Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

We all experience intrusive, unpleasant thoughts.  One might know that a loved one is making a car journey, and suddenly think that he or she might die in an accident.  …

Trauma

The term ‘traumatic’ is sometimes used to mean ‘upsetting’ or ‘unpleasant,’ but for a psychologist it has a more specific meaning.  A trauma refers to an experience so frightening or …

General Anxiety Disorder – GAD-7

Anxiety is as old as humanity; older, in that our animal ancestors also experienced it.  It is found across the animal kingdom.  It is a natural response to threat, meant …