Dr Graham Pickup

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Dr Graham Pickup is a consultant clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience of working in the NHS as a psychological therapist, clinical supervisor, trainer and psychology service manager. He completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University College London in 2000 and subsequently obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University, passing with Distinction.

Dr Pickup has trained in a number of specialist evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy.

Dr Pickup has extensive clinical experience of working with adults of all ages in outpatient, community and inpatient mental health services in the NHS. He has worked with clients with a wide range of emotional difficulties including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, health anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse, emotion dysregulation and interpersonal difficulties, psychosis and bipolar disorder.

Dr Pickup was previously a lecturer in Clinical Psychology at University College London. He has a research doctorate (PhD) in psychology and has published a number of peer-reviewed research studies on cognitive models of psychosis and schizotypy.

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.