Social Skills Support
Find meaningful and deeper social connection through social skills therapy
Social skills are a crucial part of the human experience. Whether it’s making friends, navigating difficult conversations, or even making small talk in between classes at school, social skills are needed by everyone. Making and improving social connections can also help with other issues like anxiety, depression, and more!
If you feel disconnected… you’re not alone
In today’s world social media and screens there have never been more ways to communicate with people across the globe. Despite this, many kids, teens, and adults feel more disconnected than ever before. Navigating social relationships can be scary, confusing, and unfamiliar. This can lead to awkward social interactions, or just avoiding social interactions all together. If this sounds like you, you’re not alone.
There are many reasons someone may need social skills support. Below are some of the reasons we see most often:
Making small talk
Making or keeping friendships
Navigating group settings
Understanding non-verbal communication
Assertiveness training
Social isolation
Low self-confidence
Finding a romantic partner
Social skills support that meets you where you are
No matter who you are, you can benefit from social skills support. At Inneractions we offer support for kids, teens, and adults that are hoping to build stronger and more meaningful connections with the world around them. Many clients use social skills therapy to improve communication skills, and better understand human communication.
What is social skills therapy?
Social skill therapy is therapy designed to help clients improve their social functioning. Social skills therapy can help you whether you’re wanting to learn how to better communicate with friends, social skills toolkit development, or even help with social anxiety.
This therapy gives support for social challenges and helps clients develop important tools like active listening, nonverbal communication, improved self-expression, and emotion regulation.
Who can benefit from social skills therapy?
Social skills support for neurodivergent people
For some neurodivergent people understanding social dynamics can be difficult. Whether it’s difficulties understanding social norms, reading non-verbal cues, or navigating back and forth conversations, our social skills therapy can help. Our staff therapists have expertise in working to build social skills with neurodiverse people.
Types of neurodivergent clients we work with:
ADHD
Autism
Learning differences (dyslexia, dyspraxia, and more)
Social skills support for social anxiety and life transitions
Social skills support isn’t just for people with neurodivergences. Social skills therapy can also help individuals struggling with social anxiety, introverts hoping to expand their social circles, and people adjusting to new social environments like a new school, going to college, or new jobs.
Social skills therapy for all stages of life
Social skills support for kids: Social skills for kids often takes the form of play therapy, games, and social skills groups for kids.
Social skills support for teens: Social skills for teens often involves addressing identity issues, and working on social skills with peers.
Social skills support for adults: Social skills for adults can be processing social situations, and practice with other adults in a social skills group.
Compassionate, Personalized, and FUN!
Get experience using social skills in a FUN and safe environment
At Inneractions we help clients build social skills both one-on-one and in group settings. Our inclusive social skills programs are designed to help kids, teens, and adults improve their social skills in a fun and engaging way! In individual social skills therapy we may help clients process their fears or anxiety about a variety of social situations. We also may provide one-on-one coaching to help build social skills.
A social skills group can help clients put their social skills into practice with peers to help build confidence and reduce social anxiety. We offer social skills groups to a variety of ages and developmental levels with techniques including games, activities, and conversations processing difficult social situations.
Our approach starts with a comprehensive intake session. In this session one of our staff therapists will sit down with you, and your family if appropriate, to get to know you and your history. We will collaborate with you to help find the best therapeutic fit that meets your goals.
Depending on your intake session you will then start either individual or group therapy. In both individual and group therapy our staff therapists work to meet clients’ individual communication and sensory needs.
Benefits of Social Skills Therapy
Build your social skills toolkit
Social skills training can help you build a social skills toolkit. These skills build social confidence and help you connect with people around you. Practice building these skills in a safe, warm, and FUN environment! Some of the social skills we work on in our social skills therapy include:
Navigating conversations
Reading social cues
Nonverbal communication
Tone of voice
Eye contact
Managing frustrations
And much much more!
Connect more with the world around you
Improving your social skills can help you connect with people. These connections can improve your life in a variety of settings. Social skills can help you make and maintain friendships, improve relationships with family, and find meaningful romantic relationships.
Working on your social skills can also help you navigate difficult social situations in school, and the workplace.
Why Choose Inneractions?
Our practice has built an expertise in working on social skills over 15 years. Our staff is experienced in working with a diverse range of clients including autistic people, people with ADHD, social anxiety, and clients from a variety of social backgrounds. Our practice provides neurodiversity-affirming therapy to help clients with their social functioning.