Dr Elliot Huggins

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Elliot Huggins completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Plymouth. He went on to achieve diplomas in health psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, before completing his doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. Since this time, Dr Huggins has gone on to complete additional training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at The Tavistock and Portman Clinic.

Dr Huggins has extensive experience working as a psychologist in both the NHS and private settings for adults and young people. He has a specialist interest in the use of psychodynamic approaches to therapy, as well as in the psychological health of younger adults.  

Dr Huggins work with adults has included primary and secondary care mental health teams, as well as inpatient settings, offering psychological treatment for distress of differing types and levels of complexity. In his work with younger people, Dr Huggins has been employed in both child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) teams and social care services, offering therapeutic support to young people and parents, as well as training and reflective practice to staff and carers. 

Dr Huggins draws on the variety of therapeutic models including, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion-Focussed Therapy (CFT), and Systemic Psychotherapy. 

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.