About
Virginia Lien (Dr)
Director, The Mindful Compassion Project, Singapore
Virginia is a medical doctor, psychotherapist, Christian spiritual director and retreat-giver with a keen interest in the health and wholeness of persons. Her passion is in creative teaching for wellness and holistic growth.
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She has completed teacher-training in:
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Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)
by Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC)
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
by University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre
Mindful Practice in Medicine
by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)
The Mindful Compassion Project is her latest creative endeavour to facilitate psychoeducation in mindful self-care and self-compassion for healthcare professionals in Singapore.
Her work currently addresses stress and burnout in healthcare, especially for the medical profession, with the vision to address physician well-being from the roots—through mindful-compassion education for undergraduates, residents-in-training, experienced clinicians and healthcare leaders—equipping doctors and healthcare organisations to meet patient suffering with compassion and equanimity.
About
Joanna Tan
Director, The Mindful Compassion Project, Singapore
Joanna Tan is a psychotherapist in private practice.
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She holds a Masters in Art Psychotherapy from Edith Cowan University (WA) and received training in Creative Arts Therapies, Group work, Play Therapy, Sand-Tray Therapy, Clinical Supervision, Dreamwork, Psycho-Spirituality, MiCBT (Mindfulness Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and MSC (Mindfulness Self Compassion). She is also a trained and qualified EMDR practitioner (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and is adept at working with people who have experienced childhood and past trauma, loss & grief and anxiety.
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As a psychotherapist with 18 years experience, Joanna offers a non-judgmental and relational approach which is accepting, open-minded, sensitive and respectful of the values and belief systems of her clients.
