Experience

The Other Clinic

• Singapore
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Psychotherapist and Specialist Wellness Counsellor

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Client work: - Consulting with children, adolescents, parents, and adults to provide arts and talk based therapy informed through and eclectic Psychodynamic, CBT and ACT approach. - Administrating standardised and informal arts based assessments, screening tools and client history to provide individual treatment plans. - Observing and documenting clients progress, though case notes, presentations and clinical supervision. - Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, counsellors, doctors and psychiatrists. - Facilitating IMAGO informed couples counselling, encouraging couples dialogue, resolving conflicts and healing aimed towards relational growth. - Designing and implementing social thinking and skills training groups, based on the evidence based Superflex Academy model for individuals living with ADHD, Autism, and related neurodivergence.



Creative Counselling Centre

• South Africa
• Mental Health Care

• Art Psychotherapist & Specialist Wellness Counsellor

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Providing Individual & Group Counselling, Art & Play Therapy Techniques, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, IMAGO Couples Counselling & Parent Training.

• Counsellor, Director and Co-Founder

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  *Creating and establishing the Auxilia Counselling Group, to provide affordable mental health care to clients.*Overseeing all financial and business related actives of the Auxilia Counselling group.*Registering Auxilia counselling with the Companies and Intellectual property Commission (CIPC).*Providing psychological and therapeutic interventions to clients by using various schools of psychology including behaviourism, cognitive, narrative and projective tests and counselling.*Providing specialised care for children, using child focus therapeutic interventions such as Play therapy, Art Therapy as well as projection testing, to address various issues not limited to sexual molestation, anxiety, depression and various other stressors.*Specialising in Relationship counselling, with the use of the IMAGO relationship therapy as well as sex therapy interventions, to successfully resolve relationship based issues, in pre-married, married or dating couples.*Formulating a productive and save environment for Teenagers, to discuss developmental challenges such as Drugs, Sex Education, Depression, Anxiety, Gender, Identity as well as inter-relationships with peers, parents and guardians.*Facilitating positive intervention with regards to client weight goals and issues, investigating the emotive side to weight problems, this could include over eating, under eating, anorexia, and bulimia.*Overseeing and writing monthly journal articles based on academic research.*Facilitating corporate counselling sessions, in the form of out sourced counselling, providing trauma relieve as well as further counselling services to the company.*Providing clients with Pre-and Post-test counselling, and follow-up sessions for HIV testing Patients.*Adhering to the Counsel for Counsellors code of conduct with reference to confidentiality and Reporting structures.*Reporting harmful behaviour, should a client present troublesome or harmful tendencies towards themselves or others.



Thrive Family

• Singapore
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Psychotherapist

  • Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

  Client work: - Consulting with children, adolescents, parents, and adults to provide arts and talk based therapy informed through and eclectic Psychodynamic, CBT and ACT approach. - Administrating standardised and informal arts based assessments, screening tools and client history to provide individual treatment plans. - Observing and documenting clients progress, though case notes, presentations and clinical supervision. - Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, counsellors, doctors and psychiatrists. - Facilitating IMAGO informed couples counselling, encouraging couples dialogue, resolving conflicts and healing aimed towards relational growth. - Designing and implementing social thinking and skills training groups, based on the evidence based Superflex Academy model for individuals living with ADHD, Autism, and related neurodivergence.



SACAC Counselling Pte. Ltd.

• Singapore
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Specialist Wellness Counsellor

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

  - Providing individual counselling to children, adolescents, adults and families - Supporting couples with IMAGO couples counselling - Overseeing individual client cases and management, including intake assessments, treatment planning, service delivery, outpatient referrals, and session endings. - Writing monthly blogs, reviewing topics related to counselling and service delivery - Collaborating with the SACAC team in the quarterly Singapore International Schools Counselling Network (SISCN)



