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Welcome to Soiléir Psychology Services

 

Here at Soiléir, our aim is to help you focus on supporting others in the workplace, in services, families and in schools to overcome difficulties and promote well-being, using evidence based psychology.

Soiléir specialises in training and education, including workshops in Motivational Interviewing, Autism Awareness; Disability awareness; Ageing & Dementia; Communication & Listening Skills; Positive Behaviour Support and Performance Management. Programmes can be designed around the specific needs of your setting. All training is designed and delivered by a Chartered Psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with a wealth of practical experience.

Soiléir offers supervision to staff, which can be put towards fieldwork for Behaviour Analysis Certification Board (BACB) exams, or those looking to attain Chartered Status with the Psychological Society of Ireland.

As a BACB Approved Education Provider, we also offer CEU Opportunities to those already qualified as Board Certified Behaviour Analysts.

Soiléir is an Irish word meaning Clear. Soiléir's strength is in taking the theory out of the textbooks and applying it to everyday practical solutions with you.

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Supporting children out of COVID restrictions
Supporting children out of COVID restrictions

For nearly two years we've been teaching our children about social distancing. But from 6am today that all changes. Where does this leave our kids? How do we support them to re-engage comfortably? How do we help them 'unlearn' things that have been established over the last few years? 

Flexible Learning Options - Let's get Technical!
Flexible Learning Options - Let's get Technical!

If COVID has taught us anything, it’s that we no longer need to leave the house - let alone our sofa - to upskill. And so Soiléir have been using this enforced ‘desk time’ working hard to provide a variety of online learning opportunities.

Setting Limits
Setting Limits

Ever found yourself trying to regain control by yelling things like “If you don’t stop fighting over it, I’ll throw that Nintendo Switch out the car window”?

Stop for a moment - that’s just not true, is it? You probably rely on that Switch for a bit of peace and quiet even more than your child does. Besides, it’s you who will foot the bill when the games console does smash off the tarmac. On top of which, your ‘empty’ threats are now just background noise to your kids.

Easing the Return To School in the age of COVID
Easing the Return To School in the age of COVID

Schools are due to open next week (as with everything, we’re cautiously saying ‘due’ cause goodness knows what can happen in a week in the current environment……). But this year, it’s a back to school like no other year. Families have had a lot to contend with in relation to the interruption to schooling this year:

How Mindfulness can help us during COVID-19
How Mindfulness can help us during COVID-19

With social distancing, we’re being asked to radically change a lot of our habitual patterns and responses. This can be difficulty to do, as now we need to really concentrate on things we previously did on autopilot. This is where mindfulness can help.

Motivational Interviewing coming to BILD PBS Conference 2020
Motivational Interviewing coming to BILD PBS Conference 2020

Soiéir are delighted to announce that we’re teaming up once again with Matthew Spicer of Positive Behaviour Change Solutions in Tasmania. We are bringing two workshops to the British Institute of Learning Disability (BILD) Positive Behaviour Support Conference in Scotland in Spring this year.

Four Steps to Listening
Four Steps to Listening

Stephen Covey says 'Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply'. And he's right - when we're all wrapped up in how we're going to reply to somebody, be it a child; an employee; a patient; a loved one or a disgruntled customer; our listening skills go out the window.  So what are the four steps to listening well?

Soiléir - An Approved CE Provider with the BACB
Soiléir - An Approved CE Provider with the BACB

To enhance Soiléir's training capabilities, Soiléir is registered as an Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board in the USA which has international recognition.

How Motivational Interviewing can help make lasting change
How Motivational Interviewing can help make lasting change

People are the undisputed experts in themselves, so in order for them to change, we need to support them to explore and discover their own motivation to change, and the ways of doing so that will work for them. Motivational Interviewing gives us a framework to do just that.

Developing a sense of consent
Developing a sense of consent

I want my kids to know that they have my full permission to get angry, shout and scream blue murder if the person persists, even if it is a grown-up (quite frankly, especially if it’s a grown-up)