Happy Families: How to Protect and Support Your Child's Mental Health

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Help your child break free from mental health worries and set them on the path to thriving with this practical, judgement-free handbook from clinical psychologist Dr Beth Mosley MBE. Our children are growing up faster than ever, facing new challenges on top of the familiar trials of childhood and adolescence. Mental health struggles are increasingly common, leaving many parents at a loss for how best to help their child avoid these issues or to prevent existing problems from getting worse. Dr Beth Mosley is a clinical psychologist whose services to children's mental health during the pandemic earned her an MBE on The New Year Honours List 2022. Happy Families is her answer to the questions she has heard time and time again during her years of working with young people and their families. What causes anxiety and how can I control it How should you broach difficult conversations with your child around subjects such as low mood or even self-harm How can we support each other and communicate better Full of practical exercises and realistic advice based not only on Dr Beth's experience as a clinical psychologist, but also of raising her own three children, Happy Families is the book every parent needs to ensure their young people can grow and thrive.

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Dr Beth Mosley MBE is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works for the NHS delivering mental health services across Suffolk. She has worked in the NHS as a clinician for over 20 years, providing specialist mental health support to children and their families across the spectrum of need and complexity, and developed innovative mental health provisions in schools across Suffolk, leading to a transformation in how services are delivered. She developed a parent workshop programme throughout the pandemic on key topics like anxiety, low mood and self-harm, which was accessed by over 12,000 parents during 2021. Beth's contribution to children's mental health during the pandemic was recognised in the 2022 New Year's Honours List with an MBE. She regularly speaks on BBC and ITV local news, as well as BBC radio stations about young people's mental health, writes articles for the local papers and was named as one of 2022's Suffolk 100 influential leaders. She is a trustee of Suffolk-based charity The Nest, which supports young people struggling with mental health in a farmland setting. Beth's experience as a single parent of three children, coupled with her work with hundreds of parents and young people drives her passion to de-mystify mental health, bring communities together to support one another, create a sense of belonging and promote mental health resilience. @drbethmosley