Professor Tanya Byron is a consultant clinical psychologist with over thirty years’ experience working with children, adolescents, families and adults, and a bestselling author whose books include The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist. Widely recognised for her ability to bring psychological insight to the public with nuance and clarity, she has advised government on mental health and digital safety, written acclaimed columns for The Times, and fronted numerous BBC programmes on parenting and psychology. Her work combines clinical expertise, storytelling, and a fierce commitment to making the realities of mental health better understood and more compassionately supported.