Dr Divina Pillay

Adult Psychiatrist

Dr Divina Pillay is a general adult psychiatrist working across the NHS and private sector. Dr Pillay qualified as a doctor in 2003 in South Africa and she has trained in mental health services in her home country, in Ireland and the UK.  Her NHS work is currently as a clinical researcher with Kings College London in the field of Type 1 Diabetes and Eating Disorders, more commonly known as Diabulimia. She has also been involved in lecturing medical students and different areas of research over the years. Previous roles in the NHS have been as the clinical lead for an outpatient Eating Disorder Service in London involved in complex assessments, liaison, and pathway development.

She has special interests in helping patients with Eating Disorders, Addictions, Anxiety Disorders, Stress and Burnout, ADHD, although her experience in mental health covers all areas of inpatient and community services. She has a particular interest in a holistic approach to health and wellbeing and is trained in Yoga Therapy and Mindfulness for Mental Health. 

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.