Dr Shereen Charles is a Senior Specialist Clinical Psychologist with extensive clinical experience
working with children, young people and adults across a range of specialist child, family and adult
services. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and holds a
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London, alongside an MSc in
Social Cognition: Research and Applications from University College London.
Alongside her private practice, Dr Charles works within a specialist NHS neurodevelopmental
diagnostic and treatment service, where she specialises in the assessment and psychological support
of individuals with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and Tic and Tourette’s Disorder. She also
supports families and schools, and works with associated difficulties including anxiety, depression,
emotional regulation and low self-esteem.
Her wider clinical experience spans a range of specialist NHS and private services, including complex
child and adult mental health. This breadth of experience enables her to consider the complex
interaction between psychological, developmental, relational, educational and environmental
factors when understanding an individual’s difficulties.
Dr Charles works with children from approximately five years of age through to adulthood. Alongside
her clinical work, Dr Charles has over 18 years’ experience in education and tutoring and has a
longstanding professional interest in the relationship between psychological wellbeing,
neurodevelopment and learning. She has undertaken specialist training with the National Autistic
Society and is an accredited trainer, further strengthening her expertise in autism and
neurodevelopmental presentations.
Dr Charles is also involved in clinical supervision, teaching, service development and professional
leadership, providing supervision and clinical oversight to clinical psychologists and trainee
psychologists, as well as contributing to doctoral-level clinical psychology selection and training
within London universities.
Dr Charles draws on a range of evidence-based approaches, including:

•  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
•  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
•  Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
•  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
•  Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
•  Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)
•  Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)
•  Trauma-focused approaches
•  Integrative psychological approaches

Her approach is warm, compassionate and collaborative, creating a psychologically safe
environment in which individuals and families feel listened to, understood and actively involved in
their care. She takes an individualised, evidence-based approach, combining clinical expertise with

genuine curiosity about each individual to help people develop a clearer understanding of their
experiences, recognise their strengths and develop meaningful, sustainable ways of moving forward.