Dr Claire McDonald

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Claire McDonald is an experienced and skilled principal clinical psychologist working with adults both in private practice and in the NHS. Dr McDonald gained an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland, a Master of Science in Neuroscience at Goldsmith’s College, University of London and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University College Dublin, graduating with first class honours. She is a Member of the Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association UK. She has published research in international scientific journals and occasionally lectures on master’s and Doctoral training courses in London.   

Dr McDonald has a passion for working creatively and collaboratively with her clients to understand what factors might be driving the problems in question and how they may be overcome to live a more fulfilling life. She is trained in several specialist therapeutic approaches including Schema Therapy, EMDR, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Mindfulness, Psychodynamic and Narrative Therapy.   

She works with clients with a wide range of common and more complex forms of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, work-related stress and burnout, trauma, dissociative conditions and relationship difficulties. In her NHS role, she leads a team of psychologists offering individual, team-based and organisational support to NHS staff at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. Prior to this, while working for several years at the Maudsley Hospital, London, Dr McDonald supported adults experiencing complex and enduring mental health problems and provided training and support to staff teams working in acute settings.  

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.


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.


She is trained in several specialist therapeutic approaches such as schema therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT). 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. She is the founder and one of two directors of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic.