Experienced clinical leaders. A deeply personal approach to your care.
Meet Our Consultant Psychologist & Nurse Consultant – Clinical Directors
Welcome to Attune Psychology & Coaching. We are two highly experienced Consultant clinicians who have spent our careers founding, leading, and managing award-winning NHS mental health teams and premium private clinics. Drawing on our extensive clinical backgrounds, we established Attune Psychology & Coaching as an elite, independent practice dedicated to serving the West Hampstead, NW6 community and clients securely online.
At the very heart of our practice lies a steadfast belief in the power of genuine connection, authenticity, and tailored care. We provide evidence-based therapy and psychological coaching that spans the entire human lifespan, addressing a wide range of emotional, psychological, educational, and workplace challenges. Our approach is grounded in proven, evidence-based methods, offering a bespoke, collaborative experience that completely honours the absolute uniqueness of everyone we work alongside.
A Personalized Pathway to Exceptional Mental Healthcare
Unlike larger, corporate clinics, we pride ourselves on providing true continuity of care. Your therapeutic journey with Attune is highly structured, safe, and deeply personalised from your very first click:
Direct Clinical Intake: Your connection to us starts beautifully. Your journey begins with an initial telephone consultation directly with one of our founder consultants—never an automated system or an administrative desk.
Assistant Psychologist Support: To guarantee a seamless, stress-free experience, our dedicated Assistant Psychologist, Clemmie Mendelson, works closely behind the scenes. Clemmie assists with meticulous case preparation, gathers background information, and streamlines your diagnostic data so our time together is highly efficient.
Bespoke Psychological Planning: We work as a team with you to collaboratively design a clear, evidence-based therapy or coaching framework tailored entirely to your personal goals.
Complete Continuity of Care: You will work directly with one clinician throughout your entire intervention. You will never be passed around from professional to professional or forced to tell your private story multiple times.
Multidisciplinary Oversight: While you work face-to-face with one practitioner, we collaborate behind the scenes. We combine our decades of clinical expertise to review your progress, fully supporting your needs with a multi-lens perspective.
Whether you are looking for an in-person consultation at our North West London psychology practice (situated just moments from Kilburn and West Hampstead Thameslink stations) or secure online therapy across the UK and internationally, you will receive expert care designed to help you truly thrive.
Dr Zoe Knight & Amy O'Gorman
Clinical Directors & Founders
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A steady hand and a compassionate space to help you understand your story, heal your patterns, and thrive.
HCPC Registered Consultant Counselling Psychologist & EMCC Accredited Coach
Welcome. I am Dr Zoe Knight. I firmly believe that the most transformative psychological growth happens when senior clinical expertise meets genuine human warmth.
As a founding Clinical Director at Attune, my goal is to step completely away from stiff, clinical distance and offer you a deeply authentic, collaborative environment where you can feel entirely safe to explore your inner world.
I have been practicing as a Chartered Psychologist since 2012, building extensive clinical expertise across both premium private sectors and the NHS, where I held senior management and clinical leadership roles. My past institutional leadership includes managing busy, highly specialized teams within the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and the East London NHS Foundation Trust.
My rigorous academic foundations began with a BSc from Goldsmiths College, University of London, followed by an MSc in Clinical Psychology from Bangor University, and a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology from the University of East London. I hold active, verified registrations as an HCPC Consultant Counselling Psychologist, a BPS Chartered Psychologist, and an EMCC Accredited Coach.
Advanced Psychological Specialties & Relational Therapy
As a senior Consultant Counselling Psychologist based in North West London (NW6), I specialize in helping adults and couples navigate complex trauma, neurodevelopmental differences, and deep-seated emotional cycles.
I hold advanced clinical certifications across multiple modalities, seamlessly integrating them to support you as a whole person:
DBT & MBT (Dialectical Behaviour / Mentalisation-Based): Designed to gently help you make sense of overwhelming emotional storms, safely manage acute distress, and cultivate a reliable sense of inner safety.
Schema Therapy & Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A deeper, compassionate look at repeating relationship patterns. Together, we identify and safely rewrite hidden childhood scripts to heal deep-seated trauma or Complex PTSD (C-PTSD).
🛠️ Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Practical, empowering, day-to-day strategies to help you break free from the exhausting cycles of generalized anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, and depression.
Personal Growth, Burnout & Life Transition Coaching
Complementing my clinical therapy practice, I provide psychologically grounded coaching that bridges advanced relational theory with proactive, forward-looking strategies. I guide professionals, creatives, and individuals through complex life transitions, chronic workplace burnout, and major life shifts.
My approach to coaching is deeply informed by my postgraduate studies in Consulting and Leading in Organisations at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Through this systemic lens, I help you understand the hidden dynamics of stress, navigate institutional or corporate pressures, overcome personal inertia, and balance sensory or executive functioning sensitivities in high-pressure environments.
Holistic Gold-Standard Neurodevelopmental Assessments & Neuroaffirmative Care
I adopt a strictly neuroaffirmative, strengths-based approach to care. I provide comprehensive, NICE guideline-compliant neurodevelopmental assessments and holistic, post-diagnostic therapy for individuals of all ages. I am fully certified and trained in globally recognized, gold-standard diagnostic tools, including:
ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised)
Specialized clinical diagnostics, accommodations, and coaching tailored specifically for ADHD, Autism, and dual-diagnosis AuDHD
profiles.
Whether we meet face-to-face at our peaceful West Hampstead clinic room (located just moments from Kilburn and West Hampstead stations) or connect via secure online sessions across the UK and internationally, you will receive expert, authentic care tailored entirely to your unique needs.
