Category: Mental Health Awareness for Children and Young People

There are many ways in which a young child can benefit from therapy sessions. For example, there could be a family breakdown with separation or divorce, difficulties at school, attachment or trauma issues, grief or loss, low self-esteem, anxiety or depression. Increasingly, issues such as self-harm and eating disorders are

What is it? Emotional literacy is the understanding we have about ourselves, our feelings and the feelings of other people. It’s thinking about what may make us act out in poor behaviour or choices or, acting in with low self-esteem or withdrawing ourselves. It’s also about our communication, either verbally

Stress is a feeling of being overwhelmed and under a lot of pressure, which everybody experiences in their lives. You may get feelings like everything is getting too much and that you cannot cope. It can be in response to pressure you have put upon yourself, or to your environment.

While the festive period is a very exciting time of year for many it is also a whirlwind of lights, smells, singing and important changes to routine with plays at school, late night trips and family and friends visiting. These things can become overwhelming for many children and adults, especially

Although there is no legal definition on what constitutes as bullying, the anti-bullying charity Ditch defines it as “an imbalance of power which is used to either defame, harass, intimidate or upset another person.” A recent Ofcom report (2022) indicated that 39% of 8–17-year-olds reported some form of bullying either

Humans seek social contact and meaningful connection with others. When there is a discrepancy between our individual need for social contact and the actual contact we are getting, we may experience feelings of loneliness. Loneliness is often a concept only associated with adults, however people of all ages can experience

Overcoming challenges and setbacks can be difficult for children and young people (as well as adults), however it can really help to boost their resilience and to help them bounce back from struggles they encounter. We share out tips on supporting children to develop the emotional skill of resilience in

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Growing Together’, which encourages children (and adults) to reflect on their emotional growth and how they can support others to grow too. We share our thoughts on this important topic here in our Growing Together Blog. Growing Emotionally We are

This short video aims to help support staff and professionals working with Early Years children by providing advice and guidance, with a focus on domestic abuse.

Children’s emotional well-being is of equal importance to their physical health, and having an understanding of what mental health is and how to look after it is vital. Our resource aims to break this down for children to help them learn to support their mental health as early as possible

Young people’s emotional well-being is of equal importance to their physical health, and being able to understand their mental health is vital. Our Understanding Mental Health for Young People resource explains what is meant by mental health and how to recognise mental health difficulties, as well as providing guidance on

Our managing low confidence resource aims to help children and young people understand what is meant by confidence and the impact that having low confidence can have. It also features helpful tools that young people can use to boost their self-confidence.

Self-esteem is the opinion we have of ourselves, and having good self-esteem can help you to feel more positive and will boost your overall wellbeing. This resource offers practical suggestions for teenagers to improve their self-esteem.  

Our Progressive Muscle Relaxation Activity Sheet shares four different activities aimed at children to help them reduce stress and anxiety in their bodies by tensing and relaxing their muscles.

Our Self-Care for Children resource aims to help children understand the importance of looking after their mental health and wellbeing, and provides a variety of effective tips for implementing self-care practices.