Our Team
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Vanessa’s training began in America. She lived, studied and worked there for four years. She received her Bachelor of Arts Psychology (Honors) from Claremont McKenna College, USA. She then continued with her advanced education and obtained her Master’s in Counseling from Monash University, Australia.
Since then, Vanessa has established her psychology center, VA Psychology Center, which provides therapeutic services to children, teenagers, adults and families. She also established STARS Development Center Pte Ltd, an international special needs centre for children with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, PDDNOS, etc.).
In addition, Vanessa has consulted as a Senior Psychologist at the Child Development Unit, at the National University Hospital. She is also qualified to conduct psycho-educational assessments to help identify and diagnose disorders, strengths and weaknesses. Vanessa has been featured in a multitude of print, TV and radio media releases.
Vanessa believes that every child and adult has the potential to lead a happy, fun and fulfilling life!
Vanessa has spent her career helping parents learn effective parenting strategies, has helped children process their emotional difficulties in healthy ways and has helped families grower closer in their dynamics with one another. Vanessa’s other treatment areas include helping individuals with adjustment/expatriation difficulties, anxiety disorders, anger management, chronic pain, stress management, as well as couples, marriage and family therapy.
Vanessa uses an integrative approach to her counseling session, which consists of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Expressive Therapy approaches. She conducts sessions in English and German.
Vanessa is available to see clients Tuesdays to Fridays.
Silvia obtained a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Silvia integrates principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Solution Focused Therapy, as well as psychodynamic theories in her counseling sessions.
Her focus is on helping children and adults overcome clinical or behavioral problems including anxiety, anger, and mood disorders. Silvia also provides educational and psychological assessments. She has had previous training experiences in both private practice and outpatient medical facilities.
She is one of only a handful of EMDR (Eye Movement Dessensitization and Reprocessing) practitioners in Singapore. She is qualified to offer EMDR to treat anxiety disorders (i.e. panic attacks, PTSD, specific fears, etc.), depression, chronic pain disorders, and many more.
Silvia has been living in Singapore for more than five years. She is interested in cross-cultural psychology and she enjoys working with both the expatriate and local community.
She is fluent in English, Italian, French and offers counselling in all of these languages. Silvia is available to see clients on Mondays and Fridays.
Claudia obtained a Bachelor of Psychology from James Cook University Australia. She has extensive experience and training in NABA therapy and DIR/Floor time therapy. She provides hands on, one on one behavioral therapy to multi-aged children on the autism spectrum as well as other developmental differences.
She designs, trains, supervises, and directly implements NABA programming. She believes with her knowledge and experience along with her love and devotion she can make a significant and positive difference in the lives of children and their families. Her future plans include pursuing a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology.
She speaks English and German fluently and can conduct therapy in those languages.