Former teacher launches mental health support for schools
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 06:08 · Archive
Charlotte Hartley, a teacher-turned-therapist, has founded Building Resilience in Young Minds to support schoolchildren's mental health.
Charlotte Hartley spent more than 25 years working as a teacher in schools including Edgbarrow School in Crowthorne, Garth Hill College and Downe House in the Bracknell and Wokingham area. She has now retrained as a therapist and founded Building Resilience in Young Minds (BRIYM), serving as its founder and CEO.
As a teacher, Hartley witnessed firsthand the growing emotional and mental health challenges facing young people and the difficulties teachers face in providing support. Teachers now have to support mental health in the classroom despite this not being a traditional part of their role, she says. Some research suggests one in four or one in three young people have a mental health issue.
Hartley argues that school counsellors alone cannot meet the scale of demand for mental health support. She believes schools need to 'rethink' how they support children's mental health, 'moving beyond simply responding when things go wrong'. She also advocates building emotional literacy, arguing that society lacks understanding of how brains work.
How it is being reported
- Meet the former teacher looking to ‘revolutionise’ mental health help for schoolkidsA teacher-turned-therapist who worked in Bracknell and Wokingham for many years is revisiting with another purpose – to “revolutionise” mental healthcare in schools.Bracknell News · 17 Oct, 05:00
- Meet the former teacher looking to ‘revolutionise’ mental health help for schoolkidsA teacher-turned-therapist who worked in Bracknell and Wokingham for many years is revisiting with another purpose – to “revolutionise” mental healthcare in schools.Reading Chronicle · 17 Oct, 05:00
In this story: Charlotte Hartley · Building Resilience in Young Minds · Edgbarrow School · Crowthorne · Garth Hill College · Downe House · Bracknell · Wokingham
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