About this episode

Annalisa Barbieri discusses the rise of anxiety in adolescents with psychotherapist Alison Roy.

One of the things I've noticed in recent years is the rise of anxiety in the young. What do I mean by young? Around secondary school age 11-18/19. It's not, as I say in this episode, that younger children don't get anxious, or that older adults don't - we know they do. But this is the age they start writing in to me at The Guardian with their worries about anxiety. Adolescence, as has been discussed in previous episodes (see The Teenage Brain with Rachel Melville-Thomas) is a very particular time with brain development in overdrive, starting to separate out from your parents and family (a necessary developmental stage) and, well, life. There's a lot to think about and worry about. But there's also a lot to look forward to. In this episode I talk to child and adolescent psychotherapist Alison Roy about why our young people may be anxious and what we can do about it. In the paid version on Substack (see below) there is a second part to this podcast, where I interview my youngest and she gives us a teen-eyed view of anxiety which I think is fascinating. If you'd like to listen to this episode, past or future ones, ad free then consider becoming a Substacker…

People in this episode

Host: Annalisa Barbieri

Guest: Alison Roy

Topics covered

• anxiety
• adolescence
• mental health
• psychotherapy
• parenting

Keywords

• anxiety
• young people
• psychotherapy
• adolescence
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Guardian

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