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Monica has been in the people-helping field for over three decades. She believes that transformation is within each person and that it can be achieved despite obstacles and challenges that you face. She has served as a Counsellor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Parenting Consultant, Speaker and Trainer. She has served in a multi-faceted range of Counselling establishments and has gained much experience in supporting and helping people with various needs. For example, she has worked with couples to improve their marriages, worked with couples facing infidelity issues to salvage their marriages, couples experiencing divorce, families breaking up due to differing expectations of parenting, and students struggling with identity, relationships, and family stress. Monica is passionate about providing solutions to the growing number of mental health conditions among young people that is triggered by the state of the family environment. In her experience with her clients, she has seen how the family unit helps individuals to manage their mental health conditions successfully and become better. She believes that the family unit can influence a better and healthy society through positive parenting, marriage, extended family relationships and circles of friends. By using research-based interventions such as the Gottman Couples Therapy and Positive […]

Monica has over 15 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families. She provides psychological assessment and therapy on a broad range of emotional and behavioural difficulties including (but not limited to) depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, adjustment, attachment, parenting difficulties and family issues. She has experience in conducting court- mandated forensic assessments for violent and sexual offenders. She is passionate about improving personal well-being and restoring relationships; as well as effecting meaningful change. She adopts a person-centred, strength-based and collaborative approach in her work. As a therapist, she believes in the adaptive power of the human spirit to heal and that change is possible. She has a special interest in post-traumatic growth, resilience and psychosocial oncology. She is trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Solution-Focussed Brief Therapy (SFBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and Reality Therapy (RT). Prior to joining the private sector, she worked in the Clinical and Forensic Psychology Service (CFPS) in MSF; and she was an educator with the Ministry of Education (MOE) for several years. Currently, she is an adjunct lecturer in Psychology at the Singapore University of Social Sciences […]

About the Montessori Philosophy Montessori for Dementia Care aims to reach out to persons with dementia using the Montessori guiding principles of: Focusing on strengths Providing activities with choice and purpose Creating templates for activities Building confidence by completing simple tasks before complex tasks Breaking down tasks into steps Measuring engagement About Montessori-based Dementia Programming® ​Montessori-Based Dementia Programming (MBDP) is a method of working with older adults living with cognitive and/or physical impairments based on the ideas of the educator Maria Montessori. It has been shown to increase levels of engagement and participation in activities of persons with dementia and has been shown to generally improve many aspects of the quality of life of those who have it. ​Montessori-Based Dementia Programming uses rehabilitation principles including guided repetition, task breakdown, and progressing from simple to complex. Additionally, principles of dementia interventions such as external cue usage and reliance on implicit memory are used. Examples of activities include reading groups and memory games. ​It was founded and developed by Dr. Cameron Camp at the Myers Research Institute and is the recipient of various awards and recognitions.

Clinical Psychologist Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Econs) Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Master in Clinical Psychology Professional Training: Reality Therapy Schema Therapy Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Language(s) Spoken: English

Clinical Psychologist Qualifications: Grad Dip. of Psychological Studies Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Master in Clinical Psychology Professional Training: Reality Therapy Schema Therapy Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Language(s) Spoken: English

Ms Irena Constantin is a Occupational & Educational Psychologist who completed her M. Phil (lic. Phil) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and has specialized in Applied Psychology. Ms Constantin has gained her experience in various fields such as banking, school and clinics. Ms Constantin is multi-lingual and provides her counselling in English, German, as well as Greek. Ms Constantin has had extensive experience in dealing with learning and socio-emotional difficulties experienced by children, teenagers and young adults in school and work settings. In this regard, she has also provided school related intervention programmes and has been part with an active role of the University and Career Guidance at the German European School (GESS). Specific areas include: Learning and performance blockages Work with teachers in school to support the mental well-being of the Child Refusal behavior in family and school Aggressive behavior Challenging behavior such as Hyperactivity At Scott Psychological Centre for ADHD and Developmental Trauma, she will apply this extensive experience and expertise also to teenagers and young adults with ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Additional areas of training and experience include: Career counselling for adolescents and adults Family therapy Crisis intervention Cross cultural counselling based on years […]

Joanna’s passion is working with children with developmental language disorder. She also enjoys working with children and youth with speech disorders, stuttering, social communication difficulties, and with caregivers for young children with delayed language development. Joanna had previously served as a psychologist with the Ministry of Education for over two years, working with teachers and fellow psychologists to assess and support children with various developmental learning needs. In order to work more directly with the caregivers and children with these learning needs, she furthered her studies in the area of speech and language pathology. She has worked at a local hospital since 2011 serving the paediatric population, and took on a leadership role in 2014 to improve services provided by the paediatric communication team of speech therapists and to educate new clinicians. Joanna works very closely with caregivers, families and teachers of the children she sees. She works well with the other professionals in a multi-disciplinary setting, to ensure holistic care for the children and their families. She enjoys working with and supervising new speech therapists or student clinicians. She believes strongly in advocating for the children she sees and educating the public about their conditions, and has responded to […]

The director of The Center for Psychology, Ms Karin Goh is well trained in various psychotherapy theories and methods. She is trained to provide therapy to a range of psychological issues from anger management to traumas. For several years, she worked as a volunteer psychologist who worked alongside underaged girls suffering from traumas and abuse. Her community work has also given her experience with patients that have behavioural issues that may lead to psychotic symptoms.