Leadership and team
Lauren Callaghan
Lauren Callaghan is a clinical psychologist working with THE BALANCE in London. Her experience includes specialist services for anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders at the Maudsley Hospital, including CADAT and the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit. She previously worked in child and adolescent mental-health services.

Expertise
- Clinical psychology
- Anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders
- CBT and systemic work with families
Approach
Lauren Callaghan is a clinical psychologist working with THE BALANCE in London. Her experience includes specialist services for anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders at the Maudsley Hospital, including CADAT and the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit. She previously worked in child and adolescent mental-health services.
She trained in psychology in New Zealand before moving to the UK, where she undertook further training in cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic therapy. Her work brings together individual psychological treatment and attention to the ways anxiety and obsessional difficulties affect couples and families.
Education
- BA in Psychology
- MA with Honours in Psychology
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology
- Postgraduate Certificate in Systemic Therapy
- Further training and accreditation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- LLB with Honours and professional legal training, New Zealand