Lissy focuses her practice on promoting emotional wellness. In her 27 years as a counseling psychologist, she has helped children, teens, couples, and families achieve emotional and psychological wellbeing. Not surprisingly, she has been sought after as a professional speaker across the region – delivering live talks and presentations, facilitating wellness workshops, and appearing on television, print, and radio. With such a background, Lissy now has a wellspring of insight to guide and share with many.
Lissy’s professional career has brought her to live and practice in five countries, with Singapore being her base for the past 11 years. With Lissy as one of its founding directors, International Counselling & Psychology Centre was established in 2015. She has authored two books on building and maintaining genuine connectedness as the basis for lifelong relationships and marriages. Her first book, Affairs Don’t Just Happen: Protect, Repair, Recover, was launched in 2016, Stay connected (2018)and Couple goals (2019) are interactive journals.
Armed with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Clinical Fellowship from Harvard University, Lissy is also a Certified Imago Therapist (advanced clinician) and a Certified Imago Workshop Presenter.