Struggling To Support Your Teen?
Or Want To Deliver More For The Young People You Work With?
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I help young people build confidence, manage stress, and find their future direction to live lives they love.
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I support parents, train youth professionals and work with organisations to be able to do the same.
Evidence-based coaching and training shaped by what young people say they really need to thrive today.
Emer O'Donnell
Founder. Coach. Author. Parent.
Emer is an thought leader and an author on teen stress and anxiety. She has been featured in articles and podcasts internationally, including the global broadcast marathon of 144 women's voices on G-Woman TV. She is focused on transforming young people's wellbeing, education and careers. She is also on a mission to create an army of 'Good Adults' in communities around the globe who care and work with young people so they all have the skills to navigate today's stressful AI world.
Emer is an thought leader and an author on teen stress and anxiety.
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Leyton Orient Trust
Steel Warriors
Cavan and Monaghan Education & Training Board
UCD Dublin
She has been featured in articles and podcasts internationally, including the global broadcast marathon of 144 women's voices on G-Woman TV.
She is focused on transforming young people wellbeing, education and careers. She is also on a mission to create an army of 'Good Adults' in communities around the globe who care and work with young people so they all have the skills to navigate today's stressful AI world.
Many young people feel
stuck today
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Struggling with their confidence, motivation or self-belief.
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Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disengaged. Spending hours on social media.
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Finding relationships and communication difficult.
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Unsure and worried about the future, often feeling like they are being left behind.
And the adults supporting them?
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If you're a parent, you can be struggling to support your child. You know something needs addressing and want to get the right help. You can worry about their future. You may even feel you need support to cope too, as you are out of your depth, and concerned about failing and getting it wrong.
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If you are a youth professional or youth focused organisation, young people's wellbeing, confidence and future career direction can sit at the heart of what you do. You want to deliver more for them and achieve outstanding results. You are willing to go the extra it takes and upgrade skills to achieve this.
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What is important to understand
is these challenges don't happen in isolation
WATCH THE NEGATIVE CYCLE VIDEO
I created it because I see so much of this in my coaching work. See what feels familiar.
It's not a sign that there isn't hope.
It's just a pattern and patterns can be changed with the right understanding and support.
WATCH THE POSITIVE CYCLE VIDEO
Many approaches focus on trying to fix behaviour on the surface.
But lasting change doesn't come from reacting to what we see.
It comes from understanding what's driving behaviour underneath the surface and knowing what creates a positive shift.
THE 6 AREAS THAT SO MATTER
Through years of working with young people there are six key areas that,
when understood and addressed, consistently shape their wellbeing,
behaviour, and development.
These are also the areas in my research young people
say they want help with in their lives today.
KNOWING ME
Building self-awareness, identity, and a stronger sense of who they are.
CONFIDENCE
Developing belief in themselves and their abilities to navigate life's challenges.
LEARNING
Understanding how they think and engage with the world and how they can continue to grow.
STRESS
Recognising triggers, unhelpful beliefs, and managing emotions and pressure in healthy ways.
PEOPLE
Quality relationships within and with others, find their tribe, and build meaningful communication skills.
CAREERS
Future clarity, motivation, and ability to make informed decisions about next steps, with how to make it happen.
When these areas are understood and assisted, young people will:
Feel more confident
Communicate more openly
Make better decisions
Re-engage with learning and life
Be more positive about their future
WHO I WORK WITH
Parents & Guardians
One-to-one coaching using the 7Q Programme specifically developed by Emer following her decade of experience working with parents and young people.
Providing practical tools, insights and training - including the 7Q Practitioner Model - so you can better support the young people you work with to thrive.
Youth Focused Professionals
Providing practical tools, insights and training - including the 7Q Practitioner Model - so you can better support the young people you work with to thrive.
Organizations
Delivering structured programmes and the 7Q Practitioner Training which builds the capabilities of staff to create more consistent, effective outcomes for the young people you serve.
HERE'S WHAT MAKES MY APPROACH UNIQUE
Grounded in science and real-world experience, I keep things practical, supportive, and focused on meaningful understanding to create what is needed
- I deliver psychological safety and with this behavioural flexibility can follow to manage challenges and deliver results.
- I provide evidence-based education and an easily understood and accessible coaching approach for the areas of support and development.
