Liz Robson MAPPCP: Expert in Adolecent Wellbeing Coaching

Liz is a leading UK expert in youth wellbeing and resilience coaching, specialising in reducing social disadvantage through early mental health problem prevention, NEET prevention and tackling youth unemployment through innovative positive psychology coaching approaches in educational settings.

As a practising Positive Psychology Coach and Educator, she is a Chartered Fellow of the ACCPH, Liz has transformed how we support vulnerable young people. Through her company Worth-it, she has empowered hundreds of schools and organisations whilst training over 5,000 professionals in mental health, wellbeing and resilience interventions using positive psychology coaching to reduce barriers to learning and social disadvantage.

Pioneering Research and Qualifications

Liz was among the first worldwide to earn the dual MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP). Her groundbreaking masters research explored how coaching and positive psychology can help vulnerable young people prevent mental health problems—work that was published in 2016 and continues to shape her coaching practice today.

Targeted Early Intervention Expertise

Building on her research, Liz has developed specialist programmes that prevent mental health problems in children and young people. Her innovative approaches include:

• Adolecent Wellbeing Coaching (individual and group coaching interventions and targted support for young people)
• Peer-to-peer intervention programmes, voice led change managment and wellbeing coaching programmes
• System transformation initiatives, including the leadership of coaching approaches to wellbeing and resilience that reduce barriers to learning and social disadvantage
• Workforce development within the child and youth workforce, including, education, health, social services, local authorties and the third sector
• NEET Prevention and Employability within the Post 16, HE and vocational settings supporting careers practtioners to intergrate wellbeing coaching into targeted support for young people
• Trauma Informed Positive Education intergration of trauma informed practice into positive psychology coaching in educational contexts

Higher Education and Teaching Wellbeing

Liz brings extensive academic credibility to her practice. She currently serves part time as as a Guest Teaching Fellow in Organisational Psychology and Behaviour at Loughborough University, where teeaches on the BPS Accredited MSc Work Psychology Module in Wellbeing and Work and Career Development. She also teaches post and undergraduate modules in Leadership and Transformation, Student Development and Coaching, Employability Skills and Organisational Behaviour. She is an Accredited Teaching Fellow of Higher Education.

Her teaching expertise and applied practice is sought after by leading universities. She has delivered guest lectures at:

• Loughrorough University Teaching Fellow HRMOB, Module Leader for Wellbeing and Work, Career Developement and business psychology modules and lectures
• Nottingham Trent University PGCE on teacher and pupil mental wellbeing
• Leeds Beckett University Masters in Ethical Leadership in Education
• Bucks New University Master's in Positive Psychology
• The University of Warwick PGCE Teacher wellbeing stratagies
• UEL's Masters in Coaching Psychology

As a founding advisory board member for Leeds Beckett University's Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools, Liz helped create the Mental Health Award for schools—demonstrating her commitment to systemic change.

Youth Employability Experience

With over 15 years' experience applying Coaching Psychology and a PG Certificate in Coaching (2009), Liz combines deep theoretical knowledge with practical expertise. She is also a qualified careers advisor (QCG & DipCG) with extensive experience in:

• Learning, training and development
• Employability support
• NEET prevention strategies
• Youth unemployment interventions
• Preventing social disadvantage

Liz's unique combination of academic rigour, practical experience, and innovative approaches makes her a trusted leader and pioneer in supporting young people's transition to independence and employment success.

Positive Education

Positive Higher Education

Leading well-being and inclusion strategy

Group and Team Coaching

Voice-led co-production with children and young people

Reducing social disadvantage and barriers to learning

NEET prevention, youth unemployment and employability

Reducing barriers to learning and achievement in Post 16 and FE

Strengths-based approaches

Teaching Positive Work, and Organisational Psychology in Higher Education

Teaching Pupil and Teacher Wellbeing for ITT and PGCE Students, both school-direct and University

Organisational Change and Leadership

Experienced Coach and Trainer

Whole school/organisational approaches to positive mental health and wellbeing

Early intervention and prevention

Staff and teacher wellbeing

Qualified careers advisor

Social entrepreneurship

Wellbeing content creation

Careers coaching and employability skills

Child and youth workforce development

CPD in Trauma Therapy and Trauma Iinformed approaches

• Association for Coaching Organisational Member
• Chartered Fellow ACCPH
• Fellowship Higher Education Academy

1. Robson-Kelly, L. (2018). ‘Is positive education too positive for the UK? Do we require a more nuanced approach to positive education in the UK?’, European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 2, 4, 1-5.
2. Robson-Kelly, L., & Ellis, K. (2018). Enhancing learning through Positive Education, wellbeing and resilience. Impact, the journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. 1. Online.
3. Robson-Kelly, L., & van Nieuwerburgh, C. (2016). What does coaching have to offer to young people at risk of developing mental health problems? A grounded theory study. International Coaching Psychology Review, 11(1), 75-92.