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Child psychologist recommendation? Can anyone help?

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pali1978 · 21/10/2025 23:23

Good evening - I’m posting here in the hope someone may be able to recommend a London or possibly Herts based child psychologist or therapist. My 8 year old son’s behaviour has been quite challenging at times recently and disruptive of family life. I’m desperate to find someone experienced to talk to and to meet and work with him. I don’t think he is particularly exhibiting ASD/ADHD traits (and no suggestion of that from school - where he seems to be well behaved) so am reluctant to sign up for any assessment at this stage at least - but so many places seem just to offer assessments. I’d be so grateful to hear from anyone whose had success with support from a child psychologist or other professional experienced with behavioural challenges who might help us understand what is going on and help our son. Thank you!

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BunnyRuddington · 22/10/2025 22:50

No experience of a child psychologist and am not in the same area. Just wanted to say that hin behaving at school doesn’t necessarily exclude him being ND.

My DC1 only got diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and DC2, who is diagnosed as AuDHD behaved beautifully in Primary school. It was at home that we had the emotional fallout.

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