Dyadic Counselling | Positive Kids

Guided practice with one peer

Some children understand social skills in theory but struggle to use them with another child in the moment. Dyadic work gives them a smaller, calmer step before a larger group, with coaching, modelling, feedback, and repair built into the session.

Children who need practice sharing space, turns, ideas, and attention.
Children working on friendship, flexibility, conflict repair, and perspective-taking.
Siblings or peers who need support interacting more calmly.
Children who may not be ready for a full social skills group yet.

What happens in session

The clinician creates structured activities that require the two children to communicate, cooperate, wait, listen, negotiate, and recover when something does not go smoothly.

Skills we may build

Dyadic work can support turn-taking, joining play, conversation, compromise, flexible thinking, reading cues, managing frustration, and repairing misunderstandings.

Why two children

A pair gives the clinician a chance to coach skills as they happen. Children get immediate support while practising with a real person instead of only talking about what they should do later.

How to register

Families can ask intake whether dyadic counselling is the right fit, whether the child should come with a sibling or known peer, or whether another service should come first.

Ready to ask about this service?

Use intake to book, register, or ask whether this is the best fit before starting. Please include preferred appointment days and time windows; we will confirm whether that time is available.