HAZELL
SIOW
Counsellor & Psychotherapist
‘Not everything has to make sense to be true.’
Hazell Siow
Everyone carries stories,
Some are loud, some barely formed.
Not everything has a name.
Not everything wants a solution.
Some things just want to be felt.
You don’t have to be fixed to be held.
To be whole is not to be unbroken; it’s to return, fully, to yourself.
Personality
- Like water, fluid, adaptable, and deeply feeling
- Curious, often caught in small wonders
- Finds raw emotions beautiful, even the messy and aching kind
My Style & Professional Counselling Approach
Person Centered Therapy (PCT)
To me, human emotions are like art: raw, unpredictable, and profoundly beautiful. They don’t always arrive with clarity or order. Sometimes they come as silence, tension, or feelings we can’t name yet. That’s why I don’t rush insight. I sit with it.
Often, we learn to move through life by holding things quietly: expectations, past experiences, roles we have learned to play, or stories we have come to believe about ourselves. Over time, it can become difficult to tell what is truly ours and what we have simply learned to carry.
My work is grounded in narrative therapy, existential reflection, and meaning-making. Together, we explore the stories that shape your inner world, not to fix or rewrite you, but to understand how these stories came to be, and what they mean for the life you want to live now.
When you sit with me in counselling, know this: you are seen, you are heard, and you are valued. I’ll walk alongside you as you navigate your inner world, and together, we’ll hold space for the fullness of who you are, not just who you think you’re supposed to be.
Professional Background
- Master of Professional Counselling,
Monash University Malaysia - BSc (Hons) in Psychology,
University of Nottingham Malaysia
Professional Work Experiences
- Trainee Counsellor, Greyspace Mental Health Services
- Trainee Counsellor, Sequoia International School
- Former ABA therapist working with neurodivergent children and families
Specialties
- Supporting children and adolescents in emotional understanding and identity development
- Grief, loss, and experiences of change
- Self-doubt, overthinking, and inner self-criticism
- Life transitions and meaning-making
- Exploring career direction, purpose, and personal passions
- Identity exploration and sense of self
- Supporting neurodivergent children, adolescents, and their families
Language Fluency
- English
- Mandarin