The Health Anxiety Hub
Therapy, Training and Clinical Supervision for Health Anxiety
Welcome to
The Health Anxiety Hub
If you’ve landed here, you’re likely searching for answers, support, or relief from health anxiety. You’re in the right place.
Dr Sophie Gwinnett
Hi, I’m a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist and Health Anxiety Specialist. For over two decades I’ve worked with individuals and healthcare professionals navigating the complex world of health anxiety.
Health anxiety is often misunderstood, dismissed as “irrational worry”, but the reality is far more nuanced. Health anxiety is not just about cognitions and behaviour. Whilst these do play an important role it can often be routed in earlier experiences involving vulnerability, loss, unpredictable caregiving, or responsibility.
At The Health Anxiety Hub, we are a team of registered psychologists who bring extensive experience in helping individuals explore the roots of their health anxiety, understand the patterns that maintain it, and move towards healing and recovery.
Why The Health Anxiety Hub Exists
Health anxiety requires more than quick fixes or simplistic explanations.
You deserve compassionate, specialist care from experienced psychologists who truly understand the complexity of your experience.
Recovery is possible and we have the knowledge and skills to guide you there.
For Healthcare Professionals
We believe that with the right knowledge and support, clinicians can feel empowered and confident in working with health anxiety. Through specialist training and supervision, we help professionals deepen their understanding, develop advanced skills, and deliver trauma-informed, effective care to those who need it.
Our Approach
Rich Psychological Formulation
Taking a trauma-informed approach, we explore the life experiences that often lie beneath health anxiety, the patterns that sustain it, and the relational and systemic factors that amplify it.
Evidence-based Therapies
Using proven approaches like ACT, EMDR, Inference-based CBT, ERP, and attachment-informed models, we tailor support to your individual needs.
Extensive clinical experience
Supporting individuals living with health anxiety, those navigating long-term health conditions or health trauma, and educating and supervising the medical teams who support them.
Who We Help
- Individuals overwhelmed by fears about their health.
- People caught in cycles of reassurance seeking, checking, avoidance or medical investigations.
- Those living with long-term conditions who feel consumed by anxiety.
- Healthcare professionals wanting to build specialist skills in treating health anxiety.
Whether you’re seeking help for yourself or to develop your professional expertise, you’re welcome here.
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Ready to Begin?
I know reaching out can feel like a big step.
If you’re ready to explore support you can arrange a free 15-minute, no obligation phone call.