Lisa Barry

I am an educational psychologist and NVR Practitioner based in London. I am also trained in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Throughout my career as an educational psychologist, I have worked in a number of local authorities and well as in the charitable sector, and independently across mainstream and specialist settings. I have extensive experience of working with children with additional learning needs, learning disability, and neurodiversity, and in supporting the systems around the child.

In recent years my focus has been increasingly on supporting families with neurodiversity using NVR, with the aim of reducing family stress and building authentic connections.  I have run many NVR groups in schools, including specialist groups for parents with neurodiverse girls, as well as a SPACE group. I have also been exploring introducing NVR approaches within mainstream and special schools, to support staff, families, and the children.