Dr Lakshman “Lucky” Ganatra

About Lucky

I am a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience supporting children, young people, adults, families, carers and professional networks across NHS, private practice, local authority, residential care, education, fostering, adoption and medico-legal settings.

I founded Evolving Families because I wanted to create a psychology service that feels both clinically robust and deeply human. I believe people are rarely helped by being seen as a problem to fix. Difficulties often make more sense when we understand a person’s history, relationships, development, identity, environment and the wider systems around them.

I have a particular interest in working with children, young people and families where needs are complex, overlapping or have been misunderstood. This includes care-experienced children, adopted and fostered children, neurodivergent children and adults, and families navigating emotional, behavioural, relational or developmental difficulties.

I also have specialist interests in paediatric neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental assessment, including autism, ADHD, cognitive functioning, acquired brain injury, epilepsy and other neurological or developmental conditions. My approach brings together assessment, formulation, therapeutic thinking and practical recommendations, so that people and the systems around them can better understand what support may be needed.

Alongside direct clinical work, I provide consultation, training and reflective practice to schools, children’s homes, fostering agencies, local authorities and professional networks. I am particularly interested in helping adults and systems better understand the children, young people and families they support, especially when behaviour or distress has previously been misunderstood.

At the heart of my work is a commitment to curiosity, compassion and context. I aim to help people feel understood, not judged, and to support families and professionals to find ways forward that feel thoughtful, realistic and meaningful.