To mark Children's Mental Health week, we’re running a Q&A with Natasha Devon an Lynn Crilly, authors of Fundamentals, a new book which offers honest and practical advice to parents and teachers who are struggling to cope with common mental health issues in children, such as body image insecurity, self-harm, eating disorders and anxiety. The book also includes advice on bullying, technology and social media, sexuality and its link to self-esteem and the correct way to communicate about mental health.
Post your questions to Natasha and Lynn before midday on Friday 27 February and we’ll post up their answers on 6th March.
Please note: In certain situations Natasha and Lynn may not be able to give specific advice without actually seeing the person or knowing more about the circumstances. If this is the case they will suggest the best places to go to get more advice or assistance.
About Lynn Crilly and Natasha Devon
Lynn Crilly is a Counsellor, Mother and Author. Through using her unique and very effective form of counselling she has established herself as one of the country’s leading private therapists. She wrote her first book Hope with Eating Disorders in 2012, which was widely praised for its down-to-earth and non-judgmental advice to parents and carers. Lynn is a trustee for the charity ‘Men Get Eating Disorders Too’ ’.
Natasha Devon is a journalist, TV pundit and founder of The Self Esteem Team, who have taught more than 40,000 teenagers in schools, colleges and universities throughout Britain. She works alongside the All Parties Parliamentary Group on Body Image and campaigns for good body image and mental health practice in schools and in the media.
The Self-Esteem Team were given an award at the House of Commons in 2014 in recognition of their services to education. Natasha has been named a Mental Health Association ‘Hero’, one of Ernst & Young’s Top 50 Social Entrepreneurs and Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Ultimate Woman of the Year.