How To Support Young People Living with Parental Mental Illness

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for health professionals, teachers, counsellors, social workers, and anyone else working with young people. No prior experience is or knowledge is required.

What topics will you cover?

Understanding the impact of parental mental illness

Identifying children who have a parent with a mental illness and understanding their specific needs

Supporting children living with parental mental illness as a professional

Supporting children living with parental mental illness to build their own coping strategies and resilience

Challenging stigma and building compassion, developing understanding and empathy for children living with this issue

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Reflect on the challenges facing young people who have a parent with a mental illness.

Develop a deeper understanding of the issue and a greater sense of compassion.

Explore attitudes towards mental illness in society and how this contributes to the stigma attached to this issue.

Assess the most effective approaches and forms of communication to support young people who have a parent with a mental illness.

Apply some of the strategies in your own environment, where appropriate

Explore a range of strategies and approaches that young people can implement themselves in order to build their resilience.