Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects communication, social interaction, and behaviour. While often associated with childhood, autism is a lifelong condition that can significantly impact adults. Many adults with autism remain undiagnosed, particularly women, due to factors like masking (camouflaging autistic traits) and gender biases in diagnostic criteria.
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Dr. Munidasa Winslow
Dr Munidasa Winslow specialises in addiction and impulse control disorders such as alcohol, substance dependence, gambling, gaming and sexual compulsivity amongst others. He is a pioneer in addiction and impulse control disorders in the Asia-Pacific region.
Before founding Promises, Dr Winslow served as chief of the Addiction Medicine Department at IMH. He played a pioneering role in the setting up of the National Addictions Management Service (NAMS).
Tan Su-Lynn
Tan Su-Lynn is a Principal Educational Psychologist who has been working in the field since 2007, including over a decade at the Ministry of Education (MOE) supporting children with special needs. She has extensive experience conducting psychological assessments and interventions, helping schools identify and support children with special needs, and consulting for schools and parents on learning and behavioural intervention strategies.
Dr. Terence Leong
Dr Terence Leong is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist who specialises in general adult psychiatry and medical psychiatry, and is respected in the field of forensic psychiatry.
Dr Leong has occupied multiple key roles at the National University Health System, which oversees several hospitals, national speciality centres, and polyclinics. In addition, he was also appointed to be a senior lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Dr. Joseph Leong Jern-Yi
Dr. Joseph Leong is well known to be warm and welcoming to all who have met him. He listens actively to assess what is happening and makes recommendations, going through various options for both patients and caregivers who seek his help.
He believes that recovery is possible for all and can be successful when there is appropriate support and adequate skills training – so he looks beyond finding the best combination of medications to recommending talk therapy and psycho-social rehabilitation and community partnerships.
He is highly skilled in motivational interviewing as well as solution-focused brief therapy and has been promoting health coaching approaches to all he meets. He is committed to finding the best possible solutions for the recovery of those under his care.
Before joining Promises Healthcare, Dr. Joseph Leong has actively served in both the public and people sectors to promote recovery and build community capabilities and capacity.
Dr. Sandor Heng
Dr Sandor Heng is a skilled and experienced dual diagnosis clinician. He has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and has worked in both private and public health sectors in Australia and Singapore. Though he describes himself as a behaviourist by heart and was schooled in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, he generally adopts an eclectic approach in treating addictions and mental health. By focusing on a strengths-based approach, he blends evidence-based practice with practice-based evidence to achieve clinical outcomes. He has a special interest in co-occurring disorders (addictive disorders and mental health disorders), and his philosophy of therapy is to be the best version of oneself, which he practices in his own life.
Prior to joining Promises, Dr Heng was the sole psychologist at the National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) in the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for 7 years and was the team lead for the NAMS Inpatient Program. Dr Heng currently sits on the Board of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA) and is the Chair of the Rehab & Reintegration Subcommittee. He is also an Associate Faculty in the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), where he teaches the Addiction Module in the Masters of Counselling Program.
Dr. Belinda Teo
Dr. Belinda Teo is an experienced clinical psychologist who has provided psychological evaluations and interventions to children and adults with a range of co-occurring mental health concerns. She holds a special interest in providing differential diagnoses for neurodivergent and gender-diverse populations.
Tom Maniatis
Tom has over 20 years of professional experience in addiction treatment provision, predominantly working in government-contracted treatment services in the UK.
This included delivering group and 1-1 therapy in various prisons, and regional community outpatient drug and alcohol treatment centers.
His wealth of knowledge has led him to various responsibilities, including quality checking/inspecting treatment centers, educating medical personnel on treatment methods, and managing regional treatment services involving large multidisciplinary teams.
His clientele most often includes people with very complex needs, and his extensive and diverse experience as a therapist means that he is able to think outside the box, handling highly complex and sensitive situations with confidence.
Tom never gives up on clients and utilises a trauma-informed, neurodiversity friendly, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and compassionate approach.
S C Anbarasu
S C Anbarasu is experienced and trained in the assessment and intervention of various mental illnesses and cognitive functioning. He is also qualified to administer a wide range of psychometric assessments, and prepare psychological reports for SPED admissions.
Amirah Munawwarah Binte Idilfitri
Amirah Munawwarah is a registered art psychotherapist with experience in public healthcare and with young adults and inmate artists.
Amirah graduated from LaSalle College of the Arts with an MA in Art Therapy and clinical attachments in a general hospital (SGH) and a local secondary school. After completing her training and MA, she practised as an art psychotherapist providing workshops and sessions for organizations including Singapore Prison Service, Lions Befrienders, PPIS, Woodlands Health Centre, and MENDAKI.
Amirah has a spectrum of experiences in providing art therapy and art as therapy sessions to individuals in 1-to-1 therapy sessions, group art therapy, open art studios for specific populations, and the general public. She has worked with depression, anxiety, autism, stress-related conditions, self-betterment, healing and trauma. As a practising art psychotherapist, Amirah works primarily with art materials and mediums that encourage clients to holistically create and express whilst building on their strengths and capacity for creative growth and explorations through the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC), and El-Duende One Canvas Process Painting (EDPP).
Amirah was a recipient of MENDAKI Youth Promise Scholarship Award in 2019 (formerly known as the Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award) and believes that art is subjectively unique as each individual can creatively express themselves.