Nadine Hastings

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

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I am a people person and passionate about helping others improve their lives and relationships by identifying the root cause of their problems and finding ways to address them. It’s a big motivator and a privilege to see clients grow and change after feeling stuck with their situations. It gets me out of bed in the morning.

I’m a Yorkshire lass who somehow lost her accent living in the south for many years. Thankfully, I’ve retained the warm down to earth approachability associated with my home county.

When I’m not seeing clients, I can be found jumping around at a keep fit class or spinning furiously to music to get an endorphin kick. I enjoy all things travel and water related. And when relaxing I love a good thriller book.

I retrained in counselling as a second career following many years in the Police Force. This experience was a good foundation for therapy work as there are many similarities involved. Both roles require open-mindedness, confidentiality, an ability to effectively communicate with people from any walk of life, sensitivity to others situations and an ability to reassure and calmly support people through emotionally challenging times.

I understand how daunting it can be to reach out to a stranger and discuss personal concerns. I aim to connect on the same wavelength to help clients with this process. I offer 6 weekly reviews to encourage clients to regularly evaluate their progress and consider their ongoing needs from counselling. Clients tell me this process assists them to identify their learning and growth and recognise when their need for therapy intervention is coming to an end.

After obtaining my initial counselling qualifications I gained experience offering individual, couples and group therapy work in a variety of settings. I have worked in NHS GP surgeries/hospital and for the organisations Marriagecare and Relate.

I use a combination of Person- Centred, EFT, EFIT, Gestalt and Solution Focused theoretical approaches to underpin my practice.

My specialist therapy interests are: –

Relational work for couples or individuals experiencing relationship difficulties.
Individual work around anxiety and depression.
Emotional mistreatment and trauma related domestic abuse. In particular,

empowering people to overcome and recover from narcissistic relationships.

Overeating and the complex underlying reasons at the root cause of this. I have experience of counselling patients for bariatric surgery.

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

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

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)