Cocoon Clinical Services

Cocoon Clinical Psychology provides specialist psychological assessment, consultation, therapy and support for neurodivergent people and their families.

Services are led by Dr Jill Woods, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, and are designed around the individual rather than expecting every person to fit the same assessment or therapy pathway. Cocoon has a particular focus on autism, ADHD, AuDHD, giftedness and twice-exceptionality, learning and executive-function differences, emotional wellbeing, masking, burnout and broader neurodivergent profiles.

The practice is based in Dublin, with selected consultations and services also available online where clinically appropriate.

Not sure which service you need?

You do not need to decide this before making contact.

Most new clients begin with an Initial Consultation & Planning Appointment. This helps clarify whether assessment, screening, therapy, parent consultation, school or workplace support, or another pathway would be most useful.

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Individual Therapy Sessions

Individualised psychological therapy and support

Therapy at Cocoon is individually tailored to the person's developmental stage, neurotype, communication preferences, strengths, goals and current context.

• Support may include:

  • neuroaffirmative adapted CBT
  • ACT and values-based approaches
  • DBT-informed emotion-regulation skills
  • compassion-focused approaches
  • trauma-informed psychological support
  • play and creative approaches for children and young people where appropriate
  • parent consultation and co-regulation support
  • support following autism, ADHD or other neurodivergent identification
  • anxiety, OCD, low mood, burnout and emotional-regulation support
  • practical support with self-understanding, relationships, executive functioning and everyday participation

  Therapy is not automatically recommended simply because somebody is neurodivergent.

  Where a person is experiencing distress or difficulty, the aim is to understand what is contributing to that experience and identify supports, accommodations, therapeutic approaches or environmental changes that may genuinely help.

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Assessment, Screening & Neurodivergent Profiling

Individualised assessment of strengths, differences and support needs.

• For children and teenagers, this may include information from parents, school and relevant professionals. Adult assessment can explore longstanding questions about autism, ADHD, AuDHD, masking, burnout, executive functioning, learning differences, giftedness and everyday support needs.

Cocoon provides psychological assessment and neurodevelopmental screening for children, teenagers and adults.

Assessment may explore one particular referral question or a broader neurodivergent profile.

Services include:

• adult autism identification
• child and teen autism diagnostic assessment
• adult ADHD assessment
• child and teen ADHD assessment
• combined AuDHD assessment
• focused autism / ADHD screening
• comprehensive neurodivergent screening and strengths profiling
• cognitive and executive-function assessment
• learning and dyslexia assessment
• giftedness and twice-exceptionality (2e) assessment
• adaptive, developmental and functional profiling where clinically appropriate

Assessment is strengths-focused and clinically integrated.

Questionnaire scores, computer-based tasks and individual assessment measures are considered alongside developmental history, lived experience, functional impact, contextual information, individual strengths and relevant clinical evidence.

Not everybody needs the same tests. The assessment pathway is selected according to the referral question and the information already available.

Assessment is tailored across the lifespan. 

For children and teenagers, this may include information from parents, school and relevant professionals. Adult assessment can explore longstanding questions about autism, ADHD, AuDHD, masking, burnout, executive functioning, learning differences, giftedness and everyday support needs.

The aim is to provide clinically robust clarification together with practical, individualised recommendations that are useful beyond the assessment itself.

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Cocoon can provide additional professional support where this is clinically appropriate and within the scope of the service.

This may include:

• consultation with schools and education professionals
• consultation with other clinicians or healthcare professionals
• professional letters and additional reports
• school-based consultation or observation where clinically indicated
• recommendations relating to reasonable accommodations
• training and workshops for schools, organisations and professionals
• clinical supervision or consultation for early-career professionals where available

Professional consultation is provided with appropriate consent and respect for client confidentiality.

Fees and availability depend on the type of work required.

Courses, Workshops & NeuroLogic Academy Resources

Practical, neuroaffirmative education beyond the consulting room

Cocoon NeuroLogic Academy™ is the education and resource side of Cocoon Clinical Psychology.

It is being developed to provide accessible, evidence-informed resources for neurodivergent people, parents, families, schools and professionals.

Resources may include:

• parent education and post-identification support
• autism, ADHD and AuDHD education
• emotional-regulation and co-regulation resources
• anxiety and wellbeing resources
• practical downloadable tools and workbooks
• self-paced learning resources
• workshops and webinars
• professional education and CPD-relevant learning

Educational resources are designed to support understanding and practical application but do not replace individual psychological assessment, therapy or medical care where these are required.

Some resources will be available free of charge and others will be available separately through Cocoon NeuroLogic Academy™.