Marissa Teo

• Lead, Local internships
• Growth mentor, framework development and coaching sessions
• Organising team, Asian Undergraduate Symposiumnternship

• Course Chair, Specialist Diploma in Workplace and Career Counselling
• Module Coordinator, Introduction to Psychology
• Lead, Universal Design Learning Practices (UDL)
• Co-Lead, Human Resource Learning Journey – Building Companies of Good (People)
• Lead, Wellness Pillars – facilitated wellness initiatives for students, staff and industry partners
• Lead, CET programmes - initiated business development and implemented new training programmes for industry stakeholders
• Lecturer for Psychology, Counselling and Entrepreneurship modules

• Founded Acting Up, a social enterprise that provides therapeutic interventions and workshops for socio-emotionally vulnerable youth through the healing arts in Singapore
• Designed and implemented therapeutic workshops and interventions for schools, VWOs and rehabilitation institutions
• Clients include the Community Rehabilitation Centre (Trybe), The Ministry of Social and Family Development (Child Protection and Probation Services) and Hua Mei Centre (Tsao Foundation)
• Designed and implemented workshops for the general public to raise awareness of multimodal arts-based therapies

• Individual and group creative arts therapy sessions for the student population
• Providing self-care and mental wellness workshops for staff - Initiated “Unmasked”, a therapeutic, arts based advocacy group
• Providing consult on the use of the creative arts for students with special needs
• Co-initiated a peer-helpers’ programme
• Co-conducted CARE Officer training workshops
• Initiated and facilitated showcases for students as part of their therapeutic experience

• Team Psychologist for the 2015 World Skills and 2016 ASEAN Skills Competition
• Provided group and 1 to 1 creative arts therapy, counselling and crisis intervention
• Initiated “Impressionists”, a creative arts therapy and advocacy group for students
• Facilitated forum theatre performances to promote awareness of special needs

• Lectured on the modules “Social Psychology” and “World Issues from a Singapore Perspective”

• Group and 1 to 1 creative arts therapy, counselling and crisis intervention
• Team Psychologist, ASEAN and World Skills Competition
• Conducted workshops for ITE staff on the Creative Arts in Therapy
• Initiated SCU Dramatics, a therapeutic drama group which inculcates social skills for ITE students and advocates social messages through performances
• Initiated Project ‘I am’, a therapeutic project to help students cope with the stigma from negative societal labeling

• Conducted investigation and supervision for Child Protection, Beyond Parental Control, Custody Dispute and Minister of Parliament cases
• Presented social reports in the Juvenile (Children Care) Court and liaised with families and social welfare agencies to provide followup case management.
• Provided counsel for the children and youth, and supervision for the families and caregivers in providing appropriate care for them