About

"Developing a strong formulation is at the very core of my therapeutic approach and I work together with my clients to create a space to fully understand the very thing that may be threatening their well-being and happiness, and to develop strategies for overcoming them."

Experience

I am a BPS and HCPC registered principal clinical psychologist. I have trained in England and Scotland and have over 14 years of experience working both in the NHS and the private sector. I have a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology.

My core specialities are trauma focused interventions and neuropsychology. Over the years, I have helped clients overcome challenges relating to adverse childhood events, including childhood maltreatment (neglect, emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse), and PTSD and Complex Trauma relating to interpersonal relationships, abuse, human trafficking, homelessness, and/or war. I treat adjustment and identity related issues, stress, depression, anxiety, panic, OCD and eating disorders. I also specialise in supporting clients and their loved ones in managing emotional, behavioural, and/or cognitive changes and adjustment difficulties after brain injury or neurological conditions.

I am a published author and have extensive research experience at the world renowned UCL Institute of Neurology, exploring elements impacting the psychological wellbeing, cognitive processes, and quality of life of patients with neurological conditions and that of their families. I have also researched the impact of early trauma and childhood maltreatment on outcomes later on in adulthood.

Publications

Georgiev, D, Torkamani, AM. et al. (2023). Daily Habits in Parkinson's Disease: Validation of the Daily Habit Scale. Movement disorders clinical practice, 10(10), 1485–1495.
Georgiev, D, Christie, R, Torkamani, AM. et al. (2022). Development and Validation of a Daily Habit Scale. Frontiers in neuroscience, 16, 880023.
Torkamani, AM, et al. (2019). Development and testing of a checklist to assess compliance with the faculty of pain medicine’s core standards for pain management services: experience in a new national tertiary pain service. British Journal of Pain, 14(4), 221-226
Torkamani, AM. et al. (2015). The neuropsychology of Cluster Headache: cognition, mood, disability and quality of life of patients with chronic and episodic cluster headache. Headache, 55(2), 287-300
Torkamani, AM. & Jahanshahi, M. (2014) Neuropsychological and Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Dystonia. In A. Trostor (Ed) Clinical Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurology of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders. New York: Oxford University Press
Torkamani, AM. et al. (2014). A Controlled Pilot Study to Evaluate a Technology Platform for the Assisted Living of People with Dementia and their Carers. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 41, 515-23
Jahanshahi, M. & Torkamani, AM. (2017). The cognitive features of idiopathic and DYT1 dystonia. Movement Disorders, 32(10), 1348-1355
Abu Bakar, N., Torkamani, AM. et al. (2016).The development and validation of the Cluster Headache Quality of life scale (CHQ). Journal of Headache & Pain,17(1): 79.
Abu Bakar, N., Torkamani, AM. et al. (2016) Quality of life in primary headache disorders: a review. Cephalalgia, 36(1), 67-91
McDonald, L. M., Torkamani, AM., et al., (2015). Motivational modulation of self-initiated and externally triggered movement speed induced by threat of shock: experimental evidence for paradoxical kinesis in Parkinson's disease. PLoS ONE, 10:e013514.
Jahanshahi, M., Torkamani, AM. et al. (2014). Pallidal stimulation for treatment of primary generalised dystonia: Effect on cognitive function, mood and quality of life. Journal of Neurology, 261, 164-73