Dr Ruth Harris-Skillman

Chartered Psychologist

Ruth is accredited with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and The British Psychological Society (BPS). She completed her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology at Oxford Brookes University, followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Psychology and the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, both at City University of London.

Ruth has experience in different settings including the NHS, low-cost and charitable sectors, as well as volunteering for online crisis networks. In these settings, she has experience working with a range of adult client groups and presentations including, anxiety, depression, relational difficulties, life-threatening terminal and chronic illness, and neurodiversity. In her most recent NHS post, she has worked with other complex and enduring difficulties such as personality disorders, complex trauma, mood disorders and psychosis.

Being rooted in the ethos of Counselling Psychology, Ruth takes a relational and humanistic stance to her work with others. She is focused on understanding the subjective individual experience and values our unique differences, recognising that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Ruth is trained in Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy and Schema Therapy. With training in multiple modalities, Ruth offers a holistic and integrative way of working, considering the needs of the person in front of her and tailoring the work together accordingly.

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.