- I create a trusted space to look beneath the surface to see patterns and needs to understand what is really going on.
- I have practical coaching tools and techniques grounded in positive psychology, life coaching and neuroscience that can be applied straight away to support each client.
THE MAGIC BRIDGE
My Signature Process
Built on years of real-world coaching practice and behavioural science, it offers a structured, trusted way forward for young people - and reassurance for the adults who care about them
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A proven high-impact pathway that gently reconnects young people to their whole holistic self - head and heart - supporting meaningful improvements in self-esteem, confidence, future clarity and positive wellbeing.
Supporting the adults who support young people
7Q PRACTITIONER TRAINING
Sustainable behavioural change doesn't come
from one conversation
It comes from meaningful connection, deeper self-understanding, and the right support — delivered consistently by the adults young people trust most.
When adults upgrade their skills and change how they respond, everything begins to shift.
That’s why the 7Q Practitioner Training equips teachers, coaches, and youth focused professionals to become true ‘Good Adults’— confident, skilled, and able to respond effectively in the moments that matter.
Built on over a decade of coaching practice, this training shares a proven framework, practical strategies, and ready-to-use tools that you can apply immediately.
So you can support young people with greater confidence, consistency, and real impact — every day.
Ready to take the next step?
Get in touch to explore upcoming enrollment opportunities.
HERE'S WHAT MAKES MY APPROACH UNIQUE
A TRUSTED VOICE
Emer brings over 20+ years of international experience working in global businesses,
Psychology, Behavioural Change Coaching, Youth Development and Wellbeing.
BA (Hons) Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland
MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change, Reading University, U.K.
This MSc is accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation); AC (Association for Coaching) and the EMCC (European Mentoring & Coaching Council).
Certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner
Accredited Psychometric Training
WHAT OUR CLIENTS
ARE SAYING
Thank you so much Emer. The work you did was so insightful and transformational. It really helped me as a worried parent to understand who my child really is and helped her understand that too. I now appreciate what is going on. It totally supported my daughter to rebuild her self-belief and confidence again and the programme gave her a real sense of direction about what she can achieve in her life now, rather than feeling stressed and anxious about it all. You really provided strategies to help us. You have been amazing, so helpful and full of brilliant wisdom. You have literally changed my daughter’s life.
K. Deshmukh Hayes, Parent
The process opened my eyes to the science behind my son understanding his behaviours. As a parent, I thought I knew why he had certain behavioural preferences, but it took an expert to help him understand himself better and to achieve some really positive results. The insight provided has given a real advantage to my son and his future.
R. Simmons, Parent of J. Simmons
As a mother of two daughters, I know how difficult it can be for young people to understand themselves, feel confident in their skin, imagine a future that inspires them, and find a path towards it. Emer understands this too, and has created a fantastic programme to help parents and their teenagers to navigate an often confusing world and lay strong foundations for a happy future. Thank you, Emer.
B. Burgess, Parent
Emer's approach and understanding of how to deal with my daughter and our issues is really enlightening. It gave me the confidence to try another way. She helped me see that I was stuck in the past and had not been able to get beyond the worries and concerns that had ruined our relationship during most of her teenage years. I know I am on a journey with my daughter, but I feel so much more equipped to help and support her now. Emer really listens and is extremely skilled at asking the right questions. She gives you help and provides hope for the future.
J. Maxwell, Parent
I found the insight given by Emer so helpful in identifying my behavioural preferences and those behaviours that I might want to strengthen to give me the very best chance in my future career. I felt like someone was really listening to who I am and how I might want to move forward. It was a very positive experience.
J. Simmons, Student
Q is an amazing tool that every young person should access and has the potential to deliver transformational impact. Thank you Emer and Team Q for all your support in enabling us to deliver so much more.
Osman Jama, CEO Young Futures CIC
At first I wasn’t sure about what my kids would gain from this, but it soon became clear that this is an essential programme for any parent with a teenager who is seeking to get the best from their education and who wishes to understand better how they learn. It also really supported appreciating how to build positive relationships and knowing how to recognise and navigate those that are not. With Emer’s guidance, my kids have learned to understand themselves better and I now know how to support them through the most important years in their personal development. Emer’s approach is professional, yet warm and she openly shares her extensive knowledge of the subject.
C. Hunn, Parent
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