Elena Churikova

I am a Psychotherapist and Couple and Family therapist working with adult individuals, families and couples in English and in Russian. Originally from Moscow, with MSc in Psychology from Moscow State University. My current main area of interest is all about working with relationships, including helping couples to make a joint decision about separation. I am fully trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and have been practicing this approach since 2015, finding it very effective in helping the partners to better understand themselves and each other and strengthen the bond in the relationship.

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

I am a Psychotherapist and Couple and Family therapist working with adult individuals, families and couples in English and in Russian.

I have been working in various mental health organisations in the UK, including a Senior Psychotherapist position in the NHS, since 2000.

Originally from Moscow, with MSc in Psychology from Moscow State University, I have been living in London since 1998 and have completed a variety of trainings and courses in different approaches to psychotherapy. I am interested in different schools of thoughts and keep on familiarising with the newest developments in the therapy field.

My current main area of interest is all about working with relationships, including helping couples to make a joint decision about separation.

I am fully trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and have been practicing this approach since 2015, finding it very effective in helping the partners to better understand themselves and each other and strengthen the bond in the relationship.

Qualifications include:

MSc degree in Psychology – Lomonosov Moscow State University.
PGDip in Systemic Theory and Practice.
PGDip in Psychoanalytic Studies from Tavistock and Portman Trust.
PGDip in Attachment and Psychoanalysis and Couple Relationship from TCCR.
Diploma in clinical Supervision from CPPD.

Additional training:

Discernment counselling for couples on a brink of separation.
Emotionally focused therapy. for couples and individuals.
EMDR.

Membership in professional organisations:

Accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists.
Member of British Psychological Society.
Member of BEFT.
Registered with ICEEFT.
UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist.
EMDR therapist, member of EMDR UK & Ireland.

My page:
www.elenachurikova.com

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

Azah Yazmin

(Currently re-located to Malaysia)

Law degree, Malaysia University, MA (Counselling Psychology), MSc Psychology, Emotionally Focused Therapy training, Discernment Counselling

Agnieszka Religa

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

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)