Children, Adolescents & Youths

Danielle is a registered Educational Psychologist in both Singapore and Australia; where she has experience working with children, adolescents and their families in both countries. She has specialist experience in diagnosing children and adolescents with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Intellectual Disability, and Specific Learning Disorders. Danielle has specialist knowledge of Dyslexia, where she worked at the Dyslexia Association of Singapore for several years. Additionally, Danielle has experience working in a community mental health team, where she conducted mental health assessments in schools to assess for mood, anxiety, behavioural or social difficulties. From her experience in working closely with psychiatrists, Danielle is trained in biopsychosocial case formulations and recommending relevant treatment plans. She has also coordinated care with a range of agencies such as schools, hospitals and family service centres to identify various ways to support the individual. Danielle believes in the importance of analyzing and identifying ways to support an individual through their difficulties and working with the systems surrounding the individual to encourage change. She is able to translate assessment knowledge to inform treatments, and she does both individual and group therapy. She practices Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Brief […]

MSoc Sc (Counseling), Grad Dip (Arts) Dawn is a Singaporean by birth, however as a global nomad, she has studied and worked in Osaka, Paris, New York, and Hong Kong, and as such appreciates the difficulties many people experience when moving and living abroad. Dawn earned her Master’s Degree in Counselling from the Swinburne University of Technology. She has over eight years of experience in the counselling field in Singapore. As a psychotherapist, she has a passion for working therapeutically across various ages, genders and cultures. She takes a humanistic approach and has a special interest in child and adolescent issues. Recognizing that relationship patterns both enable and limit the process of development and change, she adopts a systemic approach to working with youth and their families. For these and all of her clients, she implements a wide range of evidence-based strategies. Of particular use to her work are Solution-Focused Therapy (SFBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness-Based Interventions. The latter strategy she has also honed for children especially, engineering and introducing a mindfulness programme for children in Singapore, as well as developing curriculum for MOE and international schools. Dawn is a certified trainer of FRIENDS, […]

Jocelyn has been in the helping profession for more than 18 years. She began her career as a Rehabilitation Officer at the Singapore Prison Service before joining the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a trained secondary school teacher. She subsequently undertook her Master degree in Educational Psychology (University College London, UK) as a recipient of the MOE postgraduate scholarship. Following that, she served as a Senior Specialist at the Psychological Services Branch of MOE and delivered a range of services to primary and secondary schools. This included providing psycho-educational assessments and consultations to parents, teachers and school leaders to help support children with learning difficulties and special educational needs. Desiring to extend her support to individuals with mental health concerns, Jocelyn subsequently left MOE to complete her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Geropsychology at the University of Queensland (Australia) under the Endeavour Postgraduate Award. Aside from direct support of individuals with learning and psychological concerns, Jocelyn’s passion is in caregiver support. This includes professional and familial caregivers of persons with physical and developmental disabilities (e.g. intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder) and chronic or life-threatening medical or psychological conditions (e.g. dementia, cancer, depression). Jocelyn is also known to be a […]

Lin’s passion in supporting the community started early in her career and she has devoted the last 15 years, contributing and growing in the helping profession. After several years working as a Senior Researcher, handling regional market research projects in the private setting, she began her career in the helping field, as Child Welfare Officer at the then Ministry of Community Development . She then joined the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a trained primary school teacher. Following the completion of her Masters of Arts specialising in Educational Psychology, she served as a Senior Specialist at the Psychological Services Branch of MOE providing support to primary and secondary schools as well as at the policy level. She provided training and consultation to parents and teachers. She also supported students providing psycho-educational assessments and intervention. She delved further to extend her support to younger children and families when she joined KK Hospital. Lin has special interests in the area of mental wellness and health (e.g. anxiety, depression), early development as well as learning concerns. She conducts comprehensive psycho-educational assessments for purposes such as access arrangement, diagnostic (i.e., learning or developmental disorders (e.g. dyslexia, ASD, ADHD etc.) or profile of needs (i.e. […]

