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Do I Need a PTSD or C-PTSD Assessment? A PTSD or C-PTSD assessment can be helpful when you need more than a general description of distress. It can provide diagnostic clarity, treatment recommendations, and, where appropriate, a written psychological report for formal, occupational, insurance, CICA or AFCS purposes. Many people live for years with trauma symptoms without knowing whether they...[ read more ]

Can I Book an EMDR Block in London? If you already know that you want to begin EMDR, a structured block of sessions can offer a focused and contained way to start trauma work. Many people look for EMDR when something remains unresolved despite time, insight or previous therapy. They may understand what happened intellectually, but still feel it in...[ read more ]

How to Choose an EMDR Therapist in London If you are looking for an EMDR therapist in London, it is usually because something has remained unresolved, perhaps long after the event itself has passed. You may be seeking help for trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD, anxiety, grief, panic, relational trauma, childhood trauma, medical trauma, assault, or experiences that continue to affect...[ read more ]

When You Know You Are Ready for EMDR Some people come to therapy unsure of what they need. Others arrive knowing, with some clarity, that they are ready to begin trauma work. If you have been thinking about EMDR for some time, a structured EMDR block may offer a focused way to begin. Trauma can live on in the mind...[ read more ]

AFCS Psychological Reports: When a Military Trauma Claim Needs Specialist Evidence For serving personnel, veterans, solicitors and families, psychological evidence can be crucial where trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD or another mental health condition has developed in connection with military service. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, or AFCS, exists to compensate injury, illness or death caused by service on or after...[ read more ]

What Makes a Good CICA Psychological Report? A good CICA psychological report does more than describe distress. It provides structured clinical evidence of psychological injury, diagnosis, functional impact, prognosis, treatment needs and, where appropriate, the relationship between a crime of violence and the person’s current psychological presentation. For many people applying to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, known as CICA,...[ read more ]

High-Functioning Anxiety: When Success Becomes a Form of Survival High-functioning anxiety often hides in plain sight. It may look like success, discipline, competence and responsibility, while privately it feels like vigilance, pressure, fear of failure and the inability to rest. Some people do not look anxious. They look organised. They answer emails quickly, arrive on time, remember everyone’s birthday, anticipate...[ read more ]

The Pressure and Guilt of Coming from a Successful Family For many people, growing up in a successful family brings privilege, opportunity and stability. It can also bring a quiet psychological burden: the feeling that one must justify what has been given, continue what has been built, and never become the person who disappoints everyone. There is a particular kind...[ read more ]

C-PTSD Assessment: Why the ITI Is Different from the ITQ For people seeking a private Complex PTSD diagnosis, CICA report, AFCS assessment, medico-legal report or formal trauma assessment, it is important to understand the difference between a self-report questionnaire and a clinician-administered diagnostic interview. Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or C-PTSD, is often misunderstood. Many people who meet criteria for C-PTSD...[ read more ]

PTSD Assessment: Why the CAPS-5 Is Different from a PCL-5 Questionnaire For people seeking a private PTSD diagnosis, medico-legal report, CICA report, AFCS assessment or formal trauma assessment, it is important to understand the difference between a screening questionnaire and a gold-standard diagnostic interview. Many people who have lived through trauma reach a point where they need something more precise...[ read more ]