Mind Games

Drawn from: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Sometimes kids believe everything their brain tells them — even if it’s not true. “I’m bad at this,” “No one likes me,” or “I always mess up.”

This workshop introduces the idea that thoughts are just thoughts — not facts — and gives students tools to challenge them..

📌 Why it works: CBT helps students separate themselves from their thoughts. By learning to “talk back” to their brain, students build resilience, focus, and a stronger sense of capability.

Students will learn to:

✔️ Recognise when they’re thinking in unhelpful patterns (like catastrophising or all-or-nothing thinking)
✔️ Practise spotting and rewording tricky thoughts
✔️ Build a toolbox of encouraging self-talk