Dr Sanj Parhar

Counselling Psychologist

Dr Sanj Parhar completed his Doctorate in Psychology from Roehampton University where he trained in Person-Centred therapy, Psychodynamic therapy and Cognitive Behaviour therapy. Throughout his career, Dr Parhar has worked both in the public and private sectors. He started working in the NHS where he gained vast experience working with complex mental health conditions.

Dr Parhar further worked at the Priory Hospital where he focused on treating clients with addictions and long-term mental health struggles. This includes inpatient and outpatient settings with both adults and adolescents. Dr Parhar has specialist experience in addictions, such as gambling, alcohol and drugs. He also has experience in treating eating disorders, depression, anxiety, stress and personality disorders in both individual and group settings.

As a Counselling Psychologist, Dr Parhar’s broad training has allowed him to develop an integrative approach in his practice. He values the uniqueness of each individual and a strong focus on the therapeutic relationship. He believes in helping clients to access and process their difficult emotions, work towards meeting their needs, and resolving conscious and unconscious dynamics. Through this, he believes change can be possible and resilience achieved in 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.


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.