Other Media Appearances

A Wednesday wisdom essay for Tooled Up Education https://www.tooledupeducation.com/wednesday-wisdom/good-enough April 23, 2025

Tara was interviewed by The Times on 5th April 2025 about Good Enough Parenting. https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/how-not-to-be-an-overachieving-parent-z7gjhp9cw

Tara was proud to contribute a chapter on child and adolescent eating disorders to this seminal text on Child Psychology. ​ Porter, T. (2024) Eating Difficulties and Disorders in Pote, H.; Picciotto, A. and Norris, C. Child Psychology: Pathways to Good Practice. Wiley Blackwell. July 4, 2024

10th May 2023 In this article Tara reviews the evidence on the connection between academic pressure and mental health. https://www.taraporterpsychologist.com/_files/ugd/3a0047_95d609bd3bc249ba88e371a340f81efa.pdf

Saturday 7th January 2023 Tara appeared on RTE Radio 1: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22192929/

https://lifespeak.com/podcast/a-conversation-with-dr-tara-porter-about-the-metal-health-of-teenage-girls/ December 20 2022

Wednesday 7th December 2022 ​ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/07/28-years-leaving-nhs-patients-cost-cutting-bureaucracy

Monday 21st November 2022 ​ https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018867949/managing-teens-on-screens

Wednesday 3 August 2022 ​ https://www.ess-sims.co.uk/resources/blog/education-matters-from-ess-results-day-stress

Wednesday 29 June 2022 ​ https://howtoacademy.com/events/you-dont-understand-me-a-psychologists-guide-to-life/

Tuesday 14 June 2022 ​ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-elevate-podcast/id1541562198?i=1000566302578

Friday 10 June 2022 ​ https://www.thejc.com/family-and-education/all/how-to-help-girls-feel-better-about-themselves-4nRahsETKJUsTByo8oqfN2

Monday 30th May ​ https://bbc.in/3z2JZBz

Wednesday 11 May 2022 ​ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/raise-her-up/id1584135296?i=1000560396449

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/parenting/children/help-children-use-phones-safely/ 17 April 2022

​Tuesday 12th April 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teens-in-crisis-why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-raise-daughters-3l8drwcrr

In a very popular article about mental health in schools, Tara explores what would change in schools if we put wellbeing first. https://www.tes.com/news/what-if-schools-valued-wellbeing-more-results

In this podcast with TES Tara thinks about the best ways for schools to support young people with eating disorders https://www.tes.com/news/how-support-pupils-eating-disorders

Tara reflects on how the messages we give to children about eating contribute to disordered eating https://www.taraporterpsychologist.com/_files/ugd/3a0047_a71e0bfce49d4616a46d35004d4d6f60.pdf