Dr. Olga (Ola) Pykhtina is a DHA-licensed psychologist, play & art therapist, and the Medical Director at the Wellness Hub. 

She specializes in working with children, adults, families, and couples. She gained her Ph.D in Counselling from the school of Education and Communication at Newcastle University, UK. She has three Master’s degrees from Ukraine and the UK. Dr. Ola was trained as a play therapist through the Canadian Association of Child and Play Therapy.  She is a certified CBT adult therapist. In addition, in her work with adults, Dr. Ola uses a Client-Centred approach.  She also works with couples using Gottman Method. Supporting mothers-to-be and current mothers in their search for balance and wellbeing is one of her passions. 

Dr. Ola delivers trainings on various programs including workshops in Parenting, Motherhood, Emotional Intelligence, Stress Management, Positive Thinking, and Effective Communication. She has been involved in delivery of art therapy and well-being courses to a wide spectrum of both public and private sector entities within the UK, Canada, Ukraine and the Middle East.  During the course of her career, she held positions as Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor at the American University in the Emirates and a researcher at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

She can support to find relief from the following struggles:

• anxiety
• depression
• low self-esteem and self-image
• parenting
• relationships
• stress
• IVF journey
• separation, divorce, ‘conscious uncoupling’ 
• OCD and ODD  in children
• finding your voice and building confidence
• school resistance
• bullying
• assessments 
• perinatal challenges
• children behavioural and emotional challenges
• sibling rivalry
• children stool withholding 
• sexual and emotional abuse
• adjustments
• authentic Self

Dr Ola: ‘Being a psychologist is more than a job for me. I am privileged to witness people’s journeys to wellbeing and balance. I am deeply touched by the courage, resilience, and commitment to transform that I see in my clients. My passion is to collaborate together to bring about the shifts that the soul desires and create life from the place of a conscious choice, power and love. Strength is not in being invincible. Strength is in being vulnerable, being a human. Falling and standing up. Crawling, walking, running and ultimately flying alone and in companionship, bringing up all of who you truly are, and enjoying the flight’.