Internal Family Therapy

COURSE BRIEF

Internal Family Therapy sounds as if it's for the family, but surprise, it's for the individual. It has useful theory, i.e. the mind is made up of several related parts governed by the compassionate "Self" that regulates it. Experiences of the past and trauma, especially, are key. Excerpts from the movie Upside Down 1 and 2 will be used.

About Your Trainers

Ian Poulier is a trained counsellor with extensive experience in counselling youth and young adults. As a counsellor, Ian believes it is important to understand the client in the context of their value systems. Applying a person-centred approach undergirded by a social emotional learning framework (SEL), Ian is continually challenged to bring the clients he engages with to be empowered to reach their fullest potential. He is currently working at The SEL Network LLP and a well-known facilitator and speaker at workshops, conferences, seminars, in both educational and corporate settings. He hosted TEENTALK on 93.8LIVE and mentored focus groups with different schools. He is also actively called upon to give advice and opinions by the journalists of the New Paper. Ian has been a professional Counsellor serving both local and international schools and in a VWO. He has coauthored a book, HeartWarmers, a collection of prose and poetry.

Andrew Ponniah first started his career in audit at Arthur Young, after completing his BACC at NUS. He then moved into education where he taught at Temasek Junior College and Ngee Ann Poly. From there and after his MBA, he took on the mantle of entrepreneur and set up a private international school under the Methodist Mission. He moved into counselling after his Masters at James Cook University. Having set up the SEL Network in 2010 as a counselor training enterprise, he now works part-time as a Counsellor in church. He finished hisGraduate Diploma in Christian Studies at BGST in 2015. Author of two books, Trust or Rust? on Emotional Quotients and HeartWarmers, an anthology of prose and poetry, Andrew is an avid reader and believer in new ideas. Married with four children, he loves the active and balanced life. He is a also a Narrative Therapist who delves into DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) too.

Charlie is an educator-counsellor with a Master of Arts in Counselling. He uses an integrated therapeutic approach, drawing from Motivational Interviewing change-talk strategies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and mindfulness practices, assisting individuals with life’s complexities, negotiating interpersonal, professional and personal life growth goals. He is also trained to administer and counsel using the Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis instrument for individuals and couples. Before his call to counselling, he practiced as a dental hygienist in the US and in two local clinics here in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Fine Art and an Associate of Applied Science RDH degree. He has been married to his wife, Yeng, for 19 years and apart from counselling, enjoys exercising on the Green Corridor, drawing animal portraits, bike riding with his wife