"This honest and accessible guide provides parents with practical advice on the common issues that impact children's mental health-such as anxiety, low mood, and difficult behaviors-and empowers them to make simple changes that can lead to dramatic improvements in their child"-- - (Baker & Taylor)

A groundbreaking guide for parents to help protect the mental health of children aged four to twenty-one.

Happy Families: How to Protect and Support Your Child’s Mental Health is the definitive guide to understanding your child’s mental health so they can survive and thrive. Whether you’re afraid that anxiety is controlling your child’s life, struggling with getting your child out of a low mood cycle, or you just want support on how to communicate with them, this book is here to help. Written by an experienced and respected consultant clinical psychologist who works with children, young adults, and their families every day, Dr. Beth Mosley offers a comprehensive toolkit that will help you make sense of what your child is going through and show you how to work through it together. Filled with invaluable tips, quick-fire exercises, case studies, and access to online worksheets, Happy Families has everything parents need to protect and support their child’s mental health.

This honest and accessible guide provides parents with practical advice on the common issues that impact children’s mental health—such as anxiety, low mood, and difficult behaviors—and empowers parents to make simple changes that can lead to dramatic improvements in their child.

Beth Mosley, PhD, MBE, has been a consultant clinical psychologist for over twenty years. She works for the UK’s National Health Service, delivering mental health services across Suffolk. In recent years, Dr. Mosley has developed an innovative mental health program that has been implemented in schools across the county, leading to a transformation in how those services are delivered. Her contributions to children’s mental health during the pandemic were recognized in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List with an MBE, bestowed by the Queen for exceptional contributions to her field.