Welcome to Headstraight!

Mark Taylor

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Creator, author and host.

I’m a Mental Health Nurse with over 30 years’ experience supporting young people and their families. I’ve worked in secure hospitals, eating disorder units, and CAMHS crisis teams—walking alongside adolescents during some of their toughest moments.

My focus has always been on helping young people in emotional distress—especially those who struggle to engage or are finding it hard to stay safe.

I also teach at universities and train professionals across health, education and social care to better understand what young people really need from us.

Headstraight brings all of that together. Just real conversations, grounded advice, and ideas that might actually help. That’s the goal: make it easier to understand, easier to talk about, and more useful to you in real life.