Emma Waddington

Dr Emma Waddington has 20 years of experience in the field of mental health. She worked as a Clinical Psychologist in UK local services, hospitals and in the private sector for over ten years prior to coming to Singapore. In this time, she worked at developing a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy service for young people and adults at a local hospital in addition to lecturing at the Anna Freud Centre, and was a visiting lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Since coming to Singapore, Emma has worked with adults, couples, children and families to help them overcome emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, anger management and behavioural difficulties using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She also ran a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy service within the National University Singapore (NUS) Masters of Clinical Psychology programme for two years and was an adjunct associate professor at NUS for five years.

Emma currently works closely with community services in Singapore to support the growth of psychological care within local services.

Emma was herself an expat child, who moved eight times and lived in five countries before settling in the UK to do her university studies. She has both British and Spanish nationalities and so has first-hand experience of the challenges and adventures that come with being a third culture kid. Emma can conduct therapy in English, Spanish and Italian.

Education

• MSc London Metropolitan University (2006 — 2007)
• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Swansea University (2003 — 2007)
• MSc UCL (2002 — 2003)
• Bachelor's degree UCL (1996 — 1999)
• MSc UCL

Companies

• Senior Clinical Psychologist Thrive Family (2019)
• Clinical Supervisor REACH team Institute of Mental Health (2018)
• Licensed Clinical Psychologist Psynaptica (2017 — 2018)
• Adjunct Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2013 — 2018)
• Clinical supervisor Institute of Mental Health (2015 — 2016)
• Practice tutor for Diploma in CBT for young persons University College London (2012 — 2013)
• Practice Tutor for CY-IAPT Institute of Psychiatry (2012 — 2013)
• Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist The London Child and Family Therapy Centre (2007 — 2013)

Skills

• Mindfulness
• Mental Health
• Group Therapy

Other

Clinical Supervision, Anger Management, Child Development, Psychological Testing, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Research, Psychological Assessment, Cognition, Psychotherapy, CBT, Psychology