Understanding and Supporting
Self-Awareness, Confidence, and Self-Esteem from Preschool to High School.
How do we truly understand children and adolescents in today’s world?
The foundation of a person’s self-worth isn't built overnight—it begins in the first years of life and evolves through the turbulent years of adolescence. This webinar bridges psychology and neuroscience to provide a complete roadmap of how the "Self" is formed, where it can fracture, and how educators at every level can intervene.
What we will explore?
🌱 The Early Roots (Preschool & Primary): Understanding how self-esteem begins in early childhood. We’ll look at the neurobiology of attachment and how early "co-regulation" with teachers builds the foundation for future self-awareness.
🧠 The Neuroscience of the Self: How the brain’s "self-system" develops. Why a toddler’s tantrum and a teenager’s crisis share the same scientific background, and how to support healthy brain integration at every age.
⚖️ The Three Pillars: Distinguishing between Self-Awareness (noticing), Self-Confidence (doing), and Self-Esteem (being)—and why focusing on these in kindergarten prevents crises in high school.
🚨 Addressing the Crisis & Prevention: Understanding the spectrum of self-destructive patterns. From social withdrawal in younger children to self-harming behaviors in adolescents—and how to provide "psychological first aid."
🛠️ Practical Guidance for All Levels: Whether you are helping a 4-year-old name their emotions or a 17-year-old find their worth, you will get tools to become the steady, regulating presence they need.
Meet Our Expert
Tati Neves
Somatic psychotherapist, international trainer and lecturer, and author of several books.
With many years of experience working therapeutically with children and adolescents, Tati offers online and onsite consultations for parents and teachers—both within Montessori settings and beyond. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Lisbon and a Master in Neuroscience from the Spanish Institute Of Sciences. She also completed a postgraduate study in Psychosomatics and Epigenetics at the Portuguese Center of Somatic Psychotherapy. Tati works with the biosynthesis approach to therapy and regularly teaches professional development courses for therapists and educators. She currently coordinates the Pedagogical Department at the Portuguese Institute for Somatic Psychotherapy.
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