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🩵 Transforming mental health care for children and young people through science, collaboration and clinical innovation

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We're a mental health charity and we’ve been supporting children and young people for over 70 years. We listen to and learn from their diverse voices, and integrate this with learnings from our science and practice to develop and deliver mental health care. This holistic approach has world-changing potential – our training, schools support, networks, partnerships and resources equip those who impact children and young people’s lives with the knowledge and skills to support their mental health. We believe mental wellbeing is the foundation from which children and young people achieve their potential. By continually expanding our understanding and translating it into practice – grounded in science and guided by children and young people – we can ensure they get the right support at the right time. This account is monitored Monday-Friday 9am-5pm GMT.

07/04/2026

Explore these theories and more at our conference!

Join us to hear from leaders in the field of child and adolescent development and mental health speaking about prevention and early intervention.

Our CEO, Prof Eamon McCrory will speak about his latest work on social thinning, the risks it poses to mental health and what can be done to prevent it.

Prof Niko Steinbeis from UCL will present work on feelings of agency, how this fundamentally shapes our mental health from infancy, and how it can be supported throughout development.

Hear these talks and many more at our conference!

🧠 Prevention and Early Intervention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
🗓️ 16 June
📍 London

Book your spot: https://orlo.uk/EkPR8

02/04/2026

We welcomed the Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, to Anna Freud last week to talk about SEND reform and the impact of community on mental health. Over 90 minutes our experts shared learnings from:

❤️ Autism Central - England’s national peer support programme for the families, carers and others in the support networks of autistic people delivered by Anna Freud and commissioned by NHS England.

📱 The impact of community, relationships and digital media on children and young people’s mental health

🎒 Our support for schools. In 2024/25 our Schools and Colleges Early Support Service provided online help to more than 600 school students.

A huge thank you to Dame Rachel for joining us. Collaboration across civil society, government, schools and support networks is key if we are to help all young people, including neurodivergent young people, and those with SEND, to thrive. Read more: https://orlo.uk/kifRr

02/04/2026

Join us for the latest episode of the Autism Central podcast 🎤

Our host Catherine Asta speaks to Heidi Mavir, author of Sunday Times bestseller “Your child is not broken”, and her son Theo, who share their journey through autistic burnout, diagnosis and the power of self-advocacy.

Listen for practical insights on supporting neurodivergent young people and an honest reflection on resilience, overcoming barriers and hope.

Listen to the podcast or send it to someone who may find it helpful! https://orlo.uk/IScqH

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

01/04/2026

Support for the summer term starts here ☀️

If you work in education, our mental health and wellbeing calendar brings together key dates, themes and practical ideas to help with your planning for the months ahead.

👉 Download now: https://orlo.uk/kgzEW

31/03/2026

It’s been fascinating to read the latest headline findings from , which reveal there’s been a boost in young people’s wellbeing in the regions taking part.

The programme is a collaboration between The University of Manchester, The Gregson Family Foundation, and Anna Freud, who, with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), launched the programme in 2019. In 2023 expanded into Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton (HIPs).

Professor Jess Deighton, Director of Research at Anna Freud, said:

“It’s really encouraging to see that young people’s wellbeing is steadily improving in the regions taking part in the programme. While we don’t know to what extent this shift relates to action taken locally in response to the survey, the results certainly help to underscore the importance of listening to children and young people and investing to meet their needs.

“However, inequalities remain and the data shows that factors like gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation and having special educational needs or disabilities still significantly impact wellbeing.”

Read our summary of the findings here: https://orlo.uk/PfFeR

31/03/2026

The Story Stem Assessment Profile is a tool designed to help us understand the internal worlds of children aged 4 to 9 years old.

If you work with children of these ages find out more about Story Stem in our training course.

Find out more: https://www.annafreud.org/training/courses/story-stem-assessment-profile-training/

You can also commission this training as a bespoke training tailored for your organisation.

30/03/2026

We sat down with care leavers and care experienced young people to talk about their experiences of mental health support in the care system and what needs to change.

Watch the full video from the UK Trauma Council, an Anna Freud project, and check out our guides for care workers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbaOFH7wN6U&utm_source=SOCIAL&utm_medium=SOCIAL&utm_campaign=AC&utm_id=UKTC+care+video

28/03/2026

To wrap up Women’s History Month, here are just some of the great women who have contributed to our understanding of children’s mental health over the decades.

Like us today, our founder Anna Freud wanted all children to thrive. In 2026, we’re still transforming mental health care for children and young people through science, collaboration and clinical innovation.

One way we’re doing this is through giving young women and girls a platform to have their voices and lived experience heard. We’ve recently launched My Story and Me, our mental health tool empowering women and girls to share their stories. Find out more: https://orlo.uk/YFXyW

27/03/2026

Mentalization-Based Treatment for Children (MBT-C) focuses on all these things.

Are you a clinical mental health professional?

Come along to our MBT-C training to develop a practical understanding of the key elements of the model.

Over three days, you’ll explore:
🧠 the core mentalizing stance
🧠 approaches to assessment and case formulation using a developmental and relational model
🧠 skills for working with children, parents and carers from a mentalizing perspective.

Find out more: https://orlo.uk/tK0h0

26/03/2026

For a long time, anxiety was assumed to be simply a symptom of autism. But that is not the case.

Autistic people often experience anxiety for many different reasons, most often related to non-autistic norms in their environments.

Bestselling author and Anna Freud associate Pete Wharmby, Autistic Author spoke to us about what causes anxiety for many autistic people, from social interactions to dealing with transitions and sensory overload.

Want to better understand what life can feel like for the autistic people in your life? Grab a cuppa and watch Pete’s video: https://orlo.uk/fBvrk

25/03/2026

The government released its long-awaited schools white paper last month, along with a consultation on the paper’s proposed reforms to the SEND system.

We believe a number of the proposals in the papers will make a difference to children and young people, like:

💌 A commitment to earlier intervention
♾️ A more joined-up system
📊 Tracking wellbeing

But there are also some bits where we’d want more detail:

🌈 Ensuring inclusion is lived, not designed
🧠 Making mental health central
👨🏽‍⚕️ Tackling workforce capacity and training
💜 Ensuring parent voices remain central to decision-making

For many neurodivergent students, sensory overload, unpredictability, social pressures, and communication differences can make school overwhelming. This can affect their sense of belonging. What is often labelled as “behaviour” is actually a response to environments that are not designed with neurodivergence in mind.

Our experts Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou and Roisin McEvoy believe the SEND review needs to tackle this if we are to turn inclusivity into belonging and make the most of this opportunity to improve the education system: https://orlo.uk/YRbEH

25/03/2026

Did you know you can commission us to deliver bespoke mental health training, tailored to your team’s exact needs?

Our experts can share their knowledge and skills on dozens of different types of therapies and approaches to enhance your team’s work with children, adolescents, families, or adults.

Just some of the topics we cover are:

💜Neurodivergence
💜Trauma
💜PTSD
💜Interpersonal difficulties
💜Depression
💜Perinatal mental health
💜Mental health in schools and colleges

Find out more: https://orlo.uk/brRb1

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