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A compassionate partner for your family, helping you understand your child's world and restore peace at home.Nurse Consultant, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist & Clinical Safeguarding Lead
Welcome. I am Amy O'Gorman. I believe that watching your child or teenager struggle with their mental health is one of the most heartbreaking experiences a parent can face.
At Attune, my goal is to step completely away from cold, clinical distance. I provide a warm, non-judgmental, and deeply collaborative environment where you and your child can feel entirely safe, heard, and supported.
With a career spanning over two decades in high-risk pediatric mental health, I have led award-winning NHS CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) teams, established complex care pathways, and acted as a designated clinical Safeguarding Lead.
My clinical journey began with a foundational degree in Pediatric Nursing, entering the field directly as a pediatric emergency nurse in A&E. I hold active, verified text-registrations as a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) registered Nurse Consultant and a specialized Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist.
Advanced Psychodynamic Training & NHS CAMHS Eating Disorder Leadership
Driven by a deep interest in non-organic clinical presentations, I spent eight years within a specialized inpatient child and adolescent eating disorder unit, facilitating therapeutic environments and collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams. During this formative period, I earned an MSc in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Children & Adolescents from Birkbeck, University of London.
Following my postgraduate research, I moved into advanced NHS leadership roles across London, which include:
NHS Eating Disorder Intensive Support Service Manager: Spearheading community-based interventions for high-risk youth, working jointly with pediatric wards, CAMHS teams, schools, and social care systems. During this time, I completed advanced Mentalisation-Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A) training at the world-renowned Anna Freud Centre.
Lead Nurse for CAMHS Liaison – Royal Free Hospital: Managing complex psychotherapy cases, supporting families through intense medical crises, and delivering specialized mental health training programs for medical staff.
Service Lead – Camden Adolescent Intensive Support Service (Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust): Leading a proactive crisis team designed to prevent unnecessary adolescent hospital admissions. Under my leadership, our service significantly improved home safety metrics and was shortlisted for Team of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
My contributions to service design also earned me an Honorary Fellowship at London South Bank University, where I directed research to inform modern clinical pathways.
Specialist Schema Therapy & Comprehensive Parent Coaching
In addition to my psychodynamic background, I hold extensive accreditations in systemic behavioral modifications. I have completed advanced training in Schema Therapy for Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Couples, as well as Schema-Informed Parent Coaching. This unique combination allows me to offer families deeply collaborative, whole-home behavioral strategies from our practice in North West London (NW6). I view behavioral and emotional challenges not as problems to be managed, but as essential forms of communication.
Gold-Standard Neurodevelopmental Assessments & Neuroaffirmative Care
I adopt a strictly neurodivergent-affirming, strengths-based approach to family care. I provide comprehensive, NICE guideline-compliant neurodevelopmental assessments and holistic therapy for individuals of all ages. I am fully certified and trained in globally recognized, gold-standard diagnostic screening tools, including:
ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised)
Specialized clinical diagnostics, executive functioning support, and coaching interventions tailored specifically for ADHD, Autism, and overlapping AuDHD profiles.
Whether we conduct face-to-face consultations at our accessible West Hampstead clinic room (located just moments from Kilburn and West Hampstead stations) or connect via secure online therapy across the UK and internationally, I deliver expert, compassionate clinical care designed to fully support the whole family unit.
Want to find the best way forward for your child?
Book a Free 30-Minute Family Consultation Call With Amy O'Gorman. Let's have a low-pressure, gentle chat about what your family is navigating right now, explore our clinical approaches, and figure out the most supportive next step for your child.
Our Core Values & Therapeutic Philosophy
Our West Hampstead practice is built on foundational values that bridge clinical excellence with transformative personal growth. Whether we are providing neurodivergent-affirming support, individual psychotherapy, or executive growth coaching across North West London and online, our approach is guided by four core principles:
1. Deep Psychological Safety & Trusting Relationships
We place the highest value on cultivating complete emotional and psychological safety. We work dedicatedly to build a trusting, strictly confidential, and long-term collaborative relationship with every client. We ensure you have a secure, non-judgmental space to explore complex emotional experiences.
2. Authentic, Curiosity-Driven Growth
We believe in the transformative power of curious, authentic, and clinically stretching conversations. Our practitioners combine advanced psychological insight with forward-looking coaching strategies. This empowers individuals, couples, and corporate teams to gently challenge assumptions, break through behavioural inertia, and safely unlock their full potential.
3. Understanding Relational & Behavioural Patterns
At the centre of our work is a steadfast commitment to uncovering deep-seated emotional and behavioural cycles. We help you bring conscious, compassionate awareness to how these patterns manifest in your relationship with yourself, your family, or your colleagues, giving you the clarity needed to safely reshape your thoughts, feelings, and daily responses.
4. An Inherent Belief in Personal Transformation
Ultimately, we hold an unwavering belief in each person’s inherent desire and ability to develop, build psychological resilience, and make lasting, meaningful changes in their lives. Our tailored interventions are designed to give you the concrete skills, tools, and confidence needed to navigate life's transitions successfully.
Begin Your Therapeutic Journey in West Hampstead
If you are ready to explore your patterns, align your goals, and make sustainable changes, our multi-registered consultant clinicians are here to support you every single step of the way.
Contact Attune Psychology & Coaching today to schedule a short, gentle call where we can assess your needs, discuss the most helpful options available, and book you in for ongoing, seamless support
Let’s take the first step together.
Book your free 30-minute consultation call
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We love providing a consistent, personal connection right from the start—so the person you speak with for your consultation will be the very same specialist who walks alongside you throughout your therapy.