At Chrysalis we understand how individual the impact of Covid-19 will have been on the people we work with.
We have implemented innovative approaches to identifying areas of risks -for children and young people resilience training workshops, for employee’s mental health and wellbeing assessments, and for individuals, mental health courses and walking therapy.
Resilience training enables children to ‘bounce back’ from difficult times, and cope in the face of adversity, trauma or stress.
The Chrysalis mental health assessment will identify employees who demonstrate signs and symptoms of poor or declining mental health.
Walking together with your therapist, at your place, can be less intrusive, feel more equal, less intimidating and release inhibitions.
We are aware, through our work, research, and news, of the mental health issues facing children and young people as a direct result of the pandemic. The following targeted response can be facilitated through 1:1 therapy, group session, one-off workshops, and staff training –
- Pupils who had mental health conditions pre pandemic.
- Pupils showing signs of PTSD, anxiety, fear.
- Bereavement and isolation.
- Fear and anxiety transference, including key worker parents.
- (including exploring vivid nightmares/ sleep patterns).
- Eating disorders and issues connecting to self-harm Domestic neglect, exploration, or abuse.
- Pupils with SEND
We strive to make therapy, informal, interactive, and fun.
Incorporating, storytelling, drama, art, music, and games, where appropriate.
We recognise that every child, young person, and school is unique and will have different requirements, we want to work with you to find the right solution for a targeted response.
Why It’s Important
Counting the cost of poor mental health
1 in 8 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health problem, and many continue to have these problems into adulthood
Work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 44% of work-related ill health and 54% of working days lost, in 2018/19
Every week, 1 in 6 adults experience a common mental health problem such as anxiety or depression and 1 in 5 adults has considered taking their own life at some point
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the life of every child and young person in the country. It is an unprecedented public health emergency, and the consequences on the emotional wellbeing of our future generations will be vast.
The impact of mental health in the work place was relevant in a world pre- coronavirus early indications suggest that the pandemic (and measures taken by government to control it such as lockdown and social distancing) are and will have a significant impact upon the mental health of employees.
The coronavirus pandemic is having a huge impact on our mental health. Life is very different now, choices are very limited, and in some cases not even there. All plans have changed, even normal is not normal, managing to deal with this and the impact of grief, isolation, loneliness, unemployment, the psychological impact is unimaginable.
Useful resources
We’ve put together some links to useful information regarding the current health crisis. Please note: clicking these links will take you away from this website.
BACP
BACP chair Natalie Bailey said: “This is an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to affect the mental health and wellbeing of large numbers of people in the country.
“The role of professional therapists is now more important than ever as people come to terms with the mental health impact of illness, bereavement, isolation, insecurity, changing work and family circumstances and general anxiety at such an uncertain time.
MIND
UK Government must urgently plan for recovery from coronavirus mental health crisis, says Mind
A survey of more than 16,000 people during lockdown by the charity Mind has revealed the scale of the impact of the pandemic on people with mental health problems. Two out of three (65 per cent) adults over 25 and three-quarters (75 per cent) of young people aged 13-24 with an existing mental health problem reported worse mental health.