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Plain-English articles on anxiety, OCD, attachment and relationships, written by Hatem Asadi, clinical psychologist.
Practical, research-informed reading for people considering therapy, and for anyone who wants to understand their experience better.
Latest articles
Anxious Attachment Style: Why Relationships Feel So Unsafe, and How to Change the Pattern
What anxious attachment looks like, where it comes from, why relationships can feel unsafe, and how awareness and therapy can help you build more security.
Read the article →Health Anxiety: Why Every Symptom Feels Like Something Serious
Why health anxiety makes ordinary sensations feel dangerous, how the cycle of checking and reassurance keeps it going, and what CBT-based approaches can help.
Read the article →Disorganised Attachment Style: What It Is and How Therapy Helps
What disorganised (fearful-avoidant) attachment is, how it develops, how it can show up in relationships, and how therapy can support change.
Read the article →Nocturnal Panic Attacks: Why You Wake Up Terrified at Night
What nocturnal panic attacks are, how they differ from nightmares and night terrors, why they happen, what to do in the moment and what helps long term.
Read the article →Relationship OCD: When Doubt About Your Partner Won’t Switch Off
What relationship OCD is, how doubt and reassurance-seeking keep it going, how it differs from ordinary relationship doubts, and how ERP-based therapy helps.
Read the article →OCD Test: What Online Quizzes Can and Can’t Tell You
What an online OCD test can and cannot tell you, why repeated quizzes can become a compulsion, and what a proper assessment involves.
Read the article →Articles on Psychology Today
Articles by Hatem Asadi in the Manners of Relating blog on Psychology Today.
Dealing with Adult Anxious Preoccupied Attachment Style
The psychodynamics and interrelational tendencies of anxious preoccupied attachment in adults, and how to address them.
Read on Psychology Today →The Psychodynamics of Fearful Avoidant Attachment
How romantic relationships of those with fearful avoidant attachment can follow a certain pattern of feelings, beliefs, and behaviors that can be destructive for all sides.
Read on Psychology Today →Peer-reviewed research
Research papers co-authored by Hatem Asadi in peer-reviewed journals, on ADHD, emotional regulation and risk-taking behaviour.
Teachers’ and counsellors’ decisions on referring students for evaluation
Tamsut, A., Asadi, H., Sinai, G. N., Saka, N., & Pollak, Y. (2024). Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 55, 1–16. A study of how ADHD traits, achievement and giftedness affect the decision to refer students for evaluation.
View on Springer →Attachment styles, emotional dysregulation and ADHD
Asadi, H., Shoham, R., & Pollak, Y. (2021). Journal of Neural Transmission, 128(7), 957–968. A study of how attachment styles, emotional dysregulation and ADHD relate to general risk-taking behaviour.
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