SP26-93 Supporting Anxious Teenagers with CBT

Date: Wednesday April 15^th

Time: 7:00 pm

Online Webinar

Target Audience: Primary, Post Primary Teachers, SNA’s & Parents

This webinar explores how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles can be used to understand and manage anxiety in teenagers. It focuses on helping education professionals and parents identify what drives teenage anxiety and how to respond in ways that build trust, regulation, and resilience.

Participants will learn how to recognise common thinking traps, emotional triggers, and behavioural responses that keep anxiety cycles going. The session demonstrates how CBT tools such as thought-challenging, exposure through small steps, and positive behavioural activation can help teenagers shift from avoidance to confidence.

Real-life examples and practical strategies are shared to support classroom, home, and peer-based situations, with an emphasis on communication and collaboration. The approach is compassionate, structured, and designed to help adults guide young people towards calm, capable action in moments of stress or uncertainty.

Presenter: Nicola Culloty

Nicola Culloty is a former primary school teacher with twenty years experience working with parents and children and is now a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Coach. 

Nicola completed a Masters in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in 2019. She has since completed a Diploma in Traumatology and PTSD and further Dipolma in coaching.  Nicola provides training and workshops to many schools, organisations and govement agencies over the past number of years. She has worked closely with NALA, Mary Immaculate college of Education, TUSLA, the Institute of Guidance Counsellers, European School Varese, ESCI and many more.