Trainings & Certifications

  • Full member of Singapore Psychological Society (SPS)

  • Member of Parnell Institute (EMDR)

  • Provisional Clinical member of Singapore Association of Counselling (SAC)

  • Bachelor of Social Science with honours (Psychology), National University of Singapore

  • Master of Counselling, Monash University

  • EMDR:

    • Attachment-focused EMDR: Part 1, 2 & 3

    • Rewiring the Addicted Brain with EMDR Based Treatment

  • Expressive modalities:

    • Introduction to Sandtray Therapy

    • Beyond Assessment: Using Drawing in Counselling and Expressive Therapies (Beginners Level Training Course)

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT):

    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Introduction and Skills Building workshop

    • Contextual Schema Therapy (Integrating ACT & 3rd Wave Therapy to Building Healthy Adult Mode)

    • ACT Immersion

    • Nurturing Roots to Reach New Heights

    • Mindful Self-Compassion Programme

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT):

    • Emotion-Focused Therapy, Module 1

    • Introduction To Complex Trauma

  • Suicide Intervention:

    • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

    • safeTALK Training for Trainers (T4T)

  • Hypnosis:

    • Fundamental and Intermediate Training in Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis

  • Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP):

    • Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

  • Other body-based training:

    • Transform your Pain – with Mindful Somatic Movement

Jo-an Ng

Counsellor, Psychotherapist & Coach

Jo-an believes that everyone is doing the best they can, given what they know and understand. With foundational training in psychology, psychotherapy and counselling, Jo-an is an attachment-focused EMDR practitioner and has a decade of clinical experience in mental health. She is also trained in other therapy modalities including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), emotion focused therapy (EFT), cognitive behaviour therapy(CBT), Eriksonian hypnosis and others.

She places emphasis on the role of emotion regulation at the core of her practice and moves towards working through internal barriers and traumatic experiences to support her clients in living more fully and authentically. She specialises in stress, adjustment, attachment disorders, depression, anxiety, insomnia and traumatic experiences. Jo-an feels deeply that it is a privilege to hold space for her clients to explore and integrate within.

Acknowledging the wisdom of the body and witnessing how working with the body brings about benefits to one’s well-being, Jo-an also received her yoga teacher training in 2015 and continues to be amazed by teachings and philosophies of yoga and body-based works. She strives to integrate psychological and clinical knowledge of the mind and body and infuse these wisdom into her teaching and counselling practice.