Lieutenant Commander Dr. Abu Yazid Abu Bakar RMN (Retired) holds a doctorate (Ph.D) and Masters (MEd.) degrees in Education (Counselling and Guidance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan.  He also posssesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, and a postgraduate certificate in Gifted Education from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.

Kadek Suranata , Senior Lecturer in Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia.  He received his B.E. In Guidance and Counselling from Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha (Bali, Indonesia), M.Ed degree, and Pendidikan Profesi Konselor (Counselor Profession Education degree- only in Indonesia) in Guidance and Counseling from Universitas Negeri Padang (West Sumatera, Indonesia), and Ph.D degree in Universiti Negeri Malang (East Java, Indonesia) In in 2007, 2009, and 2017, respectively. He has been a Senior Lecturer in UNP, since 2014. His research interests include the field of assessment, internet addiction intervention and mental health counseling, ITC in counseling, sexual abuse, violence addition counseling, crisis intervention and trauma counseling. He is active in scholarly journal writing and publishing and has currently published more than 150 papers in various Citation-Indexed journals particularly SCOPUS. He l is licensed counselor at the Indonesian Counselors Association (IKI) and a private counselor.