The Queer Mental Health Workbook: A creative self-help guide using CBT, CFT and DBT
The world feels pretty upside down right now. COVID-19 is still affecting people worldwide, the cost-of-living is soaring, and the…
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
We wrote here last year about the authority-wide mental health and wellbeing survey we had undertaken which allowed us to…
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’
‘Being me’ is a collection of poems for children and young people and so we hand the initial reviews over…
‘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
Book author: Erica Douglas-Osborn What is mindfulness? “Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present…
Book author: Erica Douglas-Osborn What is mindfulness? “Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present…
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Hands off? challenging the touch taboo in education and care contexts
Why the issue of touch is so important Affective touch is a powerful medium for conveying empathy between people, for…
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
The focus on schools and the workplace is much needed, as is the attention to addressing stigma and the transformation…
The focus on schools and the workplace is much needed, as is the attention to addressing stigma and the transformation…
Rethinking mental distress in children
Thinking of your child as behaving badly disposes you to think of punishment. Thinking of your child as struggling with something…
Thinking of your child as behaving badly disposes you to think of punishment. Thinking of your child as struggling with something…
Gender equality education supporting children’s wellbeing – a T.I.G.E.R case study
Since 2013 T.I.G.E.R (Teaching Individuals Gender Equality and Respect) has been delivering workshops which offer a safe space for young people…
Since 2013 T.I.G.E.R (Teaching Individuals Gender Equality and Respect) has been delivering workshops which offer a safe space for young people…
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Struggling with a monster: acceptance and commitment therapy with anxious students
Mia (not her real name) is fourteen and she and I are sitting in a small intervention room off one…
Mia (not her real name) is fourteen and she and I are sitting in a small intervention room off one…