I am specific about who I work with.
Starting work that shouldn’t have started is the worst outcome for everyone. On this page I’ve put down, plainly, what I specialise in, who I’m not the right person for, and the colleagues in Singapore I refer to when the fit is wrong. Part of how I think about this comes from sitting on the review side of the table myself: I serve as a review member for the Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP) under the Singapore Psychological Society, which means I look at other clinicians’ credentials for a living. I take the question of who is and isn’t the right person for a piece of work seriously.
I’m ADHD myself. If that matters to you, either because you want someone who gets it from the inside, or because you want to know where I’m coming from, now you know.
This page assumes you’re trying to figure out whether I’m the right person for what you’re carrying. If you’re not yet sure what you’re carrying, what to ask for, what kind of help you’re looking for, start at /where-to-start/ instead. Clinical fit is a different question.
Where I do my best work
My clinical training and the bulk of my published research is in four overlapping areas: ADHD and neurodiversity across the lifespan, anxiety disorders and OCD, mood and bipolar-spectrum conditions, and paediatric behavioural concerns.
Concretely, this is the work I’m doing most weeks:
ADHD assessment and therapy for children, teenagers, and adults, including late-diagnosed adults and women whose ADHD has been missed.
Exposure-based cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders (generalised, social, separation, panic, health anxiety, specific phobias) and for OCD. I trained in this model directly under Dr. Stephen Whiteside at the Mayo Clinic Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic and under colleagues who helped build its current evidence base.
Cognitive and behavioural therapy for mood concerns, including depressive disorders and bipolar-spectrum presentations, drawing on the protocols developed by Dr. Lauren Alloy and Dr. Eric Youngstrom. My doctoral clinical and research training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was primarily under Eric Youngstrom, with a year-long practicum under Jon Abramowitz (among many other luminaries I learned from along the way). Before that, I spent about a year and a half as a research assistant in Dr. Lauren Alloy’s Mood and Cognition Lab at Temple University, the kind of work that teaches you to think in hypotheses and read the literature like a clinician, not a consumer.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and behavioural parent training for young children with disruptive behaviour, oppositionality, and early-childhood ADHD. I am PCIT-trained.
Parent-Coached Exposure Therapy (PCET) for children and teens with anxiety and OCD, the family-based variant of exposure therapy I trained in directly at Mayo.
If what you’re looking for falls inside these areas, I am likely a good fit. If it doesn’t, the rest of this page is for you.
Where I am not the right fit, and where to go instead
A reasonable clinician says no to work they are not the best person for. What follows is not an exhaustive list, but it covers the most common situations where I refer out.
Autism assessment and autism-specific intervention. I trained at Duke under Dr. Geraldine Dawson, one of the leading autism researchers in the world, so I know the territory well, and that is precisely why I don’t position myself as an autism specialist in private practice. Doing autism assessment and intervention well requires full-time focus and team infrastructure I don’t run here. I refer to specialists in Singapore who do.
Eating disorders. I don’t take eating disorders on as primary clinical work. See the eating disorders page for the colleagues I refer to in Singapore, PsyMed Consultants (led by Dr. Lee Ee Lian, founder of the SGH eating disorders programme) for multidisciplinary or post-hospitalisation care, Illuminate Psychology Practice for outpatient psychotherapy, Petite Practice for paediatric medical coordination, and SGH or IMH for severe presentations.
Psychotic-spectrum presentations. Active psychosis, first-episode psychosis, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders are outside my private-practice scope. These belong with psychiatrists and clinical teams equipped for them.
Severe, complex trauma requiring phased specialist treatment. I treat anxiety disorders, including PTSD symptoms that fit within my exposure-based training. I do not position myself as a complex-trauma specialist; for work requiring phased trauma-focused treatment (somatic approaches, internal family systems at depth, EMDR as a primary modality), I refer to colleagues with that training.
Couples therapy as a primary presenting concern. I work with families and I work with adults, but couples therapy is a distinct specialty and I don’t do it. For couples work I refer to Winifred Ling and Theresa Pong, both of whom are trained couples therapists in Singapore I know and trust.
Medication prescribing. I am a clinical psychologist, not a psychiatrist. When medication consultation is relevant to your care, I refer to psychiatrists I know and trust in Singapore, and I coordinate with them directly with your consent.
Clients looking for purely supportive, open-ended talk therapy. This is a reasonable thing to want, and there are good clinicians who offer it. It is not what I do. My work is structured, skills-based, and time-limited where possible. If what you’re looking for is weekly supportive space without a specific change goal, I am not the right person.
If any of these describes your situation, please see the refer-out list below. I keep it short and I only include colleagues whose work I actually know.
Colleagues in Singapore I refer to
These are clinicians and clinics in Singapore I know and trust for work that sits outside my scope, or for second opinions when a second opinion is what’s needed. I update this list periodically as my clinical network evolves. Inclusion here is based on my direct experience with the clinician or clinic; it is not an endorsement of every service they offer, and it does not constitute a formal referral. If you end up working with any of them based on this list, please verify current availability and fit with them directly.
