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Can EMDR be done online? How online EMDR works over video, what you'll need at home, and who it might not suit yet. From a UK EMDR practitioner.

How to get EMDR in the UK: NHS Talking Therapies, self-referral, waiting lists, private costs and what to ask a therapist. By an ex-NHS EMDR practitioner.

What happens in your first EMDR session, why there may be no eye movements yet, and what the sessions after it look like. From a UK EMDR practitioner.

Why EMDR can leave you tired, emotional or dreaming vividly, what's common, what to tell your therapist, and how to look after yourself between sessions.

Women are about 1.6 times more likely to have OCD. How it can look different in women, why hormones may matter, and what helps.

OCD can start or get louder in pregnancy. What it can look like, what the research says, and where to find support for you or your partner.

Many women with OCD notice it changes around menopause. What the research says, what can overlap with perimenopause, and what helps.

Many women notice OCD gets louder before a period. What the research says, how PMDD fits in, and a simple way to track it.

Why reassurance calms OCD for a moment and then makes the doubt louder, the OCD roundabout, and how to start taking the exit.

Replaying, reviewing, checking your feelings: mental compulsions keep OCD going just like the visible ones. What they look like and what helps.

Anxiety and OCD can feel alike. Seven common experiences side by side, what's normal, and when it's worth asking a specialist.

OCD can hide inside good grades, a spotless kitchen and being the reliable one. How it stays hidden, OCD grief, and what helps.

If you love someone with OCD, you've probably answered the same question so many times you could do it in your sleep, and quite possibly have, at 2am. Then they tell you, or their therapist does, "please don't reassure me", and you're left standing there thinking, well, what on earth am I supposed to say now?

Early parenthood is a lot. Your sleep is in pieces, there's a muslin in every room of the house, and then out of nowhere your brain shows you something about your baby that makes your stomach drop. If that's happened to you, and you've been too frightened to tell anyone, I really want you to know that you're far from the only one, and that there's a name for what can happen next.

If you've been called "a bit of a worrier" so many times you've started to think it's your middle name, and something in you has always wondered whether there's more to it, this one's for you.