Dr Dasha Grajfoner, founded the Coaching Lab in 2021, and spearheaded it’s growth until 2024. In her role as Assistant Professor in Psychology at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, she made a valuable contribution to the master’s programmes teaching Coaching Psychology, as well as to the development of a coaching culture across the university.

Profile: With a PhD in Psychology (University of Edinburgh) Dasha is a Registered Coaching Psychologist (BPS), Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Accredited Coaching Psychologist (ISCP)and a Past Chair of the Special Group in Coaching Psychology. Dasha has worked as a Practitioner Coaching Psychologist since 2007, and enthusiastic about building a strong connections between coaching psychology research, practice and teaching.