Professor Kevin Gournay is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College, University of London). In his clinical work he treats OCD, phobias and other anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. He has worked in areas of general medicine including pain management, cardiovascular disorders and multiple sclerosis, and has researched on CBT, violence, suicide, schizophrenia, medication, phobias, body image disorders, epidemiology, health economics and primary care. He is the author of 300 books, chapters and papers. He is President and founding patron of the charity No Panic, and is a frequent contributor to the media. In 2004 he was elected as Psychiatric Nurse of the Year by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. He lives in Hertfordshire and has four children.
Rachel Piper is a wife, mother, employee and artist with a very vivid imagination, who is fully aware of the incapacitating nature of OCD. In trying to overcome her own OCD and clinical depression, she has learned to channel her imagination in a positive way by capturing the beauty of the world through her camera. She strongly believes that an obsessive mind can also bring gifts, such as creativity. Rachel was first diagnosed with OCD in 1989, but diagnosis took several years. For this reason she eventually discovered a determination to be more open, and she acknowledges all those who suffer from OCD and the families who support them. In sharing her experiences she hopes to help others find the courage and determination to confront their own fears.
Professor Paul Rogers qualified as a psychiatric nurse in 1989. He later trained in behavioural/cognitive behavioural therapy and worked as a clinical nurse specialist in CBT at the Caswell Clinic Medium Secure Unit in South Wales, specializing in people traditionally considered not amenable to psychological therapy. For his PhD he studied the association between command hallucinations and violence, and was then awarded a post-doctoral research fellowship to study suicidal thinking in prisoners. In 2004 he was appointed Chair of Forensic Nursing at the University of Glamorgan. Throughout his academic training he has continued to see clients weekly for CBT (specializing in OCD and PTSD). He has published over 100 professional and peer review papers, research reviews and book chapters.
Overcoming Common Problems Series
Selected titles
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101 Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Dr Tom Smith
Asperger Syndrome in Adults
Dr Ruth Searle
The Assertiveness Handbook
Mary Hartley
Assertiveness: Step by step
Dr Windy Dryden and Daniel Constantinou
Backache: What you need to know
Dr David Delvin
Birth Over 35
Sheila Kitzinger
Body Language: What you need to know
David Cohen
Bulimia, Binge-eating and their Treatment
Professor J. Hubert Lacey, Dr Bryony Bamford
and Amy Brown
The Cancer Survivors Handbook
Dr Terry Priestman
The Chronic Pain Diet Book
Neville Shone
Cider Vinegar
Margaret Hills
Coeliac Disease: What you need to know
Alex Gazzola
Confidence Works
Gladeana McMahon
Coping Successfully with Pain
Neville Shone
Coping Successfully with Prostate Cancer
Dr Tom Smith
Coping Successfully with Psoriasis
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping Successfully with Ulcerative Colitis
Peter Cartwright
Coping Successfully with Varicose Veins
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping Successfully with Your Hiatus Hernia
Dr Tom Smith
Coping Successfully with Your Irritable Bowel
Rosemary Nicol
Coping When Your Child Has Cerebral Palsy
Jill Eckersley
Coping with Asthma in Adults
Mark Greener
Coping with Birth Trauma and Postnatal Depression
Lucy Jolin
Coping with Bowel Cancer
Dr Tom Smith
Coping with Bronchitis and Emphysema
Dr Tom Smith
Coping with Candida
Shirley Trickett
Coping with Chemotherapy
Dr Terry Priestman
Coping with Chronic Fatigue
Trudie Chalder
Coping with Coeliac Disease
Karen Brody
Coping with Diverticulitis
Peter Cartwright
Coping with Drug Problems in the Family
Lucy Jolin
Coping with Dyspraxia
Jill Eckersley
Coping with Early-onset Dementia
Jill Eckersley
Coping with Eating Disorders and Body Image
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping with Envy
Dr Windy Dryden
Coping with Epilepsy in Children and Young People
Susan Elliot-Wright
Coping with Gout
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping with Hay Fever
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping with Headaches and Migraine
Alison Frith
Coping with Heartburn and Reflux
Dr Tom Smith
Coping with Kidney Disease
Dr Tom Smith
Coping with Life after Stroke
Dr Mareeni Raymond
Coping with Lifes Challenges: Moving on from adversity
Dr Windy Dryden
Coping with Manipulation: When others blame you for their feelings
Dr Windy Dryden
Coping with Phobias and Panic
Professor Kevin Gournay
Coping with PMS
Dr Farah Ahmed and Dr Emma Cordle
Coping with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Coping with the Psychological Effects of Cancer
Professor Robert Bor, Dr Carina Eriksen and Ceilidh Stapelkamp
Coping with Radiotherapy
Dr Terry Priestman
Coping with Rheumatism and Arthritis
Dr Keith Souter
Coping with Snoring and Sleep Apnoea
Jill Eckersley
Coping with Stomach Ulcers
Dr Tom Smith
Coping with Suicide
Maggie Helen
Coping with Type 2 Diabetes
Susan Elliot-Wright
Depressive Illness
Dr Tim Cantopher
Divorce and Separation: A legal guide for all couples
Dr Mary Welstead
Dying for a Drink
Dr Tim Cantopher
Dynamic Breathing: How to manage your asthma
Dinah Bradley and Tania Clifton-Smith
Epilepsy: Complementary and alternative treatments
Dr Sallie Baxendale
The Fertility Handbook
Dr Philippa Kaye
The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Free Yourself from Depression
Colin and Margaret Sutherland
A Guide to Anger Management
Mary Hartley
Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Jill Eckersley
Helping Children Cope with Grief
Rosemary Wells
High-risk Body Size: Take control of your weight
Dr Funk Baffour
How to Beat Worry and Stress
Dr David Delvin
How to Cope with Difficult People
Alan Houel and Christian Godefroy
How to Develop Inner Strength
Dr Windy Dryden
How to Live with a Control Freak
Barbara Baker
How to Lower Your Blood Pressure: And keep it down
Christine Craggs-Hinton
How to Manage Chronic Fatigue
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Hysterectomy: Is it right for you?
Janet Wright
The IBS Healing Plan
Theresa Cheung
Lets Stay Together: A guide to lasting relationships
Jane Butterworth
Living with Angina
Dr Tom Smith
Living with Asperger Syndrome
Dr Joan Gomez
Living with Autism
Fiona Marshall
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Dr Neel Burton
Living with Crohns Disease
Dr Joan Gomez
Living with Eczema
Jill Eckersley
Living with Fibromyalgia
Christine Craggs-Hinton
Living with Gluten Intolerance
Jane Feinmann
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