An introduction to using the CBT model when working to support young people with their mental health. It provides a grounding in CBT theory and a few practical activities that professionals can use in their practice. NB: This is an introductory training on some basic CBT-style techniques, rather than a training that licences people to deliver CBT therapy. Included in the training will be a section about the safe use of techniques and limits of competence. Click for more information.

This training aims to give an overview of OTR's understanding of adolescent mental health, and a grounding for other, more specialised, areas of training. It contains some activities about the variety of pressures and challenges that young people face, some information about common presentations of poor mental health and how to identify them, a way to theorise what influences an individual's mental health (the biopsychosocial model), and some introductory information about working with self-harm and suicide. Click for more information.

Gender and sexuality are two of the most powerful organising principles in our society and as such require exploring and understanding in an empowering and informative way. This training is developed by Freedom, OTR’s LGBTQ+ youth service. Freedom celebrated its 25th year of existence in 2020 and is the longest-running LGBTQ+ youth group in the UK. Click for more information.

This training is an introduction to OTR's approach to working with self-harm and suicidality. It includes a discussion around what self-harm is and how to respond to disclosures of self-harm in an empowering way. On the topic of suicidality, it provides a way of managing conversations around suicidality. It discusses safety plans as a way to help young people in distress. Click for more information.

This training aims to give an overview of OTR's understanding of adolescent mental health, and a grounding for other, more specialised, areas of training. It contains some activities about the variety of pressures and challenges that young people face, some information about common presentations of poor mental health and how to identify them, a way to theorise what influences an individual's mental health (the biopsychosocial model), and some introductory information about working with self-harm and suicide. Click for more information.

This training is an introduction to OTR's approach to working with self-harm and suicidality. It includes a discussion around what self-harm is and how to respond to disclosures of self-harm in an empowering way. On the topic of suicidality, it provides a way of managing conversations around suicidality. It discusses safety plans as a way to help young people in distress. Click for more information.

A training to give professionals greater confidence talking about and working with young peoples' relationship to body image. The training will provide a discussion around the importance of the topic, an awareness of the societal forces working to influence idealised body images, ways to promote a positive and empowering relationship to body image (e.g. language to use), and a couple of practical activities to do with young people that help them reflect on their own relationship to body image. Click for more information.

Gender and sexuality are two of the most powerful organising principles in our society and as such require exploring and understanding in an empowering and informative way. This training is developed by Freedom, OTR’s LGBTQ+ youth service. Freedom celebrated its 25th year of existence in 2020 and is the longest-running LGBTQ+ youth group in the UK. Click for more information

A training to give professionals greater confidence talking about and working with young peoples' relationship to body image. The training will provide a discussion around the importance of the topic, an awareness of the societal forces working to influence idealised body images, ways to promote a positive and empowering relationship to body image (e.g. language to use), and a couple of practical activities to do with young people that help them reflect on their own relationship to body image.

We will be exploring how to encourage young people's engagement and participation in well-being offers, through looking at OTR's ethos and the 4 Cs: choice, consent, confidentiality and complaints. We will explore how these principles can be applied in your work with young people, so as to empower young people to make their own choices with regards to their mental health.

We will be exploring and gaining an understanding about what body image is, how it has been perceived throughout history and how the media and other factors have impacted how we feel about our bodies. Furthermore we will learn some tips and techniques to support in promoting positive body image to young people.

By the end of the session the participants will be able to identify resilient traits in themselves and others, they will have a wider understanding of adolescent mental health within a social and political context and will have some tools to use when working with young people.

We will be exploring how to encourage young people's engagement and participation in well-being offers, through looking at OTR's ethos and the 4 Cs: choice, consent, confidentiality and complaints. We will explore how these principles can be applied in your work with young people, so as to empower young people to make their own choices with regards to their mental health.

Gender and sexuality are two of the most powerful organising principles in our society and as such require exploring and understanding in an empowering and informative way. Exploring why and how this is important for young people’s mental health.

We will introduce you to the core concepts and skills of CBT, aiming to provide you with the confidence and competence to draw on them to empower and bring about positive change in both the young people as well as yourself and others in your surrounding networks.

Equip yourself and staff with the confidence, skills, knowledge and tools to deliver OTR's Resilience Lab programme. This programme has been developed in conjunction with young people and is based on research around how we can build and promote resilience. It includes 5 sessions focused on different aspects of resilience and includes background knowledge, practical activities and self-help tools/skills that people can take away.

We will be exploring and gaining an understanding about what body image is, how it has been perceived throughout history and how the media and other factors have impacted how we feel about our bodies. Furthermore we will learn some tips and techniques to support in promoting positive body image to young people.