Scope

Disclaimer and scope of practice

This site is not an emergency service and nothing on it is a diagnosis. Everything here is either general psychological information or a screening questionnaire. Neither can replace an assessment by a clinician who has actually spoken with you.

The self-tests are screening tools

The instruments on this site, including the GAD-7, PHQ-9, ASRS, PCL-5, OCI-R, PSS-10, SPIN, ISI, BDI, CBI, SDQ and SCARED, are published screening questionnaires used in research and clinical practice. A score tells you how strongly a set of symptoms is showing up right now, on the day you answered.

A score does not tell you:

  • Whether you have a disorder. Only a clinical assessment can establish that.
  • What is causing the symptoms, which is often the more useful question.
  • What treatment you need, or whether you need treatment at all.
  • Anything permanent. Scores move with sleep, stress, physical illness and events.

Each test page names the instrument, its authors and the source it comes from, so you can check it yourself and bring the result to a clinician. See the self-tests.

The couples tests

The two-sided relationship and compatibility tests are built from constructs measured by published instruments and research programmes, and are clinician-reviewed, but the assembled questionnaire has not been through its own independent validation study. It does not diagnose, does not predict whether a relationship will last, and is not a safety assessment. Methodology and citations are published at how the couples tests are built.

Professional titles

Komel is a psychotherapist and certified executive coach with an M.A. in Psychology, practising under clinical supervision. She is not a Clinical psychologist, nor a Psychiatrist, nor a Prescribing clinician. Full detail is on the credentials page.

Therapy and coaching are not the same thing

Psychotherapy is the primary work here: it addresses distress, symptoms and patterns with a clinical frame. Executive coaching is a separate service focused on performance, leadership and decisions, and is not treatment. If a coaching conversation turns out to need therapy, Komel will name that and change the frame rather than continue as a coach.

When Komel is not the right fit

You are in immediate danger

If you are thinking about ending your life, or someone is at risk right now, this is not the right service. A crisis line or emergency department can respond in minutes; a booking request cannot.

You need medication

No medication is prescribed or managed here. If medication looks like part of the answer, you need a psychiatrist or a medical doctor, and Komel will say so early rather than late.

You need a higher level of care

Severe or acute presentations, including active psychosis, an eating disorder needing medical monitoring, or substance dependence needing detox, need a treating team rather than weekly online sessions.

You need an insurance-reimbursable provider

Sessions are paid privately. If your plan only reimburses a provider licensed in your own country, a local licensed clinician is the practical choice.

You need a court or workplace report

Sessions are not forensic assessments. No custody, immigration, fitness-for-work or legal reports are produced.

Saying this plainly is part of the work. If any of the above applies, Komel will tell you at the intro consultation rather than take a booking she should not take.

Confidentiality and its limits

What is said in session stays in session. The standard exceptions apply: a serious risk of harm to you or someone else, concerns about the safety of a child, or a legal requirement. Clinical work is reviewed in supervision, where cases are discussed without identifying details.

How content here is written and reviewed

Articles and topic pages are written or reviewed by Komel Kaur, psychotherapist, M.A. Psychology. Instrument descriptions cite the original authors and publication year. Where evidence is mixed or contested, the page says so rather than picking the cleaner story. Pages carry a last-updated date. If you spot something wrong, tell us and it gets corrected.

In a crisis

This practice does not monitor messages around the clock and cannot respond to emergencies. Region-specific helplines are listed on the crisis resources page.