Online children's coaching across Europe, for expat and international families
One to one online coaching for children and teenagers aged 7 to 18 in international and expat families across Europe, arranged around your child's school day and your time zone.
Steady one to one support, arranged around your family's week.
- BSc Psychology (Hons)
- Qualified Teacher Status
- London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
- Psychological Researcher
- Former Assistant Psychologist
- 10+ years experience across Psychology and Education
- One to one online coaching, across time zones.
Ruby offers one to one online coaching for children and teenagers across Europe, with support shaped around motivation, friendships, organisation, moving country, a new school and emotional regulation. Tuition can also be added when academic support is needed.
What children across Europe often bring to sessions
Growing up between languages and cultures is common for international children in Europe, and it asks more of a child socially than it looks like on paper. A child can be fluent in two languages and still hesitate before joining a conversation, unsure which version of themselves fits the room.
Moves are another constant. Children who have changed school mid-year, or who expect to again, often hold back from settling fully. Sessions give them somewhere to think about that out loud with an adult who is not worried by it.
Social confidence, friendships and communication
Ruby and your child look at what is actually happening in a friendship or a group chat, in English or in your child's other language, and work out what your child could try next. For a child who has recently arrived, that is often more useful than being told to put themselves out there.
Teenagers tend to work on harder ground, including friendships that have quietly changed since starting secondary school, and how to say something honest to a friend without losing them.
There is more detail in the social and friendships coaching programme.
At a glance
- Main service
- One-to-one online coaching for children and teenagers
- Ages
- Coaching for ages 7 to 18. Tuition for ages 7 to 13
- Areas of support
- Friendships, social confidence, emotional regulation, executive functioning, organisation, school transitions and independence
- SEN and neurodiversity
- Psychology-informed support adapted for autistic children, children with ADHD and children with other additional needs
- Tuition
- British curriculum tuition, academic confidence, 7+, 9+ and 11+ preparation can be incorporated where appropriate
- Format
- Individual online sessions tailored around the child’s strengths, needs and goals
- Availability
- Sessions arranged around the child’s school day and local time zone.
- Practitioner
- Ruby Cole, qualified teacher, BSc Psychology (Hons), former Assistant Psychologist and London Teacher of the Year 2021
- Scope
- Education-led, psychology-informed coaching. This is not therapy, counselling, psychological assessment or clinical treatment
What Ruby can help with
One to one online coaching for whatever your child is finding hard right now, including children who are autistic, have ADHD or are neurodivergent.
Who this is for
- Families at international, bilingual, local or British schools anywhere in Europe
- Children who have recently moved and are still finding their feet
- Children finding a new school, new country or new friendships hard
- Teenagers who have gone quiet or lost motivation
Preparing for a school interview or a presentation? There is more on Interview & Speaking Confidence coaching.
Questions families in Europe ask
My child is at a local European school, not an international one. Is coaching still relevant?
Yes. Coaching is not tied to any school system. It is about friendships, confidence and how your child is feeling, wherever they go to school.
We are moving countries within Europe. Can coaching help with that?
Often the best time to start. Coaching around an upcoming move, or the uncertainty of not knowing yet, is some of the most useful work Ruby does.
What time zones do you work across?
Ruby works from the UK, generally between 9am and 6pm UK time. Most of Europe falls comfortably inside those hours, and Ruby also works with families in the Middle East and Asia.
What is the difference between tuition and coaching?
Coaching gives a child tools and support for the social and emotional side of things, like friendships, confidence, feelings and settling. Tuition is more about academic support, like schoolwork and subjects.
Can Ruby speak to my child's school?
If you would like her to, yes, with your permission and only sharing what you are happy for her to share.
Tuition is also available alongside coaching. Read about online tuition for international families.
Talk it through with Ruby.
A free 15-minute discovery call, no pressure and no obligation.
Education-led tuition and coaching, not therapy or clinical treatment. If Ruby believes a child would benefit from clinical support, she will always say so.