Proactive Mental Health Support

Webinar summary

Being a young adult in the 21st century means navigating a very different world to the one in which many of us grew up. Young people are under 24/7 pressure to be ‘always on’ and their ‘best self’ and they need to be prepared for a challenging world.

COVID19 added an extra layer of pressure to the mix.

Dr Dominique Thompson is the UK’s leading expert on young people’s mental health, and she will reveal why they may be struggling more, and the 5 things we can all do to help young adults to develop the life skills they need to thrive in this new and changing world.

We will allocate 10-15 minutes at the end of the webinar for a Q&A session. Please send your questions in advance HERE.

Speakers Bio

Dominique Thompson

Dr Dominique Thompson is a multi-award winning former GP, young people's mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator, with over two decades of NHS clinical experience.

Dom now works as an independent mental health consultant and speaker, whilst holding roles including; President of the Student Health Association, membership of the UK government’s Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce, and Clinical Advisor to NICE and Student Minds.

She is author of The Student Wellbeing Series (Trigger Press) for young people, and co-author of How to Grow a Grown Up (PenguinRandomHouse) for parents.

Dom has done two TEDx talks; ‘What I learnt from 78000 GP consultations with university students’ and ‘Understanding Why’.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

For information about Dom’s work as a consultant and speaker see www.buzzconsulting.co.uk and check out www.growingagrownup.com for free parenting blogs and resources.

Who should attend

This webinar is suitable for anyone involved in supporting disabled students and staff in Higher Education, From Needs Assessors, Careers Advice & Employability staff, to Disability Advisers, student support managers, student services staff and support workers.

All webinar attendees will be added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the link at the bottom of our emails.

Closed caption/ Live transcription will be available on the Zoom link. If you join the webinar via the Eventbrite link, you can still access the Zoom version by clicking the "?" at the bottom right of the webinar window. A link to the recording of the event will be sent to all registered attendees.