Highly Sensitive Child Program - starts January 31st
WE KNOW THAT RAISING A HIGHLY SENSITIVE CHILD CAN FEEL LIKE BOTH A GIFT AND A CHALLENGE - SOME DAYS, WE KNOW, IT CAN FEEL MORE LIKE A CHALLENGE.
You may have already discovered that traditional parenting approaches don’t work for your child — but you are worried that a gentler parenting style won’t equip your child to navigate the “real world”.
Perhaps you’ve wondered:
How can I support my child’s big feelings, worries, meltdowns, anxiety?
How can I hold boundaries with them in a way that keeps our relationship strong?
How do I build their resilience while also helping them feel safe and secure?
This program will be perfect for you if you need help with any of these questions.
Together, we’ll explore -practical science-backed strategies to support your child in the most challenging moments in ways that support their healthy development and resilience.
**Please note this is a video led program with a live group education session with both Aiofe and Rachel.
The Program Facilitators
AOIFE DURCAN
Dr. Aoife Durcan is a Chartered Senior Counselling Psychologist, supervisor-trainer, and specialist on high sensitivity in children, teenagers, and adults. She has dedicated her career to supporting individuals and families to navigate the deep feelings, empathy, and emotional intensity that come with sensitivity, helping them harness its unique strengths.
Aoife works with children, adolescents, and adults in both clinical and educational settings. She is Clinical Lead for a psychology group within a mental health hospital, where she works as part of a wider multidisciplinary team supporting people through complex emotional and psychological challenges. She also provides training to medical and psychology practitioners internationally.
Author of Your Highly Sensitive Child (Gill Books), Aoife combines her clinical expertise with lived insight as a highly sensitive person herself. She is known for her warm, family-centred approach and is a sought-after international speaker on sensitivity, parenting, and mental health, frequently appearing in the media.
RACHEL SAMSON
Rachel Samson, M.Psych (Clin), is an Australian clinical psychologist, author, lecturer, and speaker known for relationships and parenting expertise. With 15 years’ clinical experience, she supports highly sensitive children, adults, and families, and shares evidence-based guidance as @australianpsychologist.
Her practice is neurodiversity-affirming, developmental, and relationship-focused, applying attachment and temperament science. She trained in attachment assessment with Alan Sroufe and Elizabeth Carlson (Minnesota), in maternal sensitivity with Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg (Cambridge), and in the NDC “Possums” approach to infant sleep and cry-fuss.
Rachel holds advanced international certification in Schema Therapy (trainer-supervisor; ISST) and co-developed an expanded Schema Therapy model for highly sensitive people with Dr Jeffrey Young and Dr George Lockwood. She is co-author of Beyond Difficult with Dr Jessie Stern (Affirm Press/Simon & Schuster).