Holly Jackson

In this workshop, Holly will showcase the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Educational Programme (CBT-EP), an innovative eight-week pastoral programme that she designed to help students develop resilience and achieve their academic potential. Many of Holly's students are from areas of significant socio-economic deprivation, and are often first-generation university applicants. She designed this programme to remove barriers and support her students in pursuing their ambitions, even in challenging circumstances. She hopes to expand her programme to include workshops, research, and outreach to other schools and colleges and in this session she welcomes you to join her in this quest! 

Using student-written case studies you'll explore themes including perfectionism, social anxiety, low self-esteem, procrastination and many other commonly overlooked issues which can negatively affect wellbeing and academic performance. You’ll examine ways to embed CBT into lessons to support progress, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Holly will also offer advice on teaching students who experience particularly difficult personal and family circumstances, all of which can make certain topics especially challenging.   

Holly has worked in education for over 15 years. She is also a trained Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and is the 2026 BPS "Psychology Teacher of the Year" in the pre-tertiary section.