Peggy Koh
This is me
​I have a warm and welcoming manner and am a caring listener. When working as a counsellor with clients and family members that come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, it is essential to have integrity and to be committed to maintaining confidentiality whenever it is required.
No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
Theodore Roosevelt
Expertise
​I can deliver positive and productive individual and group therapy sessions using psychology and mental health principles. I have also created and conducted behavioral intervention programs with appropriate counseling modalities.
Work
Experience
2019-2020 WOODLANDS RING SEC AND ST JAMES CHURCH
Counselling Intern
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Work with teenagers on issues like anxiety, anger management, depression, trauma, online gaming addiction.
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Work with young working adults on work related stress, interpersonal conflicts, panic, eating disorder.
​2012-2017 BEDOK GREEN SEC
EL & Lit, Teacher Counsellor
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Facilitate literature circles for students to imagine and retell stories
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Support students' mental and social emotional development
2007-2011 SHANGHAI SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ICT Lead Teacher
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Plan and assess students’ academic progress using ICT support tools.
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Share teaching ICT resources with fellow teachers for purposeful teaching and learning in classroom.
2000-2014 FAIRFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Form Teacher and Library Specialist
Professional
Development
​9th-12th Sept 2019
​WORKING WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTS AND SELF HARM BEHAVIOUR
14th-17th May 2019
​NEUROSCIENCE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAUMA & ADDICTIONS COUNSELLING
March 2018
​USE OF NARRATIVE IDEAS IN GRIEF THERAPY
27th Nov-1st Dec 2017
​TRAUMA COUNSELLING & MISSIONARY CARE
November 2016
​TEACHER COUNSELLOR COURSE
2nd April 2015
​SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR LEADERS
​28th-30th January 2015
CRITCAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENTL INDIVIDUAL CRISIS INTERVENTION & PEER SUPPORT
3rd-4th Sept 2001
​BASIC COUNSELLING SKILLS COURSE
Achievements
Jan - Dec 2015
​COOPERATING TEACHER MENTORSHIP
​2002
​HEWLETT-PACKARD INNOVATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MERIT AWARD
1993
​SGIO APPLIED STUDENT RESEARCH INCENTIVE AWARDS (MERIT)
Education
2021-2023
GRAD. DIPLOMA IN EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY (SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES)
July 2017 - May 2020
​MASTERS OF ARTS IN COUNSELLING (SINGAPORE BIBLE COLLEGE)
July 2000 - Sept 2006
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND LITERATURE (SINGAPORE INSTITUE OF MANAGEMENT)
Jan 1998 - June 2000
DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (NATIONAL INSTITUE OF EDUCATION)
​Aug 1992 - Sept 1996
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MARKETING AND MEDIA (MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA)