San Diego Individual Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Emotional Wellness, Social Skills, and Personal Growth.
ROBYN COUGHLIN, LCSW
LCS#24137
Phone: 619-997-5310
San Diego PEERS® Social Skills Training
WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE
Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) is an Evidence-Based Social Skills intervention for making and keeping friends. In addition to PEERS®, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking® strategies are implemented to ensure skills are gained for adults to appropriately relate to others in college, on the job, in the community, and in personal relationships. The three courses provided build on each other.
SOCIAL RULES WITH ACQUAINTANCES
COURSE 1:
Week 1
Social Anxiety Skills:
How to Manage Anxiety that Interferes with Social Interactions
Week 2
Beginning Conversation Rules:
Learning Skills to Initially Engage with Acquaintances
Week 3
Conversation Etiquette
Social Interaction Tools Necessary to Be Accepted
Week 4
Maintaining a Two-Way Conversation
Methods to Keep a Conversation Going to Move Towards an Emerging Friendship
Week 5
Active Listening and Reading Social Cues:
Listening So Others Feel Understood, and Understanding Others So They Listen
Week 6
Entering and Exiting Conversations:
Rules for Joining and Leaving a Conversation, and Handling Rejection
COURSE 2:
FROM FRIENDLY TO FRIENDSHIP
Week 1
Rules for Electronic Communication:
Appropriate Use of The Telephone, Internet, and Texting
Week 2
Friendship Skills
How To Develop Friends, What Makes Up A Friend, How To Be A True Friend
Week 3
Get Togethers:
Organizing, Hosting, and Participating in Study Groups and Hang Outs
Week 4
Social Thinking in Friendship
Perspective Taking, Self-Care, and Hidden Rules in Friendships
COURSE 3:
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Week 1
Social Thinking in Relationships
Perspective Taking, Self-Care, and Hidden Rules in Relationships
Week 2
Handling Conflict and Disagreements
Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution
Week 3
Building and Maintaining Friendships
How To Keep Friends
Week 4
Dating and Intimacy
Flirting, Dating Etiquette, and Building Relationships