Social Skills Groups
Age-based small groups with real-world practice for conversation, friendship, and self-regulation.
Social Skills Groups for Kids & Teens
Upgrading your social world without abandoning who you are.
Evidence-informed, kid-tested sessions that build conversation, friendship, and self-regulation — in real life, with real practice.
Does your child…
Struggle to make friends or start conversations?
Focus: social initiation, reciprocity, and conversation maintenance.
What we do: brief baseline probes → coached role-play → live “join-in” practice (mock recess) with feedback and quick wins. We teach opening lines, turn-taking, topic growth, and graceful exits.
Measured by frequency of peer initiations and 2-way exchanges across sessions.
Get stuck with big feelings or frequent frustration?
Focus: affect identification, regulation, and recovery.
What we do: body-signal mapping → name the feeling → pick a tool. We blend breathing/movement resets, cognitive reframes, and co-regulation so kids can down-shift and re-enter play faster.
Measured by time-to-regulate and reduction in prompts needed.
Feel anxious in social situations or new environments?
Focus: anticipation, avoidance, and confidence building.
What we do: graded exposures with scripts, cognitive rehearsal, and wins banked in small steps — so approach beats avoidance and competence grows naturally.
Measured by approach behaviors and self-reported comfort ratings.
Miss social cues or unspoken rules?
Focus: nonverbal communication, pragmatics, and perspective-taking.
What we do: teach micro-skills (eyes, tone, space, timing) using quick contrasts and visual coaching, then practice in real games and team problem-solving.
Measured by accurate cue reads and reduced corrective prompts.
Have frequent conflicts with peers or siblings?
Focus: impulse control, flexible thinking, and repair language.
What we do: calm-first, fix-next: pause, check the story, choose a fair plan, make a repair, and reset the play — modeled and rehearsed until it sticks.
Measured by conflict duration and independent repairs.
Have trouble participating appropriately in class?
Focus: executive skills for school: inhibition, working memory, and flexibility.
What we do: practice waiting, raising hands, brief “think-first” routines, and transitions — so attention and behavior support learning rather than competing with it.
Measured by on-task intervals and reduced adult prompts.
What we offer
Individual Psychotherapy
Evidence-informed 1:1 care addressing anxiety, mood, social stress, and school challenges.
Parent Workshops
Practical tools and language so progress at group or therapy sticks at home and school.
Evidence-Based Care
Approaches selected for fit and backed by research and clinical outcomes.
PEERS® at UCLAZones of Regulation®CBT-informed