Case Studies

Connect Case Studies

Connect Case Study 3

I met with a student who felt very anxious about school. She struggled to control the impulse to talk, and when told off, would often answer back, causing ongoing conflict with staff. The stress of this would then spoil her whole day. Her Best Hope was to feel more...

Connect Case Study 2

I saw a year 7 boy who was really struggling with school and on the verge of becoming a school refuser as his absenteeism was increasing and his parents admitted struggling to get him to school. He was very emotional and upset in our first session as he was finding...

Connect Case Study 1

A Year 11 student was referred to Connect because she was catastrophising and having panic attacks on an almost daily basis. She felt pressured by her family to study hard and follow a particular career path and it was making her very unhappy. When I asked her what...

Life Without Limits Case Studies

Life Without Limits Case Study 2

One of the activities we run is to think about the strengths that we each have. In one of these sessions a girl received her feedback sheet back listing the things others felt were her strengths and she was absolutely beaming as she read the list of comments. I asked...

Life Without Limits Case Study 1

About a month after we had run the Unlimited programme in school I ran into their SENCO. She told me that there was a boy in the school who had really benefitted from the course. In the past he had often been sent to her or as he became overwhelmed and lost control...