Camellia Wong

Commercially-astute, adept, driven Qualified & Singapore Registered Psychologist with over eight years of experience as a Psychologist including clinical placement, and over 20 years as a Trainer for corporate leadership and mental wellness programmes. Culturally sensitive and informed clinician who had the opportunity to work with therapy clients from various countries such as Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Britain, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Venezuela, Singapore, and the United States. Worked with former incarcerated violence and drug offenders in Chicago, U.S.A to reintegrate into society by assisting them in their job search, housing, and psychological stressors on how to talk about their past offences to prospective employers and landlords. Well experienced in applying wide-ranging assessments and psychodiagnostic and psychotherapeutic techniques among others in identifying client needs and providing intervention solutions. Therapetutic orientation include, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Behavioural Therapy (SFBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Wealth of experience with crisis management such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, victim’s safety risk due to severe domestic violence and intimate partner violence, and sudden homelessness. Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the science of behaviour and mental processes and well-equipped with training, skills, and knowledge of behavioural and cognitive processes, and developing training workshops and manuals. A highly rated and dedicated course and training programme designer and facilitator whose participants who were very statisfied with the training content and delivery, as well as having met programme objectives in an excellent manner. Serviced corporate clients in consulting with their respective HR Managers or Project Representatives on the organisation’s volunteer projects, corporate emotional wellness workshops, career advancement, and mental wellness. Some of the clients include Amazon Singapore, Footlocker Singapore, IFM Electronics, Meta (formerly Facebook), numerous Government offices, and local SMEs such as Hatch, Yong-En Social Services, and Zhicheng Enrichment Centre to name a few. Former Clinical Forensic Psychologist with the Ministry of Social and Family Development – Clinical and Forensic Psychological Services (CFPS). Well-experienced in handling high risk cases of domestic violence, drug use, and crisis intervention. Excellent aptitude and attitude in engaging the respective stakeholders in such intense and challenging cases. Well-versed in providing training, consultation and teletherapy through platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Coviu – an Austrialian telemedicine platform for safe and confidential therapy sessions. Qualified Registered Psychologist offering expertise in mental health with focus on assessing and measuring mental capabilities of individuals. Qualified to contract, administer, score and interpret psychometric tests of personality, psychopathology, and intelligence. Well-versed expert at leveraging test results and assessments to objectively review patient specific proficiencies and needs.

• Singapore Psychological Society, #FM18056W
• American Psychological Society

• International Student Scholarship, awarded to students for their academic excellence by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP)
• Global Psychology Scholar & Start-ups, a research scholarship awarded by TCSPP International Programs & Services
• Global Impact Scholar Recipient, awarded to top five international students from TCSPP’s three campuses across the USA.

• Psychological Knowledge and Skills
• Case Management
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Crisis Intervention
• Domestic Violence
• Expatriation & Culture Shock
• Facilitation
• Intimate Partner Violence
• Motivational Interviewing
• Programme Design & Implementation
• Psychological Assessments
• Relationship Issues
• Solutions-Focused Behavioural Therapy
• Stress Management
• Work-related Performance Anxiety

