Azah Yazmin

Malaysian born, Third Culture Kid who loves food, culture, languages and helping couples connect and thrive…

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(Currently re-located to Malaysia)

I was born in Malaysia and had London as my home for many years. I am a Third Culture Kid (TCK), which means I was raised in a culture other than my parents’ passport country for a good number of my formative years. I love languages and speak both English and Bahasa Malaysia fluently. I can understand basic Bahasa Indonesia and I am currently learning German. I also love cooking, food and learning culture. I work with couples (and individuals) from a variety of different backgrounds, religion and culture. My current research project for my Masters in Psychology (2019) will focus on multicultural couples.

I graduated with a Law degree in both Civil Malaysian Law and Syariah Law from Malaysia. Much later, in 2011, after leaving a career in the Media, I retrained to become a counsellor and graduated with a Master in Counselling Psychology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. My practice in counselling led me to have a passion for working with couples. Around 2015 I pursued and trained as an EFT therapist and have been working with couples ever since.

In the years thereafter, my training focused more on helping couples with their relationship. In 2017, I attended a workshop for Discernment Counselling. Discernment Counselling is counselling for couples who are on the brink of divorce. It helps couples to have the clarity and confidence to make a decision on the direction they wish to take their relationship. For Discernment Counselling both partners need to attend. This approach to couple counselling is also opened to one partner if the other partner is uncertain whether they want to attend. Then it is called Hopeful Spouse Counselling. So, you have space to talk and meet me either as a couple or individually.

Other Team Members

Gulya Diyarova

EFT Clinic director

Gulya Diyarova, MSc Tavistock, PgDip Relate Inst, ICEEFT Cert. EFT therapist and supervisor, UKCP Reg, COSRT Accr, BACP Reg, ICEEFT Reg.

Kevin Standish

B.Soc.Sci (Hons)(Social Work); Hons (Psychology); Masters (Clinical Psychology); PGDip (Psychotherapy); PGDip (Couple Therapy); PGCert in Higher Education, Emotionally Focused Therapy training

Laura Vowels

(Currently re-located to Switzerland)

PhD Psychology, MSc Family Sciences, Couple and Family Therapy, PostGrad Certificate Evidence-based psychological practice, BSc Psychology, Emotionally Focused Therapy training

Agnieszka Religa

MSc (Psychology), MSc (Family and Couple Therapy), additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy

Elena Churikova

MSc, PGDip (3), EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) therapist, EMDR, Discernment Counselling

Dr Jo Wood

PhD in Psychology, Accred. CBT & Schema therapist, consultant EMDR practitioner, EFT-trained therapist

Nadine Hastings

MBACP ICEEFT Person Centred Counselling Degree FDSC, Relationship counselling certificate, EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), EFIT (Emotionally focused Individual therapy), Discernment couples therapy and EFT level 1 and level 2

Máire Stedman

B.Soc.Sc (Social Work/Psychology), MSc Family Couple and Systemic Psychotherapy, ADOS-WPS Autism Diagnostic Observation Training, C.C.E.T.S.W. Social Work Practice Teaching Award, Certificate in Divorce & Conciliation, Advanced Diploma in the Supervision of Family & Systemic Psychotherapy, Additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy;UKCP Reg.

Michael Preston

(Currently relocated to the US)

Marriage and Family therapist, cert. Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT), Trauma focused therapy, Addiction issues training

Marzena Ryglewska

MSc (Family Therapy), MSc (Pedagogy, Social Work and Social Rehabilitation), PGCert (Social
Interventions), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Couple
Therapy (EFT) training. (UKCP Registered, member of AFT, ICEEFT, BESF, EMDR Association UK).

Sedef Oral

BA(Hons)in Guidance and Psycholog cal Counselling; MA in Clinical Psychology & Couples and Family Therapy; MBACP (Accred); RegCOSRT Relationship Therapist; Accredited EMDR Therapist (Europe & UK)