Growing Pains podcast: Joanna Fortune on the importance of teenage friendship 

Peer bonding is an essential part of the teenage experience 

Growing Pains podcast, season two: Joanna Fortune

Child psychotherapist Dr Joanna Fortune and ieParenting editor Irene Feighan talk about the importance of friendships for teenagers and the impact of loneliness during the adolescent years.

Loneliness is one of the biggest threats to mental wellbeing and Fortune says it is something that she is seeing regularly in her clinics, particularly since the pandemic.