BSS-Support
BSS-Support is here
- to help boarding school survivors understand and recover from their boarding experience
- to provide information for those considering boarding for their children and current boarders
We do so through an annual conference, newsletters, information, and responding personally to any and every enquiry. Explore our growing website for advice and resources and to contact us.
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“Since its inception, BSS-Support’s dedicated group of directors has created a great resource for parents, for current school students as well as ex-boarders. Those who attended Boarding schools and suffered as a result are often relieved to find that they are not alone and BSS-Support is often the first port of call.”
Professor Joy Schaverien, Psychotherapist and Author of: “Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child”, Routledge.
“I am happy to lend my support”
Nick Duffell, creator of the Boarding School Survivors Weekend Workshops and speaker, Author of “The Making of Them, The British Attitude to Children and the Boarding School System”, Lone Arrow Press; “Wounded Leaders: The Psychohistory of British Elitism and the Entitlement Illusion”, Lone Arrow Press; Co-Author: “Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege; A guide to therapeutic work with boarding school survivors”, Routledge.
“I have been involved with the Directors and their work for over 15 years and am happy to endorse the Directors and BSS-Support wholeheartedly.”
Thurstine Basset, Co-Author: “Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege; A guide to therapeutic work with boarding school survivors”, Routledge.
“As a former boarder myself, I am so pleased to see the formation of BSS-Support to continue this valuable work.”
Jane Barclay, Author of Does Therapy Work? Troutbeck Press.
events
1 November 2025 – BSS-Support Conference
Date: Saturday, 1 November 2025 Times: 09.30 – 17.00 Location: The Light Auditorium, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Cost: £105.00 The fee includes hot fork lunch and tea …continued
5 March 2025 – Boarding on Insanity Webinar
The Hidden Wounds of Boarding School – A New Opportunity for Understanding Panel: Some of the questions we would like to explore are: View the webinar
8/9 March 2025 – Boarding School Survivors: Men’s Course, Spring 2025 Part One
The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is …continued
news
Booking for Conference 2025 now open
Booking for the BSS-Support Conference 2025 is now open. We welcome all-comers: ex-boarders who have started to question if their life has been impaired by their boarding experience; family and …continued
BSS-Support Conference 2024 videos now available
Videos of the talks at the Boarding School Survivors – Support Conference 2024 can be seen here. The talks from our last three conferences are on our new YouTube channel …continued
Healing Beyond Boarding School (Women Only) – New cohort starting in late January 2025
In late January 2025, Amelia White is starting a new women’s cohort of her online six-month course, Healing Beyond Boarding School, for women only. This course helps ex-boarders reflect on …continued