A New way of Being was founded by Samantha Young in 2022. Developed as a response to the growing and alarming decline in youth mental health, increase in SEN diagnosis and overwhelm in access to mainstream services. During her Twenty-year career as a freelance youth worker and complementary therapist she worked in a wide range of roles in both the care and education sectors, supporting children and young people with complex needs, SEMH and challenging behaviours. Throughout this time, she recognised the vital need for the adults who engage with children and young people to have have access to training that can enable them to develop relationships with young people and fully understand their own and others action/reaction response.

A New way of Being offers bespoke training that skilfully combines informal education and therapuetic trauma informed methods and approaches. Working with individuals, families, schools, academic institutions and support services to develop best practice and overcome the challenges they may face Firstly, we focus on building safe and secure emotional attachments with key workers/care givers and the young people with whom they engage. Secondly, recognising behaviour is a form of communication, we have identified that this is usually the result of unmet needs. Lastly, we teach trainees how to develop skills and confidence in behaviour managment and containment stratergies and how to implement theese tools to acheive the best possible outcomes for all.

A New way of Being draws upon both extensive training, research, knowledge experience and understanding in our fields and applied practice with children and young people.