News: ‘School is too much pressure’- young people identify school as a contributing factor to poor mental health

28 January 2024 by

NEW: Join us at 6.15pm on 27th February as we talk to Maddi and Sarah live about this research. There’ll…

Promoting positive mental health in a secondary school

18 April 2023 by

I’ve always been interested in applying Psychology at strategic levels within school systems, and have been working closely with the…

Using data to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of young people

28 February 2023 by

We have written previously about our use of locally-gathered mental health and wellbeing data to support our educational establishments with…

‘Happier during lockdown’: positive experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns and how we can create positive change

28 November 2022 by , 1 comment

When the pandemic first hit, I, like most mental health researchers, was extremely concerned about how it could impact the…

The Queer Mental Health Workbook: A creative self-help guide using CBT, CFT and DBT

22 March 2022 by

The world feels pretty upside down right now. COVID-19 is still affecting people worldwide, the cost-of-living is soaring, and the…

Continuing to use a data & trauma-informed approach to supporting learners in a post-COVID world

1 November 2021 by and , 1 comment

We wrote here last year about the authority-wide mental health and wellbeing survey we had undertaken which allowed us to…

Book review: ‘Being me – poems about thoughts, worries and feelings’

29 September 2021 by , , and

‘Being me’ is a collection of poems for children and young people and so we hand the initial reviews over…

Book review: Mindfulness in the early years

13 September 2021 by

Book author: Erica Douglas-Osborn What is mindfulness? “Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present…

Longer read: Hands off? challenging the touch taboo in education and care contexts

18 October 2017 by , 1 comment

Why the issue of touch is so important Affective touch is a powerful medium for conveying empathy between people, for…

Where are the EPs? Theresa May, mental health and schools

10 January 2017 by , 12 comments

The focus on schools and the workplace is much needed, as is the attention to addressing stigma and the transformation…