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SOCIAL SKILLS COACHING

What is Social Skills Coaching?

Social skills coaching helps children, teens, and adults build the tools they need to connect, communicate, and thrive in their social world.

Social skills are not something we are born knowing. They are learned, through experience, modelling, and practice. For many, especially those with ADHD or social anxiety, social interactions can feel confusing or overwhelming.

Through supportive coaching, individuals can learn to navigate friendships, conversations, conflict, and group dynamics with greater confidence and ease. Social skills coaching provides a safe, encouraging space to practice and strengthen these essential life skills at any age.

WAYS TO ACCESS SUPPORT

1:1 Social Skills Coaching

Personalised sessions focused on your child’s unique needs. One-to-one coaching helps them build confidence, practice new strategies, and develop social skills at their own pace.

SCHEDULE CONSULTATION

Group Program: Social & Emotional Skills

Next Program starts in January 2026, Ballincollig

Interactive 4 week small-group sessions (ages 8–12) where children practice skills through games, role-play, and teamwork. 

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HOW CAN SOCIAL SKILLS COACHING HELP?

Social skills coaching focuses on helping you or your child build the confidence, understanding, and strategies needed to navigate social interactions with greater ease. Through a supportive and personalised approach, we work together to strengthen social awareness, communication skills, and emotional regulation, all within a safe, judgment-free environment.

Rather than focusing on what’s “wrong,” we work from a place of strengths, recognising the unique abilities and personality of each client. Together, we build the tools and strategies needed to create more fulfilling relationships, manage social challenges, and feel more connected to others.

Benefits of Social Skills Coaching â€‹

  • Learn how to read social cues, facial expressions, and body language

  • Develop the ability to start, maintain, and gracefully exit conversations

  • Build skills for making and keeping friendships

  • Practice self-regulation strategies to manage big emotions during social interactions

  • Strengthen empathy and the ability to see things from others' perspectives

  • Learn how to join group activities and social conversations smoothly

  • Navigate teasing, rejection, misunderstandings, and peer conflicts

  • Boost resilience by developing coping strategies for social setbacks

  • Increase self-awareness of communication patterns and social habits

  • Build confidence to advocate for oneself in social settings

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