Child and adolescent psychiatry (medication consultation)
- Dr. Adrian Loh (Promises Healthcare), child and adolescent psychiatrist I refer to for medication consultation in children and teens.
- Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Child Guidance Clinic, public-sector referral pathway.
Adult psychotherapy at Promises Healthcare
- Ms. Mok Sook Fern (Promises Healthcare), colleague I refer to for adult cases adjacent to but outside my specialty areas.
Paediatricians (developmental-behavioural and general)
- Petite Practice, Singapore-based paediatrician; I refer here for general paediatric coordination and developmental-behavioural questions.
Eating disorders
- PsyMed Consultants, led by Dr. Lee Ee Lian, founder of the eating disorders programme at Singapore General Hospital. Multidisciplinary team holding psychiatry, psychology, and a dietitian who is the only FBT-trained dietitian in Asia. The structure to look for when medical and nutritional pieces have to be held alongside the therapy, or for step-down after inpatient care.
- Ms. Amerie Baeg at Illuminate Psychology Practice, clinical psychologist with focused eating-disorder expertise, particularly with young people and body-image work. Adult and adolescent outpatient psychotherapy where the medical side is stable.
- Dr. Misa Noda at Petite Practice, Consultant Paediatrician (Duke-NUS) whose adolescent-medicine practice includes eating disorders. Useful when the paediatric piece needs to be held alongside the psychological work.
- Singapore General Hospital Eating Disorders Programme and IMH Eating Disorders Service, public-sector and inpatient pathways for severe presentations or when outpatient care has not been enough.
Autism assessment and autism-specific intervention
- Ms. Eulisia Er (Beary Psychology), colleague with autism-focused practice.
- A Kind Place, multidisciplinary autism-specialist clinic in Singapore.
- Dr. Karen Pooh (Alliance Counselling), UCL-trained clinical psychologist who works across CBT, ACT, DBT, and compassion-focused approaches with adolescents and adults; useful for autism-related cases requiring an integrative model.
Couples therapy
- Winifred Ling, trained couples therapist in Singapore.
- Theresa Pong, trained couples therapist in Singapore.
General adult psychotherapy (where the presenting concern is outside my scope)
- Alliance Counselling (Cluny Road location), I refer here for general adult psychotherapy cases outside my ADHD/anxiety/mood specialties.
- IMC (International Medical Clinic), helpful if primary care is needed alongside mental health triage, particularly for expat families navigating the Singapore system.
- Promises Healthcare, for general adult and adolescent care in areas adjacent to my specialty.
Public sector and subsidised services
- Institute of Mental Health (IMH), adult and child outpatient services.
- KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) Department of Child Development, developmental-behavioural paediatric assessment, ADHD assessment in the public sector.
- NUH Child Development Unit, paediatric developmental-behavioural services.
- MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development) services, for family cases requiring social support integration.
If you’re a clinician or referrer
If you are a paediatrician, a psychiatrist, a GP, a school counsellor, or an allied health colleague considering a referral to my practice, here’s what’s useful to know.
I’m a clinical psychologist with a small private caseload of children, teenagers, and adults in Singapore. My clinical focus is ADHD and neurodiversity, anxiety and OCD, mood, and paediatric behavioural concerns. I do assessment, psychotherapy, and, when relevant, school and psychiatrist coordination.
For referrals, please have your patient or their family reach out through my contact page, and, with appropriate consent, I’m happy to speak with you directly about the case before or during treatment. I prefer referrals with a brief referral letter or note indicating the presenting concern, relevant history, and the specific question you’d like addressed.
If the referral is outside my scope, I will say so and help redirect to a colleague. I would rather turn down a referral that isn’t a fit than accept one and deliver work I’m not the best person for.
For professional referrers, I also offer a Clinical Referral Guide, a one-pager summarising the scope of my practice, my training, and how referrals and communication typically work.
The bottom line
If you’ve read this far, you’re probably trying to figure out whether I’m the right clinician for your situation, or your child’s, or your patient’s. The honest answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. If it’s yes, the work usually goes well. If it’s no, I’ll tell you, and we’ll figure out who is right. That’s the deal.
What this costs
A standard session with me is 60–90 minutes at SGD 300. Assessments start from SGD 2,700 (adult) or SGD 3,500 (child or adolescent). For the full picture, including the first consultation, how payment works, and reduced-fee options, see my fees page.
And if you’re a clinician reading this, a GP, psychiatrist, allied-health colleague, and you’d rather route a patient to me directly, /refer-a-patient/ is the dedicated handoff.
If you’d rather start with a self-screen than a conversation, the screening tools library has validated short measures for ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and child behaviour. None of them are diagnoses, but they’re useful as a starting line.