Shari is a passionate and highly experienced therapist with more than a decade of experience working with both children and adults in private and public settings. Trained first as a Speech Pathologist, Shari has an in-depth knowledge of child development, speech and language issues and special needs. A caregiver herself of a child with more needs, Shari has been on both sides of the fence, as a therapy provider and also as a client.
Psychotherapist
Shari Tan
- Master of Counselling (Advanced)
- Masters of Speech Pathology
- Certified International TRE® Provider
- Internal Family Systems Therapy Level 1
- Brainspotting Level 1
- Registered with SAC, ACA, USAATA
When working with parents or caregivers with children with special needs, Shari is able to intimately relate with and facilitate the co-creation of functional goals and workable solutions.
Shari naturally gravitates towards play therapy and trauma-informed methods when working with children and regularly incorporates developmentally appropriate, play-based approaches in her work with children using methods such as sand play, art or sensory worlds.
Modalities used may include: Internal Family Systems therapy, Brainspotting, Trauma/tension Release Exercises, Motivational Interviewing, Solutions-focused Brief Therapy and Play Therapy. Her approach is often eclectic, preferring to integrate current research with evidence-based modalities, and tailored to the needs and goals of each unique client.
Shari holds a Master of Counselling (Advanced) from Swinburne University, Australia
in addition to a Masters of Speech Pathology from La Trobe University. She is also a certified Transactional Analysis practitioner (registered USATAA member), an internationally certified TRE® (Traumatic Release Exercises) provider and trained in BSP (Brainspotting) Level 1 . Shari is a registered member of the Singapore Association of Counselling and the Australian Counselling Association.