Dr Sharla Lawrence (D. Clin. Psy.) is the sole director of The Lawrence House Psychological Services. She has been working with children and young people for the majority of her career both as an assistant psychologist and since graduating from Coventry University and Warwick University in 2012 with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She completed her specialist placements in an NHS Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic team in Solihull, Warwickshire and in a Clinical Health Psychology department at a local NHS acute hospital. Since graduating she has worked both in various physical health departments including cardiac and renal services and in a general health psychology service and in Children’s and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) primarily working in autism services, in both diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Since opening The Lawrence House Psychological Services in 2017 Dr Sharla has worked extensively in schools and educational services offering clinical psychology input to students, staff and families in Coventry and Warwickshire. Much of this work has been supporting Special Educational Needs (SEN) children to access support through assessment, diagnosis and consultation. More recently she has begun to complete diagnostic assessments for Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and learning difficulties as well as therapy with children and young people from her office base in Nuneaton.