Dr Sam Littlemore

I am a Child Psychologist, trainer, practitioner, academic and author who specialises in well-being, welfare and mental health issues. I have been training staff who work with children for many years. My courses focus on evidence and practice-based foundations of understanding, managing and applying interventions for various mental health and behavioural issues. I train staff in multiple settings. My approach is using the whole school/community/workplace approach and creating shared understanding of issues and interventions that as a whole help to support far more effectively throughout staff approaches. Adapting to, and adopting, appropriate language and communication aimed at empowering understanding and increasing intervention success forms a large part of my training courses.

An example of areas and topics that I cover include managing: ASD; Eating Disorders, Stress and anxiety; Self-harm and suicide; Mental Health; Girl Bullying; Attachment; Resilience; plus all other related topics and issues. For the foreseeable future ‘norm’, all of my courses will be delivered on-line over one or two mornings.

I also work directly with children and families as a practitioner. I worked in clinical assessment and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Conditions before moving out of clinical and into behavioural. As a researcher, I focus on qualitative research and have worked for many leading children’s charities it the UK; where the remit is hearing the voices of young people in policy and practice. As an author I write for magazines, academic journals and universities. My book ‘Girl Bullying: Do I Look Bothered’ has sold well to schools and families in the UK and US.

I often write bespoke courses that are requested and also give Key Note speeches.