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Dr Maja Schaedel CPsychol DClinPsy MSc BA (Hons) PGCert is an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a specialism in insomnia, sleep difficulties and trauma.
Maja is committed to understanding the difficulties which stop adults, children and teenagers from achieving good sleep. She currently holds an NHS position in the Sleep Disorder Centre at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – one of the UK’s leading sleep medicine centres.
Prior to this Maja worked as Principal Clinical Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, and as Head of Psychological Therapies for the Sleep Disorder Centre at the Queen Victoria NHS Hospital. Maja is one of the UK’s leading sleep psychologists and has worked with hundreds of people with sleep difficulties.
Dr Maja Schaedel is an in-demand speaker on insomnia, sleep difficulties and trauma.
Dr Maja Schaedel is one of the UK’s leading Sleep Experts and she has worked with hundreds of people to fix their sleep problems. As an engaging and inspirational speaker, she is used to offering workshops and keynote speeches to large groups, including at Fearne Cotton’s “Happy Place” festival and the “Pause Live” menopause conference.
As a qualified and accredited Clinical Psychologist Dr Maja has worked with people with mental health problems and sleep difficulties for over 20 years.
Dr Maja Schaedel is a highly regarded Clinical Psychologist and one of the UK’s leading Sleep Experts. As an engaging and inspirational speaker, she is an experienced keynote speaker on stages at Fearne Cotton’s “Happy Place” festival and conferences such as“Pause Live”. Dr Maja has worked with people with mental health problems and sleep difficulties for over 20 years and speaks on subjects around sleep, anxiety, mental health, and women’s mental health.
Maja regularly speaks on BBC Radio on the subject of sleep, including on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. She has also appeared in Channel 5’s “Breaking the Taboos” TV show about sleep during the menopause and she regularly contributes to UK publications such as The Independent, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Bloomberg, CNS, Grazia, Glamour etc.
Dr Maja is the Co-founder of The Good Sleep Clinic which offers one-to-one treatment to patients with sleep difficulties and offers Sleep Retreats in partnership with a luxury spa hotel in East Sussex. Dr Maja also works as the lead psychologist in one of the UK’s leading NHS sleep disorder cenres at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
Her NHS experience spans across a wide range of child and adult mental health services, including previous roles as Principle Clinical Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and Head of Psychological Therapies at the Queen Victoria NHS Foundation Hospital.
The The Good Sleep Clinic has been featured in Grazia, Vogue, BBC, Glamour, Metro and Bazaar publications.
Dr Maja and Dr Zoe were also featured in the podcast ‘Is Anyone in Perimenopause Sleeping?’
The Good Sleep Clinic provides a wide range of corporate services related to sleep issues including interactive and engaging workshops where combining psychoeducation with real techniques and strategies for change and we receive excellent feedback. Here are some examples of their recent workshops:
The importance of sleep on health, well-being and performance, Quality over Quantity: What you can do to improve the Quality of your Sleep, Step-by-step Guide to Cure Insomnia, Managing the Perimenopause: How to improve Insomnia, Brain Fog & Anxiety, and How to help your child/teenager to sleep better.
Maja has a conversational speaking style and enjoys sharing her personal journey into the world of sleep. She also shares practical insights about her own sleep habits, which often surprise audiences. Maja’s message about sleep is highly positive, emphasizing that anyone can achieve good sleep with the right approach.
The Science of Sleep: What is sleep and why do we need it?
The Problem with Sleep: What goes wrong and how do we fix it?
Maximising your sleep: how to get the best sleep you’ve ever had
Maximising midlife Mental Health for women: Why the perimenopause can knock you down (but you can get up stronger)
Being a woman: The mental health challenges women face and how to overcome them.