Experience a coherent sense of self
Discover the ‘why’ behind certain thoughts, beliefs and behaviour
Transform old patterns that repeat, but no longer work
Re-construct a new belief and experience relief
Change from inside-out
EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY | WORKSHOPS & TRAINING | COLLABORATIONS
Coherence Matters Psychotherapy is founded by Jolene Chiang - an experienced Clinical Psychotherapist and Trainer with 15 years of experience in the community development sector.
Jolene works part-time at a psychiatric hospital in Singapore, providing individual and group therapy to individuals living with mental health conditions due to adverse childhood experiences and traumatic encounters.
She maintains a private practice offering experiential therapy and