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About Richard
Richard Daniel Curtis is an internationally renowned expert and mentor, founded in developmental psychology, passionate about helping millions understand mental health and psychology.
He provides professional mentoring for school leaders, special needs coordinators, families and young people amongst others. As a former teacher he has impacted adults and children with some of the most extreme behaviours. Recently one of 3 experts to co-author the mental health curriculum for the Department of Education.
Author of The Social and Emotional Skills Assessment, a tool to assess the social and emotional development of children, the impact of Richard’s work reaches across the globe.
He has appeared on TV, radio and in newspapers talking about international news stories and is an experienced and entertaining speaker. He has appeared on the BBC, ITV and Sky, in addition to filming four pilots for different TV series. In print, Richard has been quoted in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Mirror, the Observer, 7 Days in Dubai, as well as many magazines and websites.
Richard lives in Southampton with his two young children.
About Richard
Richard Daniel Curtis is an internationally recognised mental health disruptor, leading wellbeing expert and mentor.
With nearly 20 years’ experience advising government, organisations and individuals on mental health strategy, he works globally – having transformed, within the UK alone, the lives of more than 10 million people.
What makes Richard so different is his firm belief that companies wanting to put their staff’s wellbeing first must start with a mental health strategy that is rooted in evidence.
Able to challenge conventional thinking, Richard understands that businesses want to see a return on their investment and be confident that their strategy is working. What sets him apart is his ability to simplify strategy, making mental health easier for leaders. So confident is he in the guidance he provides that he evens offers a money back guarantee across all his training courses. Richard’s early career began in hospital wards and mental health units where he saw first-hand the devastating impact of mental health illness.Later known as the ‘Kid Calmer’ for his subsequent research on social and emotional development and later experience as a teacher, Richard co-authored the guidance for the statutory mental health curriculum in England, following a request from the Department for Education. As a result, his theories and ideas are being taught in classrooms up and down the country today.
Having transformed the lives of an entire generation through his work, Richard knew he wasn’t going to stop there. Instead, he set his sights on supporting companies and founded The Root Of It in 2013, an award-winning training and consultancy business with a single cheque for £750 from a client.
Today the company is a trusted adviser to thousands of individuals and businesses – helping them to train mental health and wellbeing skills, create more productive and engaging workplaces and enhance key leadership skills.
Alongside this Richard has written and delivered over 200 training courses for organisations and education providers through The Mentoring School, Skills for Progress, The Association of Mental Health in Education and most recently, Mental Health Courses.
Richard also founded the international Mental Health Awards which celebrates individuals and companies from around the globe for their tireless work championing interventions which improve mental health and help make a real difference in their communities.
As a renowned expert on mental health strategy, he has appeared on TV, print and radio, and is a frequent commentator on mental health policy. He is a distinguished author and an engaging motivational speaker that is on a mission to change the way we talk about mental health.
Richard holds a masters degree and a bachelors degree in education.
Richard has written multiple books, including AWOL: the missing teenage brain and the impact on mental health, Gratitude at Home, Gratitude in Primary Schools, Gratitude in Secondary Schools and Higher Education, The Parent’s Guide to the Modern World, The Young Person’s Guide to the Modern World, 101 Tips for Parents, 101 More Tips for Parents and 101 Behaviour Tips for Parents; he has also co-authored Boosting Positive Mental Health in Teens with children’s life coach Naomi Richards and The Gifted Introvert with Mary-Jane Boholst.
