Learning to believe in Emotional Resilience

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."

                                                                      - Albert Einstein

My Background

For almost 20 years, I have been working to understand the health and well-being of children using surveys and assessments to capture their perceptions, views, and experiences. I believe that In order to have a positive effect on the mental health and well-being of children we need to understand the forces that affect them. We need to be able to answer the question “What do children need to cope better with the world they live in, have positive experiences, value themselves and others, and ultimately thrive?”.

For most of that time , I have also worked with young offenders supported by Youth Offending Teams, striving to understand why they have offended and what support they need to make better choices, develop a sense of purpose, and avoid reoffending. Some of these young people were deeply affected by traumatic events outside their control. Working with  the Youth Offending Service I became aware of the Trauma Recovery Mode (TRM)l which is typically divided into three phases, stability, capability and positivity.

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