Clinical Psychologist Dr Tara Porter

A clinical psychologist and writer, Dr Tara Porter works clinically in the NHS in a CAMHS Eating Disorders Service primarily with teenage girls and their families, and she also works privately with adults and teenagers.  She is the author of “You Don’t Understand Me: The Young Woman’s guide to Life” and writes articles about mental health for magazines, journals and newspapers.  She has a special interest in mental health in schools: she loves going into schools to teach pupils, teachers or parents about mental health.  She is also a mental health columnist for Times Educational Supplement, and a judge on their Schools of the Year Award. Tara is an Associate Tutor on the doctorate programme for Clinical Psychologists at UCL.  She tweets @drtjap and is on Instagram @drtaraporterpsychologist.

You can learn more about the content mentioned in this episode by visiting the links below:

• Dr Porter's Instagram
• Dr Porter's Twitter
• 'You Don't Understand Me' by Tara Porter
• 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen
• Euphoria series
• The 'Still Face Experiment' by Dr Edward Tronick