“Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step”
“Mental health is just as important as physical health”
If you have any concerns regarding your mental health and wellbeing, Trafalgar’s School community is here to support you.
As a first step, we recommend that you speak to your tutors as they are your key adults who know you best. It is important to remember that you can speak to any member of staff that you feel comfortable talking to. As a community, we look after each other. We also have a dedicated wellbeing team who are able to guide you to additional support inside and outside of school if needed. To contact the wellbeing team please email [email protected]
Additional support is available within Portsmouth for both students and their families. To access this support outside of school, please see the ‘Portsmouth Mental Health Support for Young People’ page on the Portsmouth City Council website using the following link:
One of the fantastic parents in our community has been writing a blog to support the wellbeing of staff at QA Hospital and has tailored some of this advice towards our Year 11 students, to support them during this unprecedented time.
Click the link below to find out more!
ELSA Support is a website which provides downloadable resources that support the teaching of emotional literacy or emotional intelligence by Emotional Literacy Support Assistant’s.
Below are some links to resources to support emotional intelligence that can be completed at home, including resources linked to life during lockdown.
The Youth Mental Health First Aid Kit is a booklet full of useful resources that can be used to promote positive mental health coping mechanisms and strategies amongst young people.
Anxiety Information Sheet - 01 - What is Anxiety
Anxiety Information Sheet - 02 - Vicious Cycle of Anxiety
Anxiety Information Sheet - 03 - Analysing your Thinking
Anxiety Information Sheet - 04 - Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Anxiety Information Sheet - 05 - Behavioural Experiments Negative Predictions
Anxiety Information Sheet - 06 - Situational Exposure
Anxiety Information Sheet - 07-What are Safety Behaviours
Anxiety Information Sheet - 08 - Breathing Retraining
Anxiety Information Sheet - 08-What is Health Anxiety
Anxiety Information Sheet - 09 - Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Anxiety Information Sheet - 10 - Coping with Stress
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 01 - What is Generalised Anxiety
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 02 - What is Mindfulness
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 03 - Mindfulness and Letting go
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 04 - How Worry Works
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 05 - Postpone your Worry
Generalised Anxiety Information Sheet - 06 - Accepting Uncertainty
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 01 - What is Perfectionism
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 02 - What Maintains Perfectionism
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 03 - Perfectionism Behaviours
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 04 - Challenging Perfectionistic Thinking
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 05 - Perfectionism Rules and Assumptions
Perfectionism Information Sheet - 06 - Re-Evaluating the Importance of Achieving
Procrastination Information Sheet - 01 - What Is Procrastination
Procrastination Information Sheet - 02 - Vicious Cycle of Procrastination
Procrastination Information Sheet - 03 - Dismissing Procrastination Excuses
Procrastination Information Sheet - 04 - Practical Strategies
Procrastination Information Sheet - 05 - Unhelpful Rules and Assumptions
Procrastination Information Sheet - 06 - Procrastination and Tolerating Discomfort
Procrastination Information Sheet - 07 - Procrastination Action Plan
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 01 - What is Low Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 02 - Beginnings of Low Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 03 - What Maintains Low Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 04 - Acknowledging Your Positives
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 05 - Negative Self-Evaluations
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 06 - Adjusting Negative Core Beliefs
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 07 - Adjusting Rules and Assumptions
Self-Esteem Information Sheet - 08 - Overcoming Biased Expectations
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 01 - What is Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 02 - What can be done about Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 03 - Breathing Retraining
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 04 - Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 05 - Improving How you Feel
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 06 - Thinking and Feeling
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 07 - Analysing your Thinking
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 08 - Challenging your Thinking
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 09 - Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 10 - What are Core Beliefs
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 11 - Situational Exposure
Social Anxiety Information Sheet - 12-What are Safety Behaviours
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 01 - Mental Filter
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 02 - Jumping to Conclusions
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 03 - Personalisation
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 04 - Catastrophising
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 05 - Black and White Thinking
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 06 - Shoulding and Musting
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 07 - Overgeneralisation
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 08 - Labelling
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 09 - Emotional Reasoning
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 10 - Magnification and Minimisation
Unhelpful Thinking Styles - 11 - Challenging unhelpful thinking styles