• Director and Founder, InPsychful LLP, Singapore, 06/01/18, present, InPsychful, a Singapore incorporated entity, offers psychological services, wellness workshops for children, youth, and corporate, and training programmes. Founded InPsychful in June 2018 from the ground up and took on the role of Director with key responsibilities for strategic business development planning and robust marketing to drive revenue growth for its professional human services – offerings in niche areas of psychological services, wellness programmes for youth and adults, emotion management and performance monitoring, and mental resilience coaching. As a Founder, Camellia was featured on CNA on several occasions, 93.8FM, and other local magazines for her work. Camellia was also awarded as one of the Global Top 50 Mental Health Leaders in 2021 for her work in advocating the incorporation of technological platforms into clinical practices to accelerate the effectiveness of therapy sessions. Instrumental in developing and providing professional psychological services in areas such as: customised one-to-one therapy for youths and adults experiencing challenges in managing stress, anger, relationships, intimate partner violence, crisis management (i.e., self-harm and suicidal ideation), depression, anxiety, and sexual identity issues. treatment via online platform or in-person Forensic Psychological Assessments Mental Toughness Coaching - mental resilience coaching for individuals and teams Initiated and implemented ongoing Youth-Work Facilitator Training Programme Levels 1 to 3 for university students and entry-level social workers involved or interested in youths-at-risk. Masterminded designing and rolling out cutting-edge programmes and tools such as: Facilitator’s Starter Kit including prop-based debriefing tools & conversation starter cards. Experiential learning-based programme design plus real-life scenario role-plays. Responsible for the quality and delivery of all programmes, as well as professional development of staff. To ensure the maintenance or increase of client rating and feedback of InPsychful’s programmes. Feature in:
• Forensic Psychologist, Clinical & Forensic Psychological Service (CFPS), Ministry of Social & Family Development, Singapore, 08/01/16, 05/01/18, Appointed to and served as a collaborative team member of CFPS, a clinical-forensic centre, providing comprehensive psychological services to children, young persons, adults and families referred by the division. Conducted and provided psychological assessments and individual & group treatments for close to 60 violent and sex offenders (including high-risk violent youth offenders). Provided treatment for high-risk violent youth offenders in the juvenile Homes and in the community. Both in group and individual treatment. Participated as a team member in editing manual “Violent Prevent Programme” for staff members. Prepared and wrote accurate and concise court reports. Spearheaded leading Healthy Lifestyle Organising Team responsible for organising and overseeing two divisional – Rehabilitation and Protection Group (RPG) in 2017 and 2018 benefitting some 600 people. Designed and rolled out other significant RPG programmes for between 200 to 400 clients such as: Healthy Lifestyle: ‘Amazing Race’ style gameplay at Gardens by the Bay. RPG Town Hall
• Clinical Placements, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Clinical Therapy, Taylor Business Institute Counselling Centre, 02/01/16, 06/01/16, Clinical Therapy, Computer Systems Institute Counselling Centre, CSI, 09/01/15, 02/01/16, Community Engagement, Adult Link, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Forensic, 11/01/13, 04/01/14, These placements and projects were in collaboration with law firms, the adult court, and youth probation office, Chicago. The programmed designed were for former drug users, abusive fathers, and newly released incarcerated individuals, with the purpose of teaching them skills such as anger management, stress management, consequential thinking, and consultation on programme designing for youth probationers. The clinical therapy placements were targeted at adult learners from smaller private schools. The clinical placements provided the opportunity to service clients who experienced crisis such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, safety risk due to gang involvement, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sudden homelessness, adjustment challenges, and drug use. The student population serviced were from different countries such as Bolivia, Dominican Republic, India, Malaysia, Venezuela and the United States.
• Teaching Experience, Singapore, 07/01/18, present, Nanyang Technological University, 2023, present, SIM Global Education, 2023, present, University of Wollongong, Australia, Social Service Institute - NCSS, 2019, present, Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), 2019, present, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 2019, 2021, Arium School of Arts and Science, 2018, present, Dynamic and engaging Psychologist with extensive experience as an educator and panel speaker, specializing in a wide range of psychological disciplines. Proven track record of developing and delivering comprehensive webinars and courses on critical topics such as Domestic Violence, Cyberbullying, and Social and Emotional Learning, reaching over 3,000 participants from Australia, India, Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore. Skilled in creating impactful course materials and leading discussions that foster learning and understanding. Committed to promoting mental health awareness and providing effective support strategies in academic and professional settings.
• Learning and Development Experience, Zhicheng Enrichment Centre Pte Ltd, Singapore, 07/01/07, 08/01/13, In-charge of creating cultural exchange programmes for schools, social service agencies, and corporate organisations from countries such as China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Thailand. Spearheaded ground up initiative activities that were focused on specific objectives for the respective age groups, and led in the supervision and training of facilitators to ensure and maintain quality assurance in the services provided. Liased with overseas programme managers and local directors in the enhancement of programmes to value-add to our clients.