Dr Mariza Stagaki

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Stagaki first began her training with a BSc in Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, before completing an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at University College London and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) at King’s College London. Her path has taken her through NHS and private services, supporting children, young people, and adults, which has shaped the way she now works with clients.

In the therapy room, Dr Stagaki brings an integrative and relational approach. She draws on training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy, Systemic Family Therapy (SFT), and body-based approaches such as Embodied Psychotherapy and Dance Movement Therapy. Her approach focuses on how past experiences, relationship patterns, and embodied processes shape present difficulties. She offers therapy in both English and Greek.

All clinicians at The Chelsea Psychology Clinic are trained to conduct comprehensive assessments, considering you as a whole person rather than a specific issue. They tailor treatment and integrate multiple therapeutic perspectives to create a plan that is both evidence-based and uniquely suited to you.

Dr Stagaki works with individuals facing a wide range of challenges, including Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Personality Disorders, Psychosomatic Issues, ADHD, and Adjustment Difficulties/Disorder/Illness, and has specialist experience in Complex Trauma, Relational Difficulties, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Migration and Cultural Transitions, Abusive Relationships, Long-Term Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy, and supporting individuals adjusting to life-threatening health conditions. Whatever someone is struggling with, Dr Stagaki aims to offer support that recognises and respects their unique needs and experiences.

Alongside her clinical work, Dr Stagaki has research expertise in mentalising, attachment, childhood trauma, and psychosomatic symptoms, and has published in collaboration with the UCL Anna Freud Centre and Professor Peter Fonagy.

Dr Elena Touroni

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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.