Youth Psychology & Education

Understanding Behaviour Before It Escalates

With years of experience in education as a teacher, mentor, student coordinator and team coordinator, I have worked closely with young people and seen how stress, emotions and challenging behaviour can influence their choices and development.
During my Master’s in Psychology, specialising in Clinical Psychology, my research focused on young people and behavioural change, including student resilience, financial barriers affecting students, and coaching interventions aimed at changing negative behavioural habits.

For my Master’s thesis, I researched teachers’ self-efficacy when dealing with physically aggressive student behaviour.
This led to a question I want to explore further:
“What happens before behaviour escalates and how can we intervene earlier?”

Here, I combine psychology, education, research and practical experience to explore youth behaviour, resilience and emotional regulation with the aim of creating meaningful change for young people.

1. Before Behaviour Escalates: Recognising the Early Warning Signs in Young People
   What happens before behaviour turns into conflict or aggression and which signals are often overlooked?
   Before Behaviour Escalates: Recognising the Early Warning Signs in Young People

Coming soon…

1. Why Young People Lose Control: Understanding Stress, Emotions and Escalation
   Exploring what happens psychologically when stress and emotions become overwhelming, and why some young people react with anger, withdrawal or aggression.
2. Peer Pressure, Status and Belonging: Why Young People Make Different Choices in Groups
   How the need to belong, social status and group dynamics can influence behaviour and strengthen or undermine resilience.
3. From Emotion to Action: Helping Young People Regulate Before They Escalate
   How young people can learn to recognise rising tension, regulate strong emotions and make different choices before reaching the point of escalation.