Return to Work Coaching
Reclaim Your Confidence. Return with Clarity.
Expert coaching for professionals navigating the transition from leave to leadership.
Who is this for?
Returning to work after a significant period of leave is more than a change in schedule, it's a major professional transition. You are inevitably returning as a changed person, with new skills, refined priorities and a broader perspective. Your workplace may have evolved too.
For many, particularly those returning from family leave, the prospect of re-entry brings a specific set of challenges:
The identity shift: reconciling your pre-leave professional self with who you are now
The confidence gap: navigating the 'fog' of time away and reclaiming your professional identity
The strategic juggle: balancing peak professional performance with new, high-stakes personal responsibilities
Knowing your rights: understanding flexible working, leave entitlements, and workplace protections in Ireland
Clarico provides structured, high-impact coaching designed to help you navigate this transition with confidence. Whether you're returning from maternity or family leave, a career break, or a period working abroad, your return should be intentional, not just inevitable.
How we work together
Coaching with Clarico is flexible. You choose the level of support that's right for you:
FLEXIBLE
Single Session
€90 per session
One focused 60-minute session, ideal if you want to process a specific concern, get clarity before your return date, or work through something in the first weeks back.
Book as many sessions as you need, no package required.
BEST VALUE
Return to Work Programme
€350 · 4 sessions
A structured four-session programme spanning your leave and return from pre-leave planning through to settling back in. Includes session notes, follow-up resources, and support between sessions.
Payment plans available.
Not sure which is right for you? Start with a free discovery call and we'll figure it out together.
What we cover
Every session is tailored to your circumstances. Across our work together we can:
Create a personal roadmap for a sustainable, confident return, starting before you leave if that suits
Reframe your time away not as a gap or a break, but as a period of growth, resilience and development
Reclaim your professional identity addressing imposter syndrome, updating your professional brand, and owning your time away
Navigate flexible working and your legal rights our coaches are HR practitioners and employment lawyers who can help you understand the Irish legal landscape
Protect your energy practical tools for mental clarity, boundary setting and preventing burnout as you rebuild momentum
Sample programme timeline
Sessions can be scheduled to suit you. A typical four-session timeline looks like this:
2–3 weeks before your leave date
Set yourself up for a positive departure, clarify your goals, plan your handover mindset, and prepare for the transition ahead.
2. 6 weeks before your return
Build momentum and prepare your mindset, work through anxieties, update your professional brand, and plan your return.
3. Within the first 2 weeks back
Process the reality of return in real time, what's working, what isn't, and how to navigate the adjustment.
4. 6 weeks after your return
Review, recalibrate, and ensure you're on track, sustainable performance, not burnout.
Already back and struggling? It's never too late. We focus on 'course correction' to ensure you don't burn out in the first six months.
The Clarico Advantage
Strategy Rooted in Experience
Clarico’s coach, Sorcha Keogh is an EMCC accredited coach. She is a former solicitor and current HR professional. Sorcha brings unique perspective and experience to your return. She doesn’t just focus on mindset; she helps you to navigate the practicalities. From understanding your rights to advocating for the resources you need, Sorcha provides the 'behind-the-scenes' HR insight and employment law expertise you need to feel empowered and informed making your return to work.
“Clarico’s Return to Work Coaching service is a fundamental reward offering to our employees. It ensures they are supported during a pivotal career point and feedback from employees has been truly excellent.”
— HR Manager, Return to Work Coaching Employer Client“Thank you so much for our session today. I’m so grateful I had the chance to chat all things work in a safe space before my return. I feel so much better for it! The session was amazing and I feel so much more ready to return now!”
— Return to Work Coaching Client-
Ideally 4–6 weeks before your return date but we can also work with you before you go on leave, or at any point once you're back. There's no wrong time to start.
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A single session is perfect if you want to work through a specific concern, anxiety about going back, a conversation you need to have with your manager, or simply needing space to think. The four-session programme takes you through a structured arc: from preparing for leave, through return, to settling in sustainably. Both are fully personalised.
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Absolutely. Many clients start with a single session, perhaps just before returning and book further sessions as they need them. You're in control.
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Yes. Many organisations have budgets for professional development or transition coaching. We can provide an invoice for your HR department. Employers can also partner with us to fund this for their team, direct your employer to our Corporate Partnerships page
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Yes. You can pay upfront or in two instalments, one before your first session and one before your third.
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Absolutely not. This coaching is for any professional returning from parental leave, family leave, a career break, or time working abroad, regardless of gender or the reason for leave.
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It's never too late. We work with clients at every stage, pre-leave, pre-return, and well into the first year back. If you're struggling now, a session focused on course correction can make a real difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you an Employer or HR Manager?
Visit our Employer Page for more information on our Corporate Return to Work Coaching services.