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Stella O’Malley is a psychotherapist, bestselling author, public speaker, and parent. Specialising in working with parents and young people, Stella has written several books: Cotton Wool Kids (2015), Bully-Proof Kids (2017), Fragile (2019), What Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You (2023) as well as co-authoring When Kids Say They're Trans (2023) along with fellow therapists, Sasha Ayad and Lisa Marchiano. As a child Stella experienced gender-related distress for many years and explored these experiences in the 2018 Channel 4 documentary Trans Kids: It’s time to talk. Stella is the founder and Executive Director of Genspect, an international organisation that advocates for a healthy approach to sex and gender. She is also the founder-director of the Gender Dysphoria Support Network, a support network that offers online support meetings to families of individuals affected by gender dysphoria. She is a clinical advisor for the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender, and a founding member of Thoughtful Therapists. Stella on Substack: https://substack.com/@stellaomalley _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter https://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter