Applying NLP and ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) Training in Schools Rapport Archive Education Applying NLP and ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) Training in Schools Rapport Issue 88 Publication Date October 27th 2025 Authors Cat Williamson After a long career break, in January 2020 I started work as a learning support assistant (LSA) at Widford Lodge School, an independent primary school in Chelmsford. After getting to grips with being an LSA, I decided I wanted to broaden my role and follow my passion to support children’s mental health. I have suffered with anxiety and post-natal depression and when receiving support I recognised I had also been depressed at university but hadn’t understood what was happening at the time. As a result, I believe in education and prevention where possible and I hope that by equipping children with tools and a better understanding of emotions they will be more resilient and able to ask for help if... Education To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it
