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RINA ONG-LIEBNITZ
BA (Psychology), AGSMD(Teaching Diploma), GradCert TESL, MEd, GradDip(HCM), MEd(Counselling), Master Practitioner (Solution-Focused Coaching)
I have been a teacher, mentor and lecturer in the field of education for over 20 years. I have worked closely with children, parents, families and teachers and have developed a deep understanding of families and parenting.
In my counselling practice, I have also worked extensively with young people and adolescents struggling with the challenges of today's realities.
Before establishing Maitri Matters, I spent many years leading Human Resources and Talent Development practices within multi-national organisations such as IKEA, Club 21, and Ogilvy & Mather. I am astute and experienced within corporate environments and have worked with executives at every level.
Having worked and lived in the United States, I also bring my personal experience of transnational living into my work and am uniquely placed to help people living away from their culture of origin.
I am unable to accept new clients and ask that you contact my associates Greg Spiro or Mira Yoon.
GREG SPIRO
MBA, Chartered MCIPD, CEDR Accredited Mediator, Certified Intercultural mediator (MATA)
Exploring the space where strategy, relationships and behaviour need to align - that’s where I add value through coaching, mediation, facilitation and workshops. I have been working with international and local businesses for many years with companies in financial services (M&G, Barclays Capital) to the alcoholic beverage sector (United Distillers and Moet Hennessy) and hotel industries (AccorHotels), diversified engineering (GE), IT (Xerox, BT) as well as institutions and social enterprise from the BBC to Singapore’s social enterprise sector with Conjunct Consulting. While focussing on business issues and relationships, the work can be quite personal so responsive listening, questioning and confidentiality are essential.
Having relocated from UK to Singapore in 2012 my practice has been worldwide including an 8 year stint in Asia Pacific working with joint ventures and their principals The interplay between corporate and ‘local’ cultures and their the impact on leadership and management was a central theme.
I have taught MBA and Public Policy Masters students on Georgetown University (Washington DC’s) graduate international program with Oxford University Negotiation, Leading ‘change’, cross-cultural factors in International Business and for 4 years I was Visiting Lecturer in Interpersonal Management Skills at London Business School. I have also participated in additional professional development in Advanced Consultation Skills at Work at the Tavistock Clinic. The combination of graduate teaching and organisational consulting have been mutually stimulating and beneficial to clients.
MIRA YOON
MA Art Psychotherapy, MA Special Education, MA Linguistics, BA(Hon) English Language.&Literature.
Mira Yoon is a psychotherapist who specialises in visual arts as a medium of expression. She holds Master’s degree in psychodynamic art psychotherapy, attained from LASALLE College of the Arts, which is validated by Goldsmiths, University of London. She also enjoys imparting her clinical knowledge and experiences as a research dissertation advisor. She holds professional membership with the Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association (ANZATA) and, through this international organization she is granted with a credential which allows her to work as a registered art therapist (AThR) in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Mira lectures on art therapy, and delivers trainings to other healthcare professionals, teachers and therapists. Her academic backgrounds include Master’s degree in Linguistics from National University of Singapore,Master’s degree in Special Education from California State University of Los Angeles, and Bachelor’s with Honours in English Language and Literature from Korea University.
Her therapeutic framework is informed by integrated theoretical models, which includes but not limited to Freudian psychoanalytic psychodynamics, Jungian analytical psychology, Gestalt theories, Humanistic psychology, Person-centered therapy, Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, Piagetian theory of cognitive development and Mindfulness-based art therapy.
Mira guides her clients through a creative and transformative journey of art making as a form of psychotherapy, where their unconscious core-conflicts are identified and resolved through visual imageries, symbols and explorations of various art media. Giving forms, shapes and colours to inexplicably difficult feelings and psychic pains through a therapeutic medium of art therapy elevates human spirits as it allows one to see and feel what is suppressed and obscured otherwise. Mira ensures her clients to encounter art therapy as a safe and constructive therapeutic experience, where they can let go of their guards, and unlock their creative minds to regenerate their inner resilience and psychological vitality.Through creative modality of visual arts, Mira assists her clients, with or without previous artistic experiences, to immerse in the process of art making, in a non-judgemental therapeutic environment, and to observe challenges of their lives from different perspectives.
Mira works with individuals from all age groups and various cultural and religious backgrounds who experience emotional and psychological distress such as depression, anxiety, anger management issues, addictions (substance abuse issues), eating disorders, grief and loss, family conflicts, transitions in life and various mental health issues.
Clients can contact Mira directly at thearttherapyroom@gmail.com (+65 91801854)
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