Stephen Briers is a British

clinical psychologist Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

. Briers was an on-screen expert in

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's ''

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'' and ''Teen Angels'', working with

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. In 2006, he presented the

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series, ''Make Me A Grownup''. He also presents ''The 10 Demandments'' for Channel Five. Briers has also appeared as an expert psychologist on

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. He presented '' Freaky Eaters'' with nutritionist Natalie Savona for one series. He has written a parenting book called Superpowers for parents. A co-author of the book ''Teen Angels'' (2006), based on the BBC Three series, Briers has also written ''Help your Child to Succeed in Life''. He also contributes frequently to the ''

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''. His latest book, ''Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the

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Generation, debunking a wide range of

psychobabble Psychobabble (a portmanteau of "psychology" or "psychoanalysis" and " babble") is a form of speech or writing that uses psychological jargon, buzzwords, and esoteric language to create an impression of truth or plausibility. The term implies that ...

, was published in September 2012 through

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. The book sets out to "debunk the myths and expose the quack theories of the multi-million-pound self-improvement industry".

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