BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: Is adolescent anxiety rising or are we measuring it differently?”

In this session, Hannah will join Professor Neil Humphrey to discuss anxiety rates in young people and how schools can take a whole-school approach to help young people through early intervention and targeted approaches.

About Hannah

Hannah is Head of Service at the Schools and Colleges Early Support Team at Anna Freud, a national service delivering evidence-based, early intervention for young people in schools and colleges across England and in Wales.

Hannah has been practicing at the intersection of education and mental health for over a decade and is an expert in early intervention, delivered as part of a whole-school approach model. As well as practicing clinically in schools, Hannah has taught across the age ranges and previously led a local authority emotional wellbeing outreach provision.

Hannah currently trains and supervises practitioners delivering evidence-based interventions which mobilise the educational and familial systems around young people to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for all. Hannah also teaches postgraduate students in mental health, inclusive education, and safeguarding, and is currently undertaking a PhD at University of Leeds, focused on trauma-informed leadership in education.