Janey Downshire

Janey and Naella are both qualified counsellors who specialise in teenage development. Together they set up Teenagers Translated in 2008 - www.teenagerstranslated.co.uk - a business focused on helping teenagers develops good mental health and resilience.

Their workshops for teenagers help raise awareness and understanding of how to manage anxiety and avoid dysfunctional issues from developing.

Their Staff Inset trainings improving adult understanding of behaviour, good mental health and aim to improve relationships throughout the school.

Their Parent Programmes, which cover the material from their book, can be arranged via email, alternatively they are hosted in leading schools around the UK and overseas and help parents to better understand teenage issues (addiction to technology or substances, drugs, self-harm, eating disorders, anxiety and stress) in order to offer parents the practical support needed to result in positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in the family.

“We recommend Teenagers Translated without hesitation and would encourage all schools to add these Parent Courses and Talks to their parental offering” Wellington College, Berkshire, UK