April Kerslake

Counselling Psychologist

April Kerslake is a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist with experience working therapeutically with adults and teenagers. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology (Hons), Master of Health Science in Psychology, and Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology at the Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand.

April has worked clinically within a primary healthcare setting, delivering care to individuals and groups facing a variety of challenges such as depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, grief/loss, personality disorders, stress, and identity and sexuality challenges. April has experience using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), compassion focused therapy, schema therapy and mindfulness-based skills.

April has also worked with adults with neurodiversity in a therapy setting, providing tailored support and interventions to help them thrive. She is dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where neurodiverse individuals can explore their strengths, develop coping strategies, and achieve their personal goals.

April’s approach to therapy is based on viewing health and wellbeing holistically by acknowledging social, physical, emotional, and spiritual impacts on health. April believes in working collaboratively with clients to understand their needs and goals to help them to understand their challenges and make changes towards a rich and meaningful life.

April’s areas of interest include mindfulness and meditation skills; April presented her mindfulness research at the International Conference on Mindfulness Asia-Pacific in 2022. April has experience volunteering for Rainbow advisory services within a Wellness context and has an interest working with LGBTQIA+ clients.

Dr Elena Touroni

May 19, 2022 No Comments

Dr Elena Touroni is a skilled and experienced consultant psychologist with a track record of delivering high-quality services for individuals with all common emotional difficulties and those with a diagnosis of personality disorder. She is experienced in service design and delivery, the management of multi-disciplinary teams, organisational consultancy, and development and delivery of both national and bespoke training to providers in the statutory and non-statutory sector.

Having obtained a first degree in Psychology (BSc) at the American College of Greece, she completed her doctoral training at the University of Surrey. Dr Touroni is highly experienced in the assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety, substance misuse, personality disorder, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, adjustment disorder and relationship difficulties. She works with both individuals and couples and can offer therapy in English and Greek.

She is trained in several specialist therapeutic approaches such as Schema Therapy for individuals and couples, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based approaches and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).

Dr Touroni has held a variety of clinical and managerial positions including as Head of Service in the NHS. Further she has held academic positions for the University of Surrey and the Institute of Mental Health lecturing on specialist postgraduate Masters and Doctorate programmes. As well as holding a variety of NHS positions, Dr Touroni is the co-founder of a private practice in Central London that has been a provider of psychological therapy for all common emotional difficulties including personality disorder since 2002.

Dr Touroni has a keen interest in developing preventative approaches for psychological well-being and has been involved in the co-creation of bespoke wellness retreats for transformative change for the past 5 years. She is the founder and one of two directors of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic.