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Dr Cosmo Duff Gordon is a chartered psychologist and addiction treatment specialist who founded addiction recovery and behavioural health specialist Chelsea Recovery Associates (CRA) in 2023. CRA aims to provide effective, kind and confidential care around addiction, recovery, behavioural health, trauma and co-occurring mental health disorders.

Duff Gordon had previously established Start2Stop in 2010; the centre has since become one of the go-to outpatient clinics in London for U/HNW seeking addiction recovery treatments and sober living support. He has particular expertise in problem gambling as well as online gaming addiction, and he is a co-founder of Gamewell, an online platform offering education about building a healthy approach to gaming.

He has been featured in several national newspapers including the Guardian, the Times and the Telegraph, contributing insights about different forms of addiction.

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Dr Cosmo Duff Gordon is a chartered psychologist with 21 years of experience in addiction treatment. At Chelsea Recovery Associates, he specialises in clinically case managing the recovery process and in ensuring the sort of joined-up umbrella of bespoke care that delivers great outcomes. He has been interviewed by the Guardian, the Telegraph, Tatler, the Times, the Evening Standard, the Daily Mail and Radio 4’s Today programme. He regularly consults to family offices and law firms.

Dr Duff Gordon previously founded the biggest private sector rehab in London, Start2Stop, is a co-founder of Gamewell, the UK’s first edtech platform for healthy gaming, and is a non-executive director on the board of Barney.