Vida is a trauma therapist who incorporates strengths-based approach in her work with clients. She holds a Master of Counselling (Advanced) from Swinburne University of Technology and is a Clinical Member of the Singapore Association for Counselling. Since 2014, she has been providing counselling and psychotherapy to clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Vida’s expertise extends to supporting clients dealing with various issues, including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, marital/relationship problems, chronic stress, trauma, parenting challenges, and other emotional and interpersonal difficulties. She also works with clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and other features of personality disorders.
In her practice, Vida adopts a client-centered integrative approach and utilizes evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy) and Mindfulness. Her dedication and passion lie in helping clients lead meaningful, self-directed and fulfilling lives.
Varian Monteiro is a counselling therapist with considerable experience assisting clients with addiction, trauma, and relational challenges. He also assists clients in handling some of life’s toughest decisions. With his client-centered, biopsychosocial approach, Varian continues to lend a compassionate space to his international clientele.
Winifred Ling is a Couples Therapist and Relationship Coach. She is passionate about helping individuals and couples to pursue the relationship of their dreams. As a Certified Gottman Educator, she is qualified to conduct the renowned evidence-based parenting program called Bringing Baby Home for new parents and parents-to-be, Gottman Seven Principles Program and the Emotional Coaching Program. She has completed her Level 3 training in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
She is Certified practitioner for Multichannel Eye Movement Intergration (MEMI), which is a relatively new PTSD treatment paradigm. MEMI is a safe, easy-to-use, multisensory approach that dulls all reactions to traumatic experiences — related imagery, sounds, and physical and emotional distress — not just intrusive thoughts.
As a Positive Psychology Practitioner, she applies the principles of Positive Psychology in helping individuals and couples who seek to live a more intentional, meaningful and flourishing life.
Winifred and her husband are avowed foodies who seek out good restaurants and review them. They hunt down Michelin Star restaurants and have amassed 118 stars to date!
Philip Ang has over two decades of experience coaching, training and counselling premarital couples, parents of young children, and adolescents with emotional regulation issues. In addition, Philip has received advanced level training in Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy and is a certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist.
Samantha trained and worked as an accountant before moving into mentoring, coaching and counselling college students on issues of emerging identity, life direction and relationships. Her work took a cross-cultural orientation when she moved overseas for 10 years, working with international students and youths from immigrant families. After relocating back to Singapore, she was able to support families dealing with cross-cultural transitions, re-entry adjustments and the psychological and emotional impact of relocations on third culture kids and individuals. Samantha is also adept at helping youth and adult clients with mood and anxiety disorders, marital and parenting issues, trauma, self-identity, grief and loss, life transitions, interpersonal relationship issues, integration of spirituality and psychological well-being.
Kaiwei is a Senior Psychotherapist trained with a Masters of Social Science in Pro-fessional Counselling, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) degree in Psy-chology.
She provides in-depth counselling and psychotherapy support for children, adoles-cents, and young adults across a range of emotional, behavioural and mental health related issues, e.g., depression, anxiety, complex trauma, attachment is-sues, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and school or family related difficulties. Kaiwei has fifteen years of clini-cal experience, working in both private and public settings.
Kaiwei is a Registered Counsellor and Clinical Member with the Singapore Associa-tion for Counselling (SAC). She is also trained as a Clinical Supervisor.
Gaurang Bhatia is an experienced counsellor based in Singapore. He provides psychology therapy to adults and adolescents with a wide range of mental health concerns. His specialist interest is in addressing trauma and addictions. Gaurang also works with couples/partners especially in context of betrayal trauma. He also works with LGBTQ clients. As a seasoned meditator, Gaurang incorporates mindfulness in his sessions.
Amirah Munawwarah is a registered art psychotherapist with experience in public healthcare and with young adults and inmate artists.
Amirah graduated from LaSalle College of the Arts with an MA in Art Therapy and clinical attachments in a general hospital (SGH) and a local secondary school. After completing her training and MA, she practised as an art psychotherapist providing workshops and sessions for organizations including Singapore Prison Service, Lions Befrienders, PPIS, Woodlands Health Centre, and MENDAKI.
Amirah has a spectrum of experiences in providing art therapy and art as therapy sessions to individuals in 1-to-1 therapy sessions, group art therapy, open art studios for specific populations, and the general public. She has worked with depression, anxiety, autism, stress-related conditions, self-betterment, healing and trauma. As a practising art psychotherapist, Amirah works primarily with art materials and mediums that encourage clients to holistically create and express whilst building on their strengths and capacity for creative growth and explorations through the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC), and El-Duende One Canvas Process Painting (EDPP).
Amirah was a recipient of MENDAKI Youth Promise Scholarship Award in 2019 (formerly known as the Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award) and believes that art is subjectively unique as each individual can creatively express themselves.
Valerie is a trained counsellor/psychotherapist who draws from her years of experience in her previous work in both a residential children’s home and in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore. Valerie has vast experience in working with various groups of people – children and their families with abuse and trauma; individuals who are experiencing a variety of mental health conditions and trauma; and couples experiencing emotional and relational challenges.
She values the opportunity to come alongside individuals/couples in their journey through life’s stressors and struggles. Valerie is an empathetic, compassionate and warm psychotherapist who adopts a trauma-informed and person-centred approach in her work with children, youths and adults across a broad range of emotional, behavioural and relational issues.
Valerie holds a Masters in Professional Counselling from the Swinburne University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) from the Singapore Management University.
Valerie is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Level 3), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2) and other forms of psychological therapies.
Valerie is a Registered Counsellor and Clinical Member of the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC).
Lilian is a veteran Counsellor, with a specialisation in Family Therapy. With 30 years of counselling experiences behind her, she has worked with pre-teens, teens, parents, young and working adults, couples, families and individuals with mental wellbeing concerns i.e. depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and anger management issues.
She is passionate about helping families cope with the changes and transitions in life; to build resilience. She is ardent about counselling couples to overcome the challenges in their relationship; build a strong, nurturing and satisfying marriage, which is foundational to their children’s and teens’ developmental growth.
Lilian is married for more than 20 years and enjoyed a blissful marriage.