This article describes the process of co-producing a qualitative mental health research study with young people, in line with the NIHR INVOLVE’s 5 principles of co-production: sharing power, including all perspectives and skills, respecting and valuing the knowledge of all those working together, reciprocity, and building and maintaining relationships (Hickey et al., 2019).  The paper also includes details of how the research adheres to the GRIPP2 checklist (Staniszewska et al., 2017).