About

Beverly Tan – based in Melbourne
Registered Psychologist

Beverly is a Singaporean Counselling Psychologist with a Masters in Applied Psychology from National Institute of Education-Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU) and Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) from National University of Singapore (NUS).  She is currently registered with the Australian Psychological Society (APS).

Beverly has experience in the social and mental health services for over 8 years. When working at the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), she conducted assessments and interventions with complex families where abuse was present. Very often there were underlying psychological problems in these families such as, mood disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Beverly carried out intensive family work with caregivers and their children from various cultural backgrounds including expatriates. She eventually specialised in family mediation work with elderly parents and their adult children. However, her most enriching time was working with adolescents when she provided individual/group therapy in the Singapore Boys’ Home (SBH) and Dayspring Residential Treatment Centre.

After receiving a 5 years long service award from the government, Beverly left to explore the community setting where she worked at a Psychological Services Unit in a Family Service Centre. She worked with families whose children had challenges such as, ADHD, dyslexia, and anger management. She also gained experience in psychological testing. Shortly after she worked as a private psychologist in several clinics and conducted therapy with children and adults. The adults she worked with had family and relationship problems, workplace and financial stressors, or even health issues. She also led parenting workshops. Currently, Beverly provides psychological services virtually to clients in Singapore and in person to clients in Melbourne. She is working in the Western suburb of Melbourne.

Aside from being a psychologist, Beverly enjoys training and lecturing. She previously conducted trainings such as, problem-solving and conflict resolution for adolescents under the care of MSF. And she is currently an associate at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).

Since her work in MSF, Beverly has been trained in various approaches such as, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy. However, she uses Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach as her main foundation. Third wave cognitive behavioural therapies have been her recent interest and she is trained in Mindfulness and Schema Therapy. She has also taken up Family Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Through her own personal experiences, Beverly recognizes that at times resilience is a quality that allows one to “bounce back” from difficult situations. This is what she aims to build with her clients. However, relationship is key to successful therapeutic work and Beverly hopes to build a genuine connection with you. Beverly speaks both English, Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

Yolanda Ong – based in Singapore

Educational Psychologist at MPEC

Yolanda is a Registered Psychologist with the Singapore Psychological Society. She obtained her first degree from the University of Melbourne (Australia) with double major in Media & Communications and Psychology in 2007 and her Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Queensland (Australia) in 2008. In 2017, she graduated with a Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) from the National Institute of Education (Singapore). 

​Yolanda’s belief that every child has a voice led her to pursue a career in Psychology. She hopes to be a mouthpiece for the children whose voices may not be heard or understood. Yolanda worked as a Psychologist in the special education sector for over 7 years. She has experience working with children and adolescents of different needs, including intellectual and learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome.

Yolanda strongly believes in the importance of the role of the family unit and environment in supporting the growth of the child. In her role as the school’s Psychologist, she worked to support students, parents and teachers their behaviour, emotional and learning needs. She also provides consultations and trainings for parents, teachers and volunteers on working with individuals with special needs. Yolanda is a trained facilitator of the Signpost for Building Positive Behaviour Programme. 

​Yolanda left the special education sector to continue her personal and professional growth as a Psychologist. However, she has not left behind her passion to work with children. In her free time, she also enjoys cooking and travelling.

Natalie Loh
Intern (from 2020 to 2022)

Natalie is an enthusiastic and people-oriented Psychology major currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Singapore Management University. She is a strong advocate for seeking help when it comes to mental health and hopes to become either a counselling or clinical psychologist in the future. 

She enjoys anything that involves interacting with people and finds joy in listening to peoples’ stories- be it from elderly relatives, complete strangers, or sometimes even Grab drivers. Her experience in retail, teaching, and as an intern at a counselling practice have helped her build strong interpersonal skills when interacting with people of all ages.