Profile Yvonne was trained as an educator and taught for a number of years before joining MOE as a Guidance Officer. In her work as a Guidance Officer, she played a key role in pioneering the development of the MOE’s Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Framework for schools. Yvonne also reviewed and enhanced the professional development programmes for teachers in areas pertaining to career guidance and psychological well-being. Yvonne has fifteen years of clinical experience, working extensively on mental health issues with students both in local and international schools. In addition, she is also an experienced clinical supervisor and has supervised counsellors from schools, the Gifted Education Branch (MOE), the University Health Centre (NUS), and graduate students undertaking counselling training. She graduated with a Master of Social Science in Professional Counselling, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and an Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling. Her PhD research was in complex trauma in children in Singapore. She is proficient with a variety of therapeutic methods including psychodynamic, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), client-centred approach, and cognitive behavioural methods. Apart from her clinical work, Yvonne has been invited numerous times to speak on different platforms to various stakeholders about children and […]

(Dr. Josephine Carlisle is currently based overseas. Her sessions will be held online via Zoom) BSc (Hons), MSc, DClinPsy, Registered Psychologist (SIN & UK)  Dr Josephine Carlisle is a UK and Singapore registered Clinical Psychologist. She earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from University College London where she practiced as a Clinical Psychologist in the National Health Service before emigrating to Singapore in 2015. Josephine’s comprehensive UK training and subsequent practise afforded her experience in a variety of areas, including working with children and families affected by neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and other learning disabilities, and working with adults providing assessment and treatment for depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and bereavement issues. She has a particular interest in working with anxiety issues such as OCD, specific phobias, panic disorder, and agoraphobia and had spent time in London developing and implementing a community based treatment programme for people with such issues. Josephine also has a specialist knowledge of personality issues and worked as a Dialectical Behaviour Therapist for several years, helping to support those who had experienced traumatic backgrounds and or difficulties in relationships, identity, mood, suicidal and self harming behaviours, addiction issues and eating disorders. She is a […]

DPsych (Clinical); BScience (Hons) Psychology; BEd; Diploma of Teaching (Primary); Registered Psychologist (Singapore and Australia) Dr. Natalie Games is a Clinical Psychologist who works with clients experiencing a range of difficulties, including mood and emotional difficulties. Natalie is a full member of the Singapore Psychological Society and a registered Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor with the Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP) and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Natalie specialises in working across the lifespan with children, families, adolescents and adults. Her areas of interest include working with individuals with affective disorders (depression), anxiety (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, etc), self-harm, trauma, identity issues, relationship issues and personality disorders. Natalie has experience with individuals and groups within private, community and public hospital settings in Singapore. She previously worked at National University Hospital (NUH) Paediatric Psychology clinic where she conducted psychological assessments and provided therapy to children and adolescents and their families. Natalie has also worked in NUH and Raffles Counselling Centre with adolescents and adults. In addition to her clinical practice, Natalie is trained and licensed as a facilitator of the World Health Organisation approved FRIENDS’ programmes and has implemented these programmes with individuals, within schools and university settings […]

Richard started his professional career as a primary school teacher: he taught all age groups from 4 to 12 years in a bilingual public primary school in Ireland. After a number of years, Richard retrained as an educational psychologist and was employed for nearly 2 decades with the Irish Ministry of Education, working with students from 3 to 19 years. He assessed and supported children and young people with, inter alia, autism spectrum disorder, developmental coordination disorder, dyslexia, ADHD, and language disorder. In addition to supporting parents and schools in meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, he also worked directly with students providing short-term, solution focused therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy. Richard was a senior, team-leading psychologist in Ireland and provided professional supervision to colleagues. He also supervised educational psychologists in training from University College Dublin, the Queen’s University Belfast, University College London and the University of Rennes (France). Richard is committed to collaborative problem solving with clients, parents and teachers as his main approach to practice. His assessments are designed to inform intervention planning. Richard trained at University College Dublin where he obtained his Masters in Educational Psychology. He is a Chartered […]