About
Claire primarily works with people with anxiety disorders and depression. She uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help patients look at how their problem evolved, to understand what maintains the problem and how to change how they feel, think and behave.
Position at Priory
Claire Gask has been a CBT therapist at Priory for many years and the clinical lead for the site for 2 years. She is accredited with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). She is currently finishing her eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) basic training in parts 1, 2 and 3.
Training
- Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions, University of Surrey
- Postgraduate Diploma in CBT, Royal Holloway
Clinical articles and research papers
- Perceived quality of life of children after successful bridging to heart transplantation. Wray,J., Lunnon-Wood, T., Smith,, L. Orrells, C., Iguchi, A., Burch., M., & Brown, K. (currently being submitted) Paediatrics.
- Ulrich Ettinger, Anne Schmechtig, Timothea Toulopoulou, Charmaine Borg, Claire Orrells, Sheena Owens, Kazunori Matsumoto, Neeltje E van Haren, Mei-Hua Hall, Veena Kumari, Philip K McGuire, Robin M Murray, Marco Picchioni (2012) 'Prefrontal and Striatal Volumes in Monozygotic Twins Concordant and Discordant for Schizophrenia' Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38 (1), pp. 192-203
- Rahman, Q., Collins, A., Morrison, M., Orrells, J. C., Cadinouche, K., Greenfield, S., et al. (2007). Maternal inheritance and familial fecundity factors in male homosexuality. Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Wray J, Orrells C, Latch H, Burch M. Quality of life, self-concept and locus of control in heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation 2011; 15 (suppl 1): 99-100.
- Wray J, Orrells C, Latch H, Burch M. The impact of dietary and exercise education on quality of life post-transplant – a randomised controlled trial. Pediatric Transplantation 2011; 15 (suppl 1):100.
- Wray J, Orrells C, Latch H, Burch M. Quality of life, self-concept and locus of control in paediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Research 2010; 68 (suppl 1):268-269.
- Wray J, Orrells C, Latch H, Burch M. The impact of a diet and exercise intervention on quality of life after paediatric heart transplantation – a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2011; 30(4S): S61.