UK-trained Psychologist and CBT Therapist | High-Performance Psychology Specialist
I'm Lorna Devine. Founder of The Devine Method®
For founders, leaders, and high performers who look completely fine from the outside and are carrying more than anyone around them sees.
Based between London and Dubai, working with clients globally.
Everything is completely confidential.
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You are performing at a high level. From the outside, everything looks fine. You are delivering results, leading people, and building something that matters.
Behind that, you are carrying more than anyone around you sees. Your brain won't switch off at the end of the day. Decisions take longer than they should. The pressure follows you everywhere, even when things are going well.
You haven't told anyone how much it's actually costing you.
Most high performers I work with have spent years pushing through it, keeping it together on the outside, and telling themselves it will ease off once things settle down. What they haven't had is someone who actually gets their world and isn't going to tell them to slow down or be less ambitious.
That's what I'm here for.
Trusted by founders, senior leaders, and high performers across finance, law, technology, AI, and consulting, in London, the GCC, and the US. All work is completely private and confidential.
I'm Lorna Devine. A UK-trained psychologist, CBT therapist, and high-performance psychology specialist based between London and Dubai.
For 13+ years I've worked at the intersection of psychology and performance, across the NHS, world-renowned private clinics, and specialist psychology services in London, working with thousands of clients including hundreds of founders and leaders.
Early in my career, working across the NHS, Harley Street, and specialist psychology clinics, often as the youngest therapist in the team, I looked like someone who had it all together. Career going from strength to strength. New opportunities around every corner.
Inside, I was experiencing high-functioning anxiety and couldn't find an approach that actually worked. As a psychologist and CBT therapist I had every tool available to me. They helped me cope, but they only got me so far. I was still exhausted, still running on empty, and still stuck in the same cycles.
That personal experience, combined with years of working with founders, executives, and high performers going through exactly the same thing, led me to create The Devine Method®. A framework that blends evidence-based psychological principles and tools, high-performance coaching, and mindfulness. Action-oriented and goal-focused. Built specifically for founders and high performers who need something that gets to the root of what's actually going on and creates lasting change, not just better ways to cope.
I'm also a founder who has built two companies, in London and in Dubai. I understand the pressure, the pace, and the personal cost of building something from nothing. It's part of why my clients tell me I get their world in a way other psychologists and coaches don't.
My clients include founders at every stage of building, CEOs and senior leaders of multi-million-dollar companies, executives and high performers across finance, law, technology, AI, and consulting, public figures, members of global Royal Families, and elite athletes across the GCC, the UK, the US, and beyond. Alongside private client work, I partner with corporates, venture firms, family offices, government-linked entities, and startup ecosystems across the GCC, the UK, and the US as a trusted advisor to founders, senior leaders, and their teams. Corporate clients include BDO London.
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The Devine Method® is a proprietary framework that combines evidence-based psychological principles and tools including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), compassion-focused therapy, and mindfulness, with high-performance coaching.
It is for high performers who are self-aware, successful, and still stuck in the same internal cycles.
The work is not to become less ambitious. It is to keep your ambition, your standards, and your drive, without relying on constant anxiety and stress to keep you moving.
The overthinking. The pressure. The second-guessing. The inability to switch off. The feeling that no achievement ever feels like enough.
We get to the root of what is actually going on and turn that insight into practical change, so you can keep building, leading, and performing without it costing you everything.
The decisions that used to take weeks finally feel clear. The high-stakes conversations and boardroom moments, you show up with confidence. The overthinking quietens. The pressure becomes something you navigate rather than something that runs you. You stop worrying about what you can't control and start focusing on what you can. You feel more present — in your work, in your relationships, in your life. You feel less stressed. More in control. More at peace. You feel like yourself again, not just what you do.
Founders, from pre-seed through to serial and multi-company founders
Corporate high performers and senior professionals in finance, law, technology, AI, and consulting
CEOs and senior executives
VCs and investors
I work with people who are performing at a high level, carrying more than anyone around them sees, and ready to do something about it.
Elite athletes
UHNW individuals and public figures
Members of global Royal Families
Working with clients across London, the GCC, Europe, the US, and internationally.
Lorna helped me lift the fog of emotion and drama so I could think clearly again. I feel organised, focused and capable of handling family, business, health and hobbies in balance. Her coaching has truly changed how I live and lead.
- Lawyer and Founder, International Law Firm
Alongside private client work, I partner with corporates, venture firms, family offices, and startup ecosystems across the GCC, the UK, and the US, supporting founders, senior leaders, and their teams through The Devine Method®.
UK-trained psychologist and CBT therapist. Psychology degree and Master’s from the University of Sussex. Postgraduate Diploma in CBT from King's College London. Performance Coaching Diploma from The Coaching Academy, London. 13+ years working across the NHS, world-renowned private clinics, and specialist psychology services in London, alongside coaching and advisory work with founders, executives, and high performers globally.
Academic Qualifications (Psychology)
PgDip in CYP-IAPT Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Distinction) - King's College London
Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST)
Acceptance-Action Coaching, Therapy and Training - registered member of AAACTT
MSc Clinical Psychology and Mental Health (Distinction) - University of Sussex
BSc (Hons) in Psychology (First Class) - University of Sussex
Coaching Qualifications
Certificate in Life Coaching - The Coaching Academy, London
Diploma in Life Coaching and Personal Performance Coaching - The Coaching Academy, the world's leading Coach Training Academy recognised by the International Coach Federation
Mindfulness Qualifications
Mindfulness Practitioner Training - King's College London
Certificate in Mindfulness and Coaching - The Coaching Academy
Trained to administer psychometric and neuropsychological assessments during clinical work across the NHS and specialist psychology services
Additional training in Systemic Therapy, Family Therapy, Multi-Family Therapy Groups, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, ACT, CFT, MBT, and Holistic Coaching
Training in mindfulness-based approaches (King's College London), interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents, attachment, safeguarding, and mental health interventions (Anna Freud Centre, UCL)
Additional Trainings
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If this sounds like you and you are ready to do something about it, the first step is a Private Consultation. We will discuss what's going on for you right now, start to get to the root of it, get clear on what you're working towards, and map out what the right next step looks like for you. Everything is completely confidential.
This work is for the person who knows something needs to shift and is ready to do something about it.
To enquire privately, email lorna@lornadevine.com
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