Meet the team behind My Autism Assessment

A multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians who take the time to understand each person.

A multidisciplinary team approach

Every assessment we carry out is the work of a team, not a single clinician. We bring together specialisms across speech and language therapy, clinical and educational psychology, and mental health. Every case is reviewed together in a multidisciplinary meeting before your report.

We have significant experience with people who have been considered hard to assess in the past. Every child, teenager and adult who comes to us should feel understood and respected.

Our team is calm and easy to talk to, and we take the time to help every client feel at ease. And our involvement doesn’t end at the report – we stay in touch after your assessment, so the recommendations are put into practice.

Our South Wales team

Locations: Caerphilly, Cardiff and Swansea.

Chris Wade

Founder and Consultant Speech and Language Therapist

Chris founded the service and brings over 17 years of experience in NHS and private multidisciplinary diagnostic teams. He assesses children, teenagers and adults, and has a particular focus on connecting with those often described as hard to assess.

Chris set up My Autism Assessment to bring the most effective diagnostic practices he had seen in the NHS into one private service, with proper post-diagnostic support built in. Autism has been his central focus since qualifying, and he is trained in the ADOS, ADI-R and ACIA. He assesses across all ages and leads on all post-diagnostic school meetings.

Dr Tiago Pinto

Clinical Psychologist

Tiago is a Clinical Psychologist with over two decades of experience focused on Autism, specialising in diagnostic clarity and tailored intervention planning. He is an internationally recognised trainer in the ADOS-2 and ADI-R.

Tiago has worked across CAMHS, adult learning disability teams, outreach and secure services, and since 2009 has focused on autistic children and adults, often in complex cases. He presents at national and international conferences and is widely published. He is part of the NHS Autism diagnostic team at JADES in Essex and leads private Autism assessments with Mind Professionals in Cambridge. Since 2015 he has trained psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists in the ADOS-2 and ADI-R, and in 2017 received the UK National Learning Disabilities and Autism Great Autism Practice Award.

Dr Caryl Griffiths

Senior Educational Psychologist

Caryl is a Senior Educational Psychologist with eight years of post-qualification experience. She focuses on social communication, emotional literacy and supporting children and teenagers with Autism, and is registered with the AEP and HCPC.

Since qualifying in 2016, Caryl has worked within a local authority as an educational psychologist, advancing to Senior Educational Psychologist. She plays a central role in our multidisciplinary assessment of children and teenagers, with experience across NHS CAMHS and the private sector. She is trained in the ADOS-2, ADI-R and ACIA.

Dr Lucie Kanfiszer

Clinical Psychologist

Lucie is an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience supporting children, teenagers and families in specialist settings.

Lucie earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Essex. Her expertise covers specialist assessment and psychological support for individuals with neurodevelopmental differences and those managing physical health conditions. Her research includes publications on the lived experiences of autistic women.

Dr Emma Davies

Clinical Psychologist

Emma is an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist who works in child and adolescent mental health. She takes a calm, family-centred approach to assessment and support.

Emma studied Psychology at the University of Birmingham, completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at UCL, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. After qualifying in 2020, she worked within NHS CAMH services conducting mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments and providing therapy. Since 2024 she has worked in independent practice, conducting neurodevelopmental assessments using the ADOS-2, ADI-R and ACIA.

Dr Savina Wachter

Clinical Psychologist

Savina is an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience. She specialises in complex neurodevelopmental assessments for children, teenagers and families.

Savina provides psychological support across a wide range of needs, including neurodevelopmental differences, physical health conditions and learning disabilities. Her experience includes children managing hearing impairments, attachment difficulties and rare physical health conditions or syndromes.

Sarah Murphy

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Sarah is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and experienced neurodevelopmental assessor who has worked with Chris for many years. She is trained in the ADOS-2, ADI-R and ACIA, and assesses both children and adults as part of our team.

Amy Durrant

Specialist Mental Health Nurse

Amy is a Specialist Mental Health Nurse with over 17 years of NHS experience, specialising in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. She provides autism and ADHD assessments alongside therapeutic support for neurodivergent people.

Alongside her NHS role as a Specialist Liaison Psychiatry nurse, Amy provides autism and ADHD assessments with My Autism Assessment. Her therapeutic work draws on DBT, mindfulness and compassion-focused therapy, supporting neurodivergent people to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.

Chris Burrows

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) and Independent Non-Medical Prescriber

Chris is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Independent Non-Medical Prescriber, with a specialist interest in ADHD medication management for children, young people and adults.

Chris qualified as a Mental Health Nurse in 2011 and as an Independent Prescriber through Cardiff University in 2025. Over his career, he has worked across Community Mental Health Teams, Crisis Resolution Services, Forensic Mental Health, and specialist Addiction Services, including senior leadership roles in NHS community substance misuse teams. At My Autism Assessment, he offers prescribing assessments, medication titration and ongoing monitoring for clients with a confirmed ADHD diagnosis.

Our West Yorkshire team

Location: Roundhay, Leeds.

Sophie Williams

Lead Clinician, Leeds

Sophie is our Lead Clinician in Leeds, a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with extensive experience in neurodevelopmental assessment. She carries out ADOS-2 assessments for children and teenagers in the Leeds area.

Sophie is qualified to administer the ADOS-2, ADI-R and QbTest. She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Sensory Integration Therapy and is advancing her expertise with training in Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT).

Our Kent team

Location: Faversham, Kent

Scot Greathead

Consultant Speech and Language Therapist

Scot is a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist with over 25 years of experience working with children and young people (0-25) across a wide range of neurodevelopmental needs. He is HCPC and RCSLT registered and provides expert evidence for EHCP reports and SEND tribunals.

Scot qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist (BSc Hons) in 1997. His experience covers Autism spectrum conditions, developmental language disorder, dyspraxia, cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, profound and multiple learning difficulties, and Down’s syndrome. He currently manages a specialist caseload of children and young people with complex communication profiles, and provides expert witness reports in line with Civil Procedure Rules. Alongside clinical work, he is an associate lecturer on the Speech and Language Therapy programme at Canterbury Christ Church University, and has contributed to national leadership work with Autistica’s Discovery Network.