Meet the Team

Harriet is a highly qualified and experienced Speech and Language Therapist with a degree in Speech and Language Therapy. Harriet specialises in helping children and teenagers with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Harriet has a background in education, working in various Special Needs schools, providing Speech and Language Therapy as well as pastoral support. She is a trained Lego Therapist and has a special interest in supporting individuals in building self-confidence and assertiveness as well as developing their social skills.

Harriet has been administering and supporting with autism assessments for two years and has worked in a variety of settings. She currently works as a Clinical Lead supporting autism assessments for the NHS. Having ADHD herself, Harriet is keen to support those wanting support in understanding their ADHD traits, and is QB -check trained. In her spare time, Harriet enjoys cooking, walking and playing board games. Her latest hobby is needle felting.

Dr Lucy Moore is a highly experienced Educational Psychologist with expertise in working across a wide age range, including pre-schoolers, children and young adults.

Lucy has worked as an Educational Psychologist for over a decade developing her skills in a wide range of areas including learning, memory, organisation, communication and interaction, social and emotional skills and sensory needs. Lucy is committed to using a person-centred consultation approach, enabling children, parents and school to find solutions to challenges that they face. She has particular experience in supporting students with neurodivergence, such as ADHD and Autism, and those with social, emotional or mental health needs to experience increased success at school. This includes supporting children and young people with emotionally based school avoidance, who may be finding it challenging to attend school.

Lucy is an experienced supervisor, supervising school staff, headteachers and trainee Educational Psychologists, and was previously a field tutor for the EP doctoral course at Southampton University. She enjoys planning and delivering training in a wide range of areas to meet the needs of schools, parents or professionals. Also, Lucy has extensive experience of supporting children, young people and families through the process of assessment for an Education, Health and Care Plan.

Lucy has two young children and a dog called Pippin that keep her very busy. In her spare time, she enjoys going for walks, cooking, travelling and anything crafty.

Dr Amy Howarth is a Highly Specialist Counselling Psychologist, specialised in supporting children and adolescents who are facing challenges with their mental health, often in the context of neurodiversity.

Dr Howarth has over 12 years of experience working within the NHS, charity and private sectors. Her most recent NHS role was a senior position in a busy CAMHS Service in London, working with adolescents struggling with complex mental health difficulties. Dr Howarth has worked with children with special needs in schools, in Early Intervention Services, Specialist CAMHS Services, Crisis Services, and a Psychotherapy Unit.

In her work with the Nook Clinic; Dr Howarth offers initial screening appointments for children where ASD and/or ADHD is being queried. Her role is to do an initial assessment, and sign post families on to a full Autism/ADHD assessment with the Nook team, if indicated.

Amy loves cooking, travelling, drawing, reading and yoga. Amy has two babies; her one-year-old daughter and her cocker spaniel Bea, and is at her happiest spending time with family and friends.

Further information about Amy can be found at: http://amyhowarthpsychology.com

Gillian studied at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Since graduating in 2016, Gillian has worked predominantly with children and young people, with a particular focus on young people with ASD and ADHD.

She spent two years working in ASD early intervention at the AEIOU Foundation in Australia, doing assessments with children under 6 years.

Gillian then moved to the UK to work as an Assistant Psychologist in an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service where she was involved in conducting ASD and ADHD assessments as well as facilitating group interventions for adolescents with mental health difficulties. Gillian is currently undertaking her Clinical Psychology training at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. In her spare time, Gillian enjoys reading, cooking, walking and spending time with family. She also loves to dance and is learning to dance salsa.

Alena is also an assistant psychologist in the East London CAMHS working with children who have Autism, learning disabilities and ADHD.

Over the past two years, she has been involved in conducting cognitive assessments, co-facilitating group therapies and implementing parent interventions. Previously she worked with Adults with learning disabilities, multi-episode psychosis and women experiencing domestic abuse. Alena has a first-class BSc in Psychology from Durham University and an MSc in Early Intervention in Psychosis from King’s College London.

Alena has two peer-reviewed academic publications in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Journal (2022) and KUUPJ (2018). She aspires to become a qualified clinical psychologist and has applied for her clinical doctorate training as she would like to continue her work with children and young people. Her favourite thing about working with children is their energy and genuine interactions.  Outside the world of psychology, you will find Alena enjoying reformer Pilates, swimming, meeting friends for brunch and going to Westend musicals.

 Megan is a CAMHS psychological practitioner working within the neurodevelopmental team at Tower Hamlets CAMHS, East London NHS where she specialises in working with autistic children and young people with a myriad of mental health challenges. She will be joining South London & Maudsley (SLaM) team in February 2025.

Megan has a constellation of experiences professionally and in academia, having worked as a special education teacher for 3 years, in an adolescent in-patient ward, a behaviour support therapist, a crisis worker and implemented mental health frameworks in Singapore. Gathering her fascination in trauma, she embarked on multiple research projects in the field of EMDR and presented in the UK EMDR Conference 2024 in York to esteemed delegates. Megan has also been the recipient of the Michael Rutter Prize at King’s College London, the Global Excellence Scholarship at the University of Exeter, and the Social Service Scholarship in Singapore.

In her private life, Megan is a fitness fanatic and you can find her frequently in the kitchen, where she loves to cook and host dinners, cosied up in a cafe reading or travelling.

Rebecca has over 15 years of experience working in supporting with administration and management support for healthcare professionals.

She keeps us all in order at The Nook and would be happy to support with any enquiries that adults, parents or children have about our services.

Alys is an Autism and ADHD Consultant with experience conducting Autism Assessments across both NHS and private settings. Alys has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, an MSc in Mental Health (King’s College London) and a PGCERT in CBT (UCL).  Alys is also a BABCP-accredited practitioner in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and has several years experience in NHS Talking Therapies in which she developed a strong understanding of the complexities of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. Her professional approach is deeply rooted in a strong commitment to promoting mental wellbeing and is passionate about championing neurodiversity, striving to promote a neuro-affirming approach to care, which involves recognising and celebrating individual differences while fostering an environment of acceptance and support. When not at work, you will usually find Alys trying to take her stubborn sausage dog Rupert out for a walk or enjoying a good book (especially an Agatha Christie!).