Dr. Maja Schaedel

Dr Maja Schaedel is a respected authority on sleep and women’s mental health, who currently works as the Lead Clinical Psychologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, one of the country’s largest sleep disorder clinics. Bringing rare clinical expertise to every stage, Dr Maja is also renowned as the Co-Founder and Director of The Good Sleep Clinic. Alongside her practice, Dr Maja Schaedel is also a highly sought-after keynote speaker, delivering insightful speeches on the science and psychology of sleep.

With over two decades of NHS experience, Maja began her career working as a Specialist Clinical Psychologist at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. Building complex clinical expertise, Maja later moved to work for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a Specialist Clinical Psychologist and a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. In 2016, Maja was appointed Head of Psychological Therapies for the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and in 2020, she spent a year working as the Principal Clinical Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. 

In addition to her medical practice, Dr Maja has also worked in academia. Since 2012, Maja has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, and since 2024, she has been a Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 2019, Maja launched The Good Sleep Clinic, specialising in insomnia, sleep difficulties and trauma, delivering sleep retreats, corporate wellbeing programmes and evidence-based psychological treatments for children and adults. Maja is also now a trusted voice in national media, having appeared on broadcasts for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and Channel 5’s Breaking the Taboos. Maja is also a regular contributor to publications such as Vogue, The Independent, Harper’s Bazaar, Bloomberg, Marie Claire and Women’s Health. 

Translating complex clinical insight into compelling, actionable narratives, Dr Maja Schaedel resonates with both professional and public audiences as a highly sought-after keynote speaker. Whether addressing boardrooms, conferences or retreat audiences, Dr Maja delivers comprehensive keynote speeches that audiences commend as evidence-led, deeply human and genuinely transformative. From exploring the science of sleep and how to get the best sleep to mental health challenges that women face and perimenopause, hire Dr Maja Schaedel for an informative speech on sleep and women’s mental health.