What we do

For young people and parents

We offer therapeutic strategy-based support both individually and through group work. For children with anxiety or behavioural difficulties of primary school age we work directly with parents. For young people with anxiety and low mood we work directly with the young person.

For school professionals

We offer school staff training in mental health difficulties including low mood, anxiety, mental health awareness and self-harm.

We offer regular consultations with the school’s Senior Mental Health Leads to ensure we can support the changing needs of young people within schools. For example, we promote mental health awareness through workshops, assemblies, staff training and drop-in sessions. This helps to build a whole-school approach to supporting mental health within our schools.

Roles within Bucks MHST

Education Mental Health Practitioners

Our Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy informed support such as Worry Management, Brief Behavioural Activation, Graded Exposure and Problem Solving.

These evidence-based techniques are effective in supporting young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties such as anxiety or low mood.

We offer support both individually and in groups to meet the needs of students within schools.

For example, our groups focusing on anxiety have received great feedback from both young people and parents.

All of our team members have opportunities to carry out joint assessments and pieces of work with other members of MHST as well as attend school consultations and deliver staff training.

Within MHST we provide 6-8 sessions often in a school or clinical setting.