This week is Children's Mental Health Week.

1 in 6 5 to 16-year olds have a diagnosable mental health disorder, with 6 in 10 young people saying they are experiencing mental health difficulties such as anxiety, low mood, eating disorders, and self-harming behaviours. Yet only a third are able to access any effective treatment.  

I'm really grateful to James for coming back on to Time to Talk for us to talk about the big issues effecting young people today.   We talk about eating disorders and self harm and hopefully as ever share some hope and some tips for young people or their carers.  Watching a young person struggle with their mental health is really hard.  We want to fix it for them but we don't know how.

James Roast qualified as a psychotherapist in 2008.  Initially trained in Psycho-dynamic psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy, he began operating an outpatient clinic in South Woodford, East London, specialising in Trauma; specifically with the Fire Service. Later more specialised training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a Post Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma and Masters degree from the University of Cambridge has qualified him to combine strengths from all Psychotherapeutic theoretical models. James began his work with adults before further training enabled a specialism in the Child & Adolescent field.  He has also studied under Prof. Chris Fairburn a specialist in Eating Disorders.

We cover hard topics in this conversation, please feel free to reach out if you need support. 

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