TPP 401: Dr. Billy Garvey on Supporting Our Child’s Mental Health Through the Years
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What personal experiences shaped Dr. Billy Garvey’s view on child mental health?
But I've never, ever met a kid that I'm like, oh, it's too late. Yeah, I think it's a really powerful point about if you are ever reading something or listening to something or thinking I've stuffed things up, you haven't. It's always repairable. Once again, you talk about this. You just lean in and be led by the child and think about what does this kid in front of me need?
I'm Debbie Rieber and welcome to Tilled Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My fall season is officially starting today, and I'm kicking it off with a conversation with Dr. Billy Garvey on mental health. Billy, a developmental pediatrician with over 20 years experience working with children in Australia, and I met last year when he was traveling around the world on a fellowship to explore the connection between how children are parented and their mental health as adults. One of the outcomes of that fellowship is Billy's new book, which is called Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental Health, which he was kind enough to send me an advanced copy of.
So I wanted to bring him onto the show to talk about. That, but really to expand on that initial conversation I had with him so that you could all be a part of it too. We cover a lot of ground in this extra long episode, including challenges of accessing mental health support in Australia, the need for true inclusion and what that actually means, the importance of unconditional love for kids, attachment, temperament, the role of self-esteem, and the limitations of certain diagnoses, and much more. Billy brings a unique lens to his work on child development and mental health, including his personal story of navigating a difficult childhood and being that quintessential bad kid who was kicked out of high school.
As a senior specialist at one of the largest tertiary pediatric hospitals in the world, Billy works with families, conducts research, and trains clinicians and other professionals working with kids. He's passionate about reassuring parents. That there is no such thing as a bad child. Through his work at the clinic, his new book, and his pop culture podcast, it's a great listen, by the way, definitely check that out. Billy is doing what he can to help parents and caregivers understand the foundations of good mental health so we can help our kids thrive at any stage in their development. Again, this is a longer episode, but it's so full of care and hope for all the kids who are struggling and the parents who
Wanna do right by them. I hope you enjoy it. Here is my conversation with Dr. Billy Garvey. Hey Billy, welcome to the podcast.
Thanks, Debbie. It's really nice to be chatting with you.
Yeah, same. The last time we chatted, I was gonna say it was over pie. I don't think I had pie, but did you have a piece of pie?
Yeah, yeah, I did actually, off your recommendation in a beautiful cafe in Brooklyn. It was lovely.
Yeah. Four in twenty blackbirds, which my child and I are missing dearly. But I would love if we could start by you kind of telling us a bit about your story and how you and I even came to know each other because I think what you've gone through over the past couple of years in your own exploration and investigation is so interesting.
Yeah, so I'm a developmental pediatrician in Melbourne, Australia. I'm also very fortunate to be a parent of two gorgeous kids. And in my work, I've been working with families for over twenty years, over two decades, and I really, really love it. I feel like you're like this. It's just such a privilege to our own kids and share supporting other kids in the community. But our wait list is really long. It's over two and a half half years and Australia similar to other places in the world has really high rates of mental illness in kids from very young age to entering adult life and it's really hard to get help. So I was very lucky that in two thousand eighteen I applied for a fellowship to travel around the world and learn
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What personal experiences shaped Dr. Billy Garvey’s view on child mental health?
0:17–8:18
2
How does Australia’s mental‑health system create long wait‑lists for children?
8:18–14:30
3
Why is unconditional love and secure attachment essential for a child’s development?
14:30–21:06
4
What are “orchid” (sensitive) temperaments and how can parents support them?
21:06–27:16
5
How can parents foster stable self‑esteem rather than fragile high self‑esteem?
27:16–34:21
6
Why do diagnoses like ODD and Conduct Disorder often do more harm than good?
34:21–40:32
7
What practical questions can clinicians ask kids to uncover joy and strengths?
40:32–46:51
8
How can communities create true inclusion for neurodivergent children?
46:51–53:21
Speakers
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