Let's be Real - Mental Health for Young Minds
Workshops that build confidence, connection, and mental health literacy
Our workshops help students, parents, educators, and organisations develop the practical skills needed to recognise emotional distress, strengthen communication, build resilience, and create environments where people feel safe to seek support.
If you are looking for a student wellbeing programme, mental health training for schools, teacher mental health training, MHFA-informed staff sessions, or a parent workshop on teenage mental health, those are the programmes described below - delivered in English and German to international schools across Europe.
For Students
Age-appropriate sessions that give young people the language, tools and confidence to understand what they feel and ask for support.
Emotional literacy
Naming feelings accurately, understanding what sits underneath them, and learning that emotions are information rather than problems.
- Audience
- Students, Years 5-13
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Name and describe emotions with greater precision
- Recognise early signs of distress in themselves
- Use language that makes asking for help easier
Resilience and coping strategies
Practical, evidence-informed ways to handle stress, setbacks and pressure - and to know which strategies work for them.
- Audience
- Students, Years 6-13
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Build a personal toolkit of coping strategies
- Understand the stress response and how to settle it
- Recover from setbacks without shame
Healthy relationships
Boundaries, consent, conflict and repair: what respectful friendships and relationships look and feel like day to day.
- Audience
- Students, Years 7-13
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person
Key outcomes
- Set and respect boundaries confidently
- Handle conflict without escalation or withdrawal
- Spot the patterns of an unhealthy relationship
Digital wellbeing
How online environments shape mood, sleep and self-worth, and how to build habits that protect wellbeing without switching off from friends.
- Audience
- Students, Years 5-13
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person, online or hybrid
Key outcomes
- Link online habits to mood, sleep and self-worth
- Apply practical limits that still fit their social life
- Think critically about what they see and share
Belonging and identity
Exploring the values, cultures and experiences that shape identity, and why feeling seen is protective for mental health.
- Audience
- Students, Years 6-13
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person
Key outcomes
- Reflect on the layers that shape who they are
- Understand belonging as a protective factor
- Contribute to a more inclusive year group
For Parents
Evening and daytime sessions that turn worry into confidence, with language parents can use at the kitchen table that same week.
NOTICE parent workshop
Our flagship parent session: how to notice when something has changed, stay steady in the moment, and open a conversation that goes somewhere.
- Audience
- Parents and carers
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Notice meaningful changes early and calmly
- Open a conversation without shutting it down
- Know what to do next and where to turn
Supporting emotional regulation
How co-regulation works, why calm is contagious, and what to do when big feelings arrive faster than words.
- Audience
- Parents and carers
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Understand co-regulation and why it works
- Stay steady when your child is overwhelmed
- Repair well after things go wrong
Difficult conversations
Talking about anxiety, low mood, self-harm or risk without panic, judgement or premature fixing.
- Audience
- Parents and carers
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Raise hard topics directly and safely
- Listen without rushing to fix
- Recognise when professional support is needed
Screen-smart parenting
Realistic boundaries around phones, gaming and social media, built on connection rather than surveillance.
- Audience
- Parents and carers
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person, online or hybrid
Key outcomes
- Agree boundaries that actually hold
- Talk about online life without conflict
- Know the real risks from the noise
Recognising early warning signs
What ordinary teenage change looks like, what warrants a closer look, and when and how to seek professional support.
- Audience
- Parents and carers
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Tell typical development from warning signs
- Act early rather than wait and hope
- Navigate referral routes with confidence
For Educators
Staff sessions that build a shared response across a school - so support does not depend on which adult a student happens to reach first.
Mental Health First Aid awareness
An introduction to recognising and responding to mental health challenges, and a bridge into our Youth Mental Health Response training.
- Audience
- Teaching and support staff
- Duration
- Half day
- Format
- In-person
Key outcomes
- Recognise common mental health challenges
- Respond in the first conversation with confidence
- Understand the step up to full response training
Staff wellbeing
Sustainable wellbeing practices for the adults in the system, because staff capacity is the foundation of student support.
- Audience
- Whole staff or teams
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Identify personal and team load signals
- Adopt practices that survive a busy term
- Normalise wellbeing talk among colleagues
Psychological safety in schools
Building classrooms and staffrooms where speaking up about struggle is normal, expected and safe.
- Audience
- Staff and leadership teams
- Duration
- Half day
- Format
- In-person or hybrid
Key outcomes
- Understand what psychological safety requires
- Respond to disclosure in ways that build trust
- Set team norms that make speaking up routine
Preventing burnout
Spotting the early signals of burnout in yourself and colleagues, and the structural changes that actually reduce load.
- Audience
- Staff and leadership teams
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Spot burnout signals early in self and others
- Distinguish individual coping from system fixes
- Agree changes that genuinely lower load
Responding to student concerns
A clear, repeatable pathway from first concern to appropriate referral, with boundaries that protect both student and staff member.
- Audience
- Teaching and support staff
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Format
- In-person or online
Key outcomes
- Follow a clear pathway from concern to referral
- Hold boundaries that protect student and staff
- Document and hand over concerns well
Common questions
- How do we book a workshop for our school?
- Send us your preferred dates, audience and group size. We come back with a format, a length and a price, and confirm whether it runs in person or online.
- How long is a typical workshop?
- Most student and parent workshops run 90 minutes. Staff training runs from a twilight session to a full INSET day, with an optional second day for the HOLD tier.
- Which languages are workshops available in?
- All workshops are available in English and German, with separate cohorts for each language.
- Can workshops run online?
- Yes. Every workshop runs in person, online or as a hybrid session, with the same practice-based structure.
- How do we choose which workshops to run first?
- Schools usually start with a staff session, then add a parent workshop and student modules so everyone hears the same language within the same term.
Go straight to the right programme
Not sure which workshop you need?
Pick the phrase closest to what you are looking for and we will take you straight to the programme page that answers it.
If you are a school leader
- Mental health training for schoolsWhole-school training for staff, students and parents
- International school wellbeing programmeA bilingual whole-school programme for international schools
- Wellbeing workshops for schoolsStaff, student and parent sessions, booked one at a time
- School wellbeing strategy or consultingAn audit of your strategy, policy and referral pathways
If you are an educator
If you are looking for students
- Student wellbeing programmeOur Mental Health Literacy modules across the school year
- Mental health workshops for studentsNinety-minute sessions for students aged 11-18
- Mental health literacy programmeSix classroom modules on emotions, resilience and help-seeking
- Teen mental health informationPlain-language guides for young people
Build a workshop series around your community
Workshops can be booked individually or sequenced across a school year so students, parents and staff hear the same language at the same time. All workshops are available in English and German, in person or online.