Isabelle has completed her Masters in Counselling (Swinburne University) with a specialization in Marital and Family therapy. She is a registered member of the Singapore Association for Counselling. 

She has over 20 years of experience working with youth and families in varied capacities and was a lecturer at a local polytechnic for 12 years. In 2016, she assumed the role of Para-Counsellor in addition to her teaching portfolio.

In collaboration with Catholic Family Life, Isabelle coordinated and assisted in setting up counselling services in Novena Church where she currently provides pro-bono counselling services.

Her therapeutic work is currently focused on families, individuals and couples. As a mother herself, Isabelle understands the challenges of parenthood and its impact on couples and children. With her training in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Transactional Analysis (TA) and Reality Therapy, Isabelle adopts a holistic and systemic approach when attending to her clients.

A firm believer that every individual has sufficient internal resources to manage life’s challenges, she sees herself as an initiator to this process of resolution. Isabelle is committed to guiding individuals to attain better insights to their lives by assisting them to identify obstacles and overcoming them. As a counsellor, she adopts a humanistic and empathetic approach when helping individuals empower themselves.

Gavin has completed his Masters in Counselling (Swinburne University) majoring in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. He is a certified Level 3 and Level 4 Positive Parenting Program Practitioner.

He has 10 years of experience in counselling children, adolescents, parents, and families. He specializes in working with children and adolescents with behavioural problems from varied cultural and social backgrounds. Gavin’s professional experience includes working with different social service agencies in his capacity as a social worker. He has undergone relevant trainings with the Singapore Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) throughout his time in the social service sector.

As a counsellor, Gavin adopts a customized client centered approach to achieve the clients’ goals. His training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Based Therapy (SFBT) and Transactional Analysis (TA) allows him to adeptly attend to his clients.

Gavin firmly believes that everyone has the potential to achieve greatness. Often in life, we are faced with roadblocks that pushes us further away from our fullest potential. As a counsellor, he aims to journey and support everyone in a guided discovery to find ways to overcome these roadblocks. He believes that there isn’t one fixed method when working with an individual and utilizes a variety of counselling approaches to aid the individual towards reaching their fullest potential.