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Meet Autism North East's Specialist Team 

Clinical Leadership

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Dr Lucy Walker Haywood

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Dr Hayley Atkinson

Principal Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Psychologists

Specialist Therapists

Service Team

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Dr Jenny Milne

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

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Dr Ellie Dennison

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Dr Debbie Cottrell

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Dr Helen Taylor

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Vikki Pestell

Specialist Occupational Therapist

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Sarah Jamieson

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Steph Fielding

Specialist Speech  and Language Therapist

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Charlotte Mountford

Specialist Educational Consultant

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Rachel Kirkman

Office Manager

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Bess

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The Autism North East Team

The Most Experienced and Senior Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) in the North East

MDT

​​We are the most senior and longest standing Multi-Disciplinary Team in the North East and have an excellent reputation regionally. ​

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  • We are a close and collaborative team working together with our clients towards the best possible outcomes.

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  • We work with clients where there are lots of complexities - mental and physical health difficulties, developmental delay, attachment and trauma, and previous diagnoses that 'just don't feel that they fit'. 

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  • We provide professional expertise and compassionate care, placing the individual at the centre of everything we do.​ 

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  • Many people tell us that the way they are really listened to is one of the most important parts of their experience with us.

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Client

The team were compassionate and professional. We value greatly the support given and would strongly recommend them to anyone in need of help.

Client

As a family we chose to go with Autism North East for an ADHD and ASD assessment for our son as the wait with the NHS was too long. We couldn't be more happier with the service and level of care our son received and also us as a family..

Parent

As a professional working in the education sector, I have never seen such a detailed, personalised report following an assessment. 

Parent

Could not recommend ANE highly enough. Words cannot express our gratitude, thank you so very much.

Compassionate • Professional • Personalised • Trusted • Transformative •. Advocating •

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Autism North East

Clara Vale Business Centre,

Clara Vale,

Ryton 

NE40 3SY​​​

​Autism North East

@Select Psychology,

1 Tynemouth Road,

Tynemouth,

NE30 4AY

(next door to Kwikfit)​​

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​Autism North East was set up in 2013 in response to the negative changes that were taking place in the NHS where clinicians were being asked to work in ways that didn't fit with their professional values.

 

We wanted to ensure that extremely high quality, rigorous assessments would always be available so that people could access the right diagnosis and support quickly. Our values around providing an ethical service led us to set the service up as a not-for-profit organisation. 

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