Clinical Psychology

Jaque Ng, I began my work in community services by participating as a volunteer for nearly 20 years. In 2011, I enrolled to study a Master in Counselling and took courage to start a journey to serve full time in community services. With knowledge and skills I have obtained from my counselling and training & development programs, I could deliver my counselling service effectively. From a volunteer to a fulltime counsellor, I found this journey was a humbled experience. It taught me to listen with my heart, to show my compassion and to stay attune to my passion towards those who I met, clients, caregivers and those serving in this work. Having to say been in this community services work for decades, I learnt that this is a kind of work requires continued learning, not only upgrading knowledge and skills, also from people I meet in all walks of life. Thereafter, I will integrate my collective learnings and use them in my practice to benefit those people I serve. Nonetheless, I do take pride of my counselling practice because I love my work and I strive to have good, positive and perseverance attitudes to deliver my service.

Adriana is a BPS Chartered and HCPC Registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist with extensive training across multiple psychological and psychotherapeutic models, having vast experience working around the world with older adolescents, adults and older adults, individuals, couples and families from all walks of life, with a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic background, presenting mild, moderate or enduring psychological challenges. She has worked in various settings such as hospitals, day centres and private practice. Amongst her past experiences, Adriana has worked as an international consultant clinical psychologist and Director of a leading private psychology practice in Singapore before founding Elephant Therapy & Training. Her approach is integrative: She customises her treatment according to the unique requirements of her clients drawing from a number of distinct theoretical approaches carefully and purposefully integrated to suit their specific needs, with a strong emphasis on the quality and relevance of the therapeutic relationship, working through the inevitable phenomenology unfolding within the therapeutic setting. Adriana’s approach is rooted in psychodynamic theories and practice (mainly stemming from Jungian, relational and Object Relation theories) and integrates skilfully onto such foundations theories, skills and tools deriving from embodied & somatic psychotherapy, CBT and ‘3rd wave CBT’ frameworks – including Schema Therapy, Acceptance […]

I am a Clinical Psychologist and a fully qualified Family therapist, bilingual French-English with many multi-cultural experiences in the USA, France, Ireland and Singapore. I am a registered psychologist in France, with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS). Previously, I was a Principal Psychologist at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore. I have also worked in the USA and in France as a Clinical Psychologist and in Ireland in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team. I specialise in working with children and adolescents who have emotional and behavioural difficulties, anxiety disorders, mood difficulties, social difficulties (Asperger Syndrome), long term illnesses and psychodermatology (skin disorders). Over the last 14 years, I developed a valuable expertise in: Children and adolescents: individual therapy for anxiety, depression, self-esteem, post-traumatic stress, psychosomatic difficulties (link mind-body and physical pain as a consequence), Obsessive-compulsive disorder, bullying, Tourette syndrome and tics, ADHD, Gender Identity disorder. Adolescence, Suicidal ideation, self-harm, emotional dysregulation. Long term illnesses, acceptance and coping with medical conditions (Crohn disease, epilepsy, severe skin conditions, physical trauma) Eczema and skin disorders, atypical dermatitis (link illness/psychological well-being) Women wellness: pre-natal and post-partum difficulties, attachment mother-baby, depressive difficulties, sexual dysfunction, parenting […]

Eng Kai Jun holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the National University of Singapore. She received her Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary Specialisation), and her Master in Applied Psychology from the National Technological University, Singapore. Kai Jun’s career started with MOE as a primary school teacher, where she spent 3 years teaching children a variety of subjects, conducted group works and coordinated enrichment programs. She was also an officer with the Singapore Girls’ Brigade, where she helped to organise activities and run programs for young girls. Upon leaving MOE, She spent a brief period of time with a human resource consultancy firm as a business developer. Here, she undertook administrative related responsibilities in areas of event management and marketing, and also learnt valuable lessons in using psychometric tools for the purpose of personnel selection and development in organisations. In areas of psychological work, her internship experiences involve working with youths with mental illnesses at the Singapore Association of Mental Health (Youth Reach) and conducting individual counselling for students from primary school to tertiary. She was also involved in family works, mainly supervised access / transfer at Centre for Family Harmony. As a trained psychologist, she has […]

Pei Yi has been a specialist psychologist with the DAS since August 2012. Her responsibilities include conducting psychological assessments for students who experience difficulties with learning and facilitating the placement of students in learning programmes at the DAS. Pe Yi is also involved in research conducted at DAS in the area of dyslexia.

Working with families in order to guide a child to reach his fullest potential has been a long held belief of mine. Children’s Partnership was set up in 2005 with the intent of working together with families. Over the years, it has been a privilege to work with each and every family as we work towards guiding each child in their journey through life. I have also been blessed with a team of incredibly talented and dedicated consultants who are passionate about the work they do with the families. From a professional standpoint, I graduated from Murdoch University with a degree in Psychology. I worked in a special school, where I got to learn about the gifts of each child I taught as I guided them through dance, swimming and job placements, in addition to the day to day academics. During this time, I earned master’s degree in Applied Psychology and started a new phase in my work life where I was involved in the assessment and diagnosis of children at a local hospital. In my time there, I received training in various intervention programmes (PECS, Structured Teaching, MISC approach) and helped to initiate various intervention programmes. I was and […]

Psychoanalyst/Psychologist, MA (Psych), BSc (Psych), MSPS Gisela Guttmann is a registered Psychologist in Australia and Singapore. She holds a Masters Degree in Psychoanalytic Theory from The University of Kent, United Kingdom as well as a Bachelor of Psychology and Clinical Psychologist Degree (UFRJ). Gisela has 23 years of clinical experience and has worked in Brazil, Australia and Singapore. Previously, she worked as a counselling team leader and clinical supervisor for a youth organization in Sydney, Australia as well as a Psychologist Consultant for The Transcultural Mental Health (NSW). Gisela has been working as a Clinical Psychologist in the private sector in Singapore since 2008 and has joined Alliance in 2010. Her clinical approach is Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic-oriented, however she also provides consultations and brief psychotherapy. She has vast experience working with young people from multi -cultural backgrounds, adults and children. Her particular interests include cross cultural psychology, “Third Culture kids”, relationship issues and resilience among others. Gisela also has extensive experience providing mental health support to high achieving individuals. Gisela is also the Psychological Services Associate Director of INSEAD business school in Singapore. Languages Spoken: English and Portuguese.

H.O.P.E. Alliance is a Social Enterprise registered with Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE). We support, equip and empower peers (persons with mental health issues) to manage their challenges, be self-reliant and excel using their unique strengths. We aim to establish the authentic identity of our peers and help regain their dignity so that they will live a purposeful life. We integrate coaching techniques, psychotherapy, and psychology as our core methodology to develop our signature strengths-based recovery coaching programmes, individual and group therapy sessions.