CampusImpact

• Singapore
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Therapy Intern

  • Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  - Analysing data to determine the effectiveness of treatments or therapy approaches. - Synthesizing client data to draw conclusions and making recommendations for art therapy. - Assessing client needs, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes. - Communicating client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms. - Conducting individual art therapy sessions experiences aiding clients recover and manage cognitive, emotional, or physical struggles. - Collaborating with professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans. - Customising art therapy programs for specific client populations, within the educational and mental health setting. - Designing art therapy sessions and programs to meet client's goals or objectives. - Witnessing and processing the clients artistic creations to assess their functioning, needs, or progress. - Developing individualized treatment plans that incorporate studio art therapy, and psychotherapy techniques. - Establishing goals and objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with clients and site administrators. - Observing and documenting client reactions, progress, and outcomes related to art therapy. - Documenting client work though photography and/or videotaping artwork for inclusion in client records, personal progress portfolio. - Talking with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process. - Writing treatment plans, case summaries, and progress reports related to group and individual clients. - Conducting information sharing sessions, with other professionals. -Gathering client information from sources such as, client observation, and informal client interviews. - Recommending or purchase needed art supplies or equipment. - Reviewing contemporary research and literature in art therapy, psychology, or related disciplines.



The Ashram

• Singapore, Singapore

• Art Therapy Intern

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  - Assessing client needs, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes. - Communicating client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms. - Conducting weekly art psychotherapy open art studio experiences aiding clients to recover and manage cognitive, emotional, or physical struggles. - Collaborating with professionals on the client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, and integrating treatment plans. - Customising art therapy programs for specific client populations, within the educational and mental health setting. - Designing art therapy group and open art studio sessions to meet client's goals or objectives. - Establishing goals and objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with clients and site administrators. - Observing and documenting client reactions, progress, and outcomes related to art therapy. - Writing treatment plans, case summaries, and progress reports related to group and individual clients. - Conducting information sharing sessions, with other professionals. - Gathering client information from sources such as client observation, and informal client interviews. - Recommending or purchase needed art supplies or equipment. - Reviewing contemporary research and literature in art therapy, psychology, or related disciplines.



The Star Academy

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• ABA Therapist - Board Certified Autism Technician

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2018

  Providing the latest ABA procedures for our clients. Providing the latest ABA procedures for our clients.



Impact Human Resources

• South Africa
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research and Recruitment Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  * Updating and following up on exiting clientele base, and identifying top marketable candidates.* Developing an alternative data base, specifically designed to identify current top marketable candidates.* Sourcing top marketable potential candidates, using resources such as company- and internet data bases.* Interviewing potential candidates, initially telephonically, flowed by a sit down interview and then further telephonic communication.* Ensuring potential candidates undergo the necessary; integrity, reference and criminal checks, as well as signing representation and indemnity letters.* Presenting of potential candidates, to clients for their specific employment requirements, if no discrepancies appeared.* Following up on client and candidate satisfaction within the position ensuing a successful fit.* Identification and marketing of Hot candidates, placing desirable candidates in suitably skilled positions.

• Trainee Recruitment Consultant

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  * sourcing potential candidates, using resources such as company- and internet data bases* interviewing potential candidates, initially telephonically, flowed by a sit down interview and then further telephonic communication,* ensuring potential candidates undergo the necessary; integrity, reference and criminal checks, as well as signing representation and indemnity letters,* presenting of potential candidates, to clients for their specific employment requirements, if no discrepancies appeared,* following up on client and candidate satisfaction within the position ensuing a successful fit,* identification and marketing of Hot candidates, placing desirable candidates in suitably skilled positions



Center for the Study of AIDS

• University of Pretoria

• VCT Counsellor

  • Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

  - Providing clients with pre- and post-test counseling at the University of Pretoria's onsite clinic, when they take their HIV test. - Providing clients with pre- and post-test counseling at the University of Pretoria's onsite clinic, when they take their HIV test.



Centre for the Study of AIDS

• University of Pretoria

• Trainer

  • Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

  Overseeing and providing peer ran psychoeducation sessions over an 8-week course concerning topics related to HIV, AIDS, gender, stigma, discrimination, sexuality, human rights, basic counselling and continued peer education and training. Overseeing and providing peer ran psychoeducation sessions over an 8-week course concerning topics related to HIV, AIDS, gender, stigma, discrimination, sexuality, human rights, basic counselling and continued peer education and training.