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The Therapists
CHOOSING A PRACTITIONER
Each Practitioner is happy to discuss with you your personal requirements. If they are not able
to offer expertise in the area you require they will suggest an alternative practitioner.
When contacting a practitioner,
questions to ask include:
* What hours are
you available?
* What are your
fees?
* What is your cancellation policy?
* What experience do you have in this area?
* What is your approach to this problem?
* How long is therapy expected to take?
At BPA we encourage our future clients to feel free to ask
questions while making an appointment. This is our first contact with each other. On phoning a practitioner you may get an
answering machine or voice mail. Please leave a message. Your call is important to us, and we endeavour to return calls as
soon as possible. Alternatively you can use the "Contact us here" links throughout this site to send a message to
your chosen therapist.
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| George " Keoki " Ciervo |
George "Keoki" Ciervo
George “Keoki"
Ciervo received a Masters in Education Counselling Psychology degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology also from Temple University. Initially,
Keoki maintained a private practice in Pennsylvania U.S.A. before practicing in Hawaii. During
this time he worked with adults and couples before accepted a position with The Department of Education Hawaii as a School
Based Behavioral Health Therapist. In this capacity Keoki's experience included, but was not limited
to, working with students in elementary, middle, and high schools, their families, and school staff, both teachers, and Administration.
He realizes the effectiveness of, and consistently uses, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Emotive
Behavioral Therapy. Keoki has, and continues
to; facilitate therapy assisting adults and adolescents who exhibit symptoms indicating a mood disorder such as mood swings,
depression, dysthymia, and anxiety disorders. These can and do include generalized fear (phobia), specific fear, panic attacks,
separation anxiety, social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance-induced anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, conduct disorder,
oppositional defiance, and disruptive behavior disorder. In addition, Keoki has over 30 years experience working with clients
who are alcohol and/or drug abusers. Keoki's desire is to help adults, adolescents, parents, and couples experience optimal joy and reach their personal
goals.
For a detailed description of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Please click here
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| Carolyn Ford |
Carolyn Ford
Contact Carolyn Here
Carolyn has been working as a Counselling
Psychologist for over 15 years, and prior to joining BPA in Bangkok worked in the UK, Italy, Chile, and the USA.
Graduating with a BSc in Psychology and then a MSc in Counselling
Psychology from Roehampton (Surrey University) in the UK, she has experience working with a range of emotional issues including
grief and loss, incest, divorce, adoption, abuse,
depression, cross -cultural issues, addiction, eating disorders, PTSD, relocation anxiety and stress.
Offering primarily individual counselling for adults and children,
Carolyn’s approach is technically eclectic and in her therapeutic work draws from Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy,
Client Centred Therapy, Psychodrama and Acceptance and Committment Therapy: i.e. matching strategies to the clients’
presenting issues.
Carolyn is a consultant for UNICEF and has held training courses for UNICEF in Panama and Bangkok. She currently
facilitates a cancer support group at a hospital in Bangkok, and is a Visiting Consultant at another Bangkok Hospital.
She is bilingual (English/Italian) and
has conducted therapy in Spanish.
Please feel free to contact her through the link
above, or
with a call at the office.
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| Shirley Tan |
Shirley Tan
Contact Shirley here
Shirley Tan is a Clinical Psychologist with more than 15 years of clinical experience. She is the co-founder of Psyhealth
Centre, a clinic offering psychological services located in Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre in Singapore. Currently on sabbatical
leave from Psyhealth Centre, Shirley is the Visiting Consultant at Bangkok Psych Associates.
She graduated with a Masters of Science in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology as a Colombo
Plan Scholar from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Prior to starting her private practice, she worked at the Institute
of Mental Health & Woodbridge Hospital, the only state psychiatric institution in Singapore.
Over the years, Shirley has also lectured in several institutions of higher learning, including the National University of Singapore (Graduate School of Business), Temasek Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
Hotel and Tourism Education Centre, Singapore Human Resource Institute and the Executive Counselling and Training Academy
in Singapore.
In her work as a clinical psychologist, Shirley helps people cope with problems of daily living, such as stress, anxiety,
depression, eating and weight problems, relationship difficulties, school problems etc. She also works with clients who have
diagnosed psychological disorders, often utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to supplement the pharmacological therapies
that her clients may be undergoing with their doctors. In addition to therapy work, Shirley carries out psychological assessments,
such as neuropsychological assessment, psychoeducational assessment and personality testing. She has worked with young children,
adolescents and adults.
Effectively bilingual, she has conducted many lectures, seminars and workshops in both English and Mandarin. She also
appears regularly in the newspapers, television and radio broadcasts.
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Other
Therapists
Contact us here
Other therapists use the facilities on an Add Hoc basis as and when required, all can be contacted through the office
phone. Just leave a message if no-one answers, after all, we may all be busy.
A brief overview of some of the other team members would include
* a very experienced female counsellor
* an educational psychologists, again with international experience
In addition we can offer on site courses for companies.
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Cancellations
To better serve our clients, we require
24-hour notice for cancellation of appointments or there is a 50% charge per service.
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