Cocoon Clinical Services

 

Cocoon Clinical Psychology offers comprehensive person-centered assessment and therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and adults. I am based in Dublin but offer many services virtually.  

"The difference between high-functioning autism and low-functioning is that high-functioning means your deficits are ignored, and low-functioning means your assets are ignored." – Laura Tisoncik

"Stop thinking about normal . . . You don't have a big enough imagination for what your child can become." – Johnny Seitz, autistic tightrope artists in the movie Loving Lamposts.


Individual Therapy Sessions

1:1 session with a Chartered Clinical Psychologist

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based therapeutic interventions for a wide range of presentations. 
  • DBT Life skills for adolescents and teens
  • Play and Art-based therapy for all ages
  • Unified protocol approach for the effective treatment of emotion regulation challenges and many anxiety/mood based presentations such as anxiety, OCD, phobia, depression, anger, low-esteem...
  • Positive behaviour support and individual behaviour support planning with parents of explosive children and teens.

Group Courses and Workshops

Presented virtually and in-person on a rolling basis subject to demand - please register your interest in any upcoming courses and workshops using the form below. Courses with higher demand will be run more often.

  • Emotion Coaching and managing big feelings
  • Parenting for behaviour that challenges
  • Neurodiversity, ASD, ADHD related parenting workshops
  • Neurodiversity related affirmative workshops for teens/adolescents/adults
  • Stress management and resilience workshops for adolescents and adults
  • Some Courses and workshops are only available to members following initial consultation and screening.
  • A list of upcoming courses and workshops can be found here

Assessment of Strengths and needs (AON)

Individualised diagnostic screening and assessment across developmental domains.

  • Comprehensive strengths and support-needs diagnostic work-ups, providing an individually tailored strengths-based profile for each client. 

  • Screening for Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and other neurodivergent profiles and formal diagnostic assessment where indicated according to best practice guidelines and procedures.
  • Flexible assessment and tailored support packages to suit individual requirements
  • Comprehensive professional reports, easy-read reports for children and recommendations for home and school
  • Options for evidence-based therapeutic support, resources and intervention for families included in all assessment packages.

Professional services

psychological consultation with other professionals, clinicians and schools

  • Professional letters
  • Consultation to schools 
  • Consultation with other clinicians 
  • Training and workshops for schools and professionals
  • Supervision for early career professionals

Self-directed therapeutic tools and resources

Therapeutic workbooks (bibliotherapy) and resources available to purchase, or for free and complete at your own pace.

  • Anxiety workbooks for parents and children
  • Anger management workbooks for parents and children
  • Social stories for a wide array of worries and challenges
  • Free Downloadable resources and tools on many topics
  • Additional selection of self-directed resources and tools available to registered members for free in the members area.