Clinical Psychologist confirms nationwide tour starting in Donegal

Such was the success of Dr David Coleman’s 2024 nationwide tour that the renowned Clinical Psychologist and Ireland’s most respected parenting expert in the country returns to eight venues around the country, offering practical tips to adults to help children deal with the pressures and stresses in their everyday lives.

Dr Coleman will kick off his tour in An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny, on Thursday, October 8, which sold out on his 2024 tour. Hewill arm parents and those working with children with advice on how to survive adversity on his ‘Ready for Anything: Building Emotional Resilience in Children and Teenagers Tour’.

“Today’s children and teenagers are growing up in a world that feels faster, louder and more pressurised than ever. Perhaps you’ve seen how the academic expectations, social media anxieties, friendship dramas or everyday knocks of growing up, threaten to overwhelm your kids. Let me help you give them the skills to survive adversity and thrive,” Dr Coleman said.

Drawing on decades of experience, Dr Coleman will show you how. He’ll explore how to support children’s independence, creating a home environment in which they feel deeply loved and genuinely capable. He will share his knowledge of children, teenagers and their emotional wellbeing to give you the skills to support them to remain emotionally resilient in the face of whatever ups and downs life throws their way.

Delivered with Dr Coleman's usual blend of expertise, humour and a range of practical intervention strategies, there will be an hour-long presentation followed by an open Q&A at the end with the audience. This 30-minute slot at the end of the show proved incredibly popular with previous audiences, garnering rave reviews.

From his many years of working both in the HSE and now in private practice, in addition to his successful TV shows, radio contributions, four parenting books and being the most-followed Irish parenting expert with over 220,000 followers on Instagram, Dr Coleman has amassed the knowledge to offer parents and adults working with this age group a trustworthy, jargon-free, accessible session.

“All too often, children and teenagers get overwhelmed by challenges that come their way and get stuck feeling like they can’t move forward. Discover the strategies for reflecting with them, with purpose, so that they can learn that they can cope with hard things.”