Emotion Skills Ireland
Emotion Skills Ireland offers training, guidance and consultation in emotion-focused approaches to supporting young people in distress.
When a young person is struggling with their mental health, we believe that it is the adults in their lives who support them on a daily basis - parents, teachers and other caregivers - that have the greatest power to respond in meaningful, effective and transformational ways. To do this effectively, these caregivers deserve guidance and support.
We aim to work with the adults who are on the front line dealing with young people's intense emotions and challenging behaviour. Our training will teach simple and effective tools to navigate emotional upheaval and transform relationships.
Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Schools
Providing school staff with the knowledge, skills and confidence to navigate, de-escalate and resolve complex and emotional challenges in your daily work with students, allowing you to get back to the job of teaching.
Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Parents
Guiding parents to navigate your own and your children's complicated emotions, and supporting you to take a central role in your child's recovery from mental health difficulties
Ciara is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and an accredited
Emotion Focused Therapist. Currently employed as a student counsellor in Trinity College
Dublin, she has worked clinically with individuals across the life span for over a decade. Ciara
has spent time working for the NHS in the UK and developed publicly funded training for
educators in primary and secondary schools during this period. Her professional interests include
mental health promotion and empowering social change.
Orla is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, and an accredited Emotion-Focused Therapist. She has decades of clinical experience working with adults in tertiary education and private practice, and her professional interests include coercive control and parenting support.