How to Support Teenager’s Mental Health: Expert tips for Parents & Carers Livestream
- Jon Salmon
- Apr 30
- 3 min read
Join us on YouTube and LinkedIn for our next Speakers Collective Meaningful Conversation lead by writer and author of ‘The Gift of Teenagers: Connect More, Worry Less’ Rachel Kelly.
Rachel will be talking with consultant psychiatrist Dr. James Arkell; and clinical psychologist Dr. Hannah Reidy discuss the worrying issues facing parents, caregivers, grandparents and all those involved with teenage mental health right now.
They will be talking about some of the challenges facing young people including social media, bullying, toxic masculinity, academic pressure and navigating friendships and relationships, as well as sharing practical strategies and answers for those looking after them.
While Rachel is fresh from the parenting frontline as someone who has recently shepherding five children through adolescence, Dr Arkell and Dr Reidy bring a medical and clinical perspective.
Watch Live on Wednesday 14th May at 6:00 PM (UK time)
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Meet The Speakers
Rachel Kelly is a Sunday Times best-selling writer and former Times journalist.
She has written five books sharing her experience of anxiety and depression and the strategies that have helped her feel better - everything from good mood food to poetry.
Her books are widely translated and she is an official ambassador for mental health charities Rethink Mental Illness and SANE.
She is the mother of three boys and two girls, all now grown-up. Rachel is also a founding member of Speakers Collective.
More information via https://rachel-kelly.net
Dr James Arkell is a partner at Central Health London. He has worked in adult psychiatry for thirty years both in the NHS and for the last decade exclusively in the private sector.
He has experience in treating the full range of mental health problems from mild stress through to severe and enduring mental illness.
He combines an informal style with rigorous diagnostics and uses an integrated approach addressing the biological, psychological and social aspects of illness. He prescribes and uses psychotherapeutic approaches with a background in CBT and mindfulness.
He studied medicine at Cambridge University then University College London Medical School and trained in psychiatry at The Maudsley and Royal Free Hospitals.
He worked for CNWL NHS Trust in Chelsea as a consultant in general psychiatry and eating disorders and in independent practice at The Nightingale Hospital and The Portobello Clinic providing a GP liaison service.
He was made a Fellow of The Royal College of Psychiatrists. He worked for Cleveland Clinic London as psychiatry expert during its planning and as liaison psychiatrist for its first 12 months. He has practising privileges at The London Clinic. He is a founder member of The Blue Door Practice in Fitzroy Square.
He holds an honorary contract at the Royal College of Art supporting the student counselling service. He supports British Airways Health Service, assessing pilots. He supports The Parliamentary Health and Wellbeing Service, assessing members of The House of Commons. He supports the Jesus College Cambridge student wellbeing programme.
He takes an interest in the interface between mental health and the arts and sits on the Development Board at The Almeida Theatre. He has worked with authors and script writers advising on mental health aspects of their books and films. For more information visit https://jamesarkell.co.uk
Dr. Hannah Reidy is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist within both public and private healthcare settings across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
With over 15 years of experience, she offers therapy to adolescents (16+) and adults across all presentations, with a particular focus on life’s transitions, such as the shift into adulthood, further education, work and career changes, and parenthood.
She often works with more complex mental health profiles, including psychosis and relational difficulties, as well as those with multiple diagnoses or presenting concerns.
Hannah holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from University College London and an undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford. For more information visit www.drhannahreidy.com
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