Start with the question you're carrying.
Is this anxiety, or something else? A bad patch, or depression? Why do I zone out, drink more than I mean to, or keep ending up in the same place? An assessment is a careful way to answer it. You fill in a few well-known questionnaires, we talk, and I tell you what they add up to together.
What would you like to understand?
Trauma and early life
Memories, jumpiness, going numb, zoning out, or a childhood that still shows up.
Learn more →Personality and patterns
The same patterns in work and relationships, however hard you try.
Learn more →Nicotine and tobacco
Cigarettes, bidis, chewing tobacco or snuff, and how tight a hold they have.
Learn more →Free screening questionnaires
If you would like a quick, private check before deciding anything, you can try two short and widely used questionnaires online: the PHQ-9 for low mood and the GAD-7 for worry and anxiety. They take about two minutes each. Your answers stay on your own device: we do not see them and nothing is stored. They are a guide, not a diagnosis.
Not sure where to start?
If you can't tell which one fits, I may begin with a broad check: 23 questions across 13 areas, such as mood, anxiety, sleep, memory and substance use. It shows me where to look closely, so you only fill in the forms that matter.
How every assessment works
We talk first, so I can choose a few forms that fit your question. You fill them in privately at home and send them back before we meet. Then we go through your answers together, and I tell you what stands out and what I think is going on. You can leave out any question. The forms are screening aids, not a diagnosis, and no score decides anything on its own.
If a question is hard to answer
Some forms ask about painful things. You never have to answer anything. Leave it, stop at any point, or tell me you'd rather do it together in session.
What I don't offer
IQ or cognitive-ability testing. If that's what you need, I'll say so and point you to someone who does it.