Leaders in social skills therapy for children and teens in the Main Line and Philadelphia since 2000. Our creative and compassionate therapists offer intensive and fun social skills training for children with AND WITHOUT diagnoses such as High Functioning Autism (Asperger’s type), A.D.H.D., and learning differences. Located in Center City, Haverford, Paoli, and Plymouth Meeting, PA.

Does your child argue? Does he misread social cues?  

Does she have trouble joining play or conversation?  Has he been bullied?  
Is it hard to fit in with peers because of social anxiety?  
Do you worry about your child’s present happiness and future social and academic success?

Explore our website to learn how our innovative, award-winning approach to social skills development has been the fun solution for over a thousand children and teens. Weekly, one-hour groups are offered for young people, between the ages of 4 - 19 years, both with AND WITHOUT diagnoses such as High Functioning Autism, ADHD, learning differences, and anxiety.

 WE ARE UNIQUE IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL SKILLS THERAPY!! WHY?

Because our social skills therapists are master's level art therapists & mental health counselors, we have a rare one-two punch: 

SOCIAL SKILLS & EMOTIONAL COPING SKILLS- COMBINED!!

• Social Cognition-Focused Social-Coping Groups for children who: 
• have a hard time reading social cues
• understanding unwritten social rules
• lack awarenesss that their behaviors cause others' reactions
• need to improve initiation and sustained positive social engagement with peers  

• Impulse Control-Focused Social-Coping Groups for children who:
  
• struggle to socialize because of physical or verbal impulsiveness
• act before thinking and don't realize the impact of impulsiveness
• need to learn how to downshift from hyper-speed to a "medium" social speed
• need to develop self-awareness, regulation, & break strategies to manage high energy & fidgety body 
• Anxiety-Focused Social-Coping Groups for children who:
• experience phobias, generalized, or social anxiety and have the impulse to avoid discomfort
• feel socially awkward and don't feel comfortable socializing
• find that anxiety paralyzes them and makes them feel too "tight" to converse or play
• need to develop and practice CBT coping skills with peers
• Frustration Tolerance/Anger Management-Focused Social-Coping Groups for children who:
• overreact to common events with high frustration or anger
• conflict and argue with peers and adults 
• struggle with cognitive rigidity and only want things to go their way
• need to improve real-time healthy assertiveness, flexibility, and problem-solving
• benefit from CBT coping skills and Mindfulness to develop self-regulation skills
• Victims of Bullying-Focused Social-Coping Groups for children who:
• feel victimized a lot, shrinking their confidence & causing them to feel small or weak
• tend to be kind, gentle, or passive children & get targeted by bold or aggressive peers
• due to difficulty reading social cues, struggle to differentiate everyday joking/teasing from true meanness & bullying behavior
• don't know what to say or do in the face of unkind words or actions
• benefit from a personal-power project to gain confidence that they can cope with teasers, bullies, and difficult kids