand support

5-hour test anxiety package

$1600

total

Five structured sessions

Personalized plan

Tools for panic & pressure

Daily mental practice steps

What Else Should I Know?

If your practice tests look solid but your official tests fall apart, or if you blank, rush, spiral, or lose focus under pressure, coaching is usually more effective than just doing more practice problems. Erika helps you build the mental tools to perform the way you’ve trained.

Yes. Many students with ADHD find Erika’s tools especially helpful. Coaching focuses on redirecting attention, building reset cues, and managing the internal chatter that often derails timing and accuracy.

The hourly option gives you flexible, session-by-session support.

The 5-hour package gives you a structured, start-to-finish plan built around your anxiety patterns, routines, and test-day mindset.

Many students start with the 5-hour package because progress often compounds faster with a defined framework.

Absolutely.

Many students do both, and the two approaches complement each other beautifully. Your tutor and Erika can coordinate behind the scenes so your skills and your mindset improve together.

Yes. Erika works with students from all tutoring backgrounds. Her coaching is independent of test-content instruction and focuses on how you respond to pressure, not what you know.

Many students notice changes within 1–2 sessions, especially in awareness, focus, and emotional control.

Lasting improvements come from practicing the tools Erika teaches. The 5-hour package is designed to create measurable, test-day-ready progress.

Sessions are one-on-one over video (Zoom or Google Meet).

You’ll identify your stress triggers, learn practical tools (attention control, reset routines, imagery, self-talk work), and apply them to real test scenarios. You’ll leave with exercises to practice between sessions.

Yes, but only the helpful kind.

Mental training is like physical training: small, consistent reps matter. Exercises usually take 5–10 minutes a day and integrate directly into your study routine. Nothing is busywork.

Erika is a certified mental performance consultant, not a clinician. This is coaching, not therapy.

Coaching focuses on performance, attention, confidence, and test-day skills, not clinical diagnosis or treatment. If therapeutic support is needed, Erika will recommend appropriate resources.

If your biggest struggle is understanding the material, tutoring is the right starting point.

If your biggest struggle is performing under pressure, coaching is the missing piece.

Many students benefit from a combination of both.

That’s fine. Hourly coaching has no minimum commitment.

If you’re unsure whether you need ongoing support or the full 5-hour package, starting with a single session is a great way to test the fit.

Yes.

Erika coaches students preparing for the GRE, EA, LSAT, MCAT, bar exam, and other high-stakes tests. The mental tools remain the same; only the test changes.

Ready to Break the Test-Anxiety Cycle?

Work one-on-one with a certified mental performance coach and take control of your test score.

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Beyond Test Anxiety

What Else Can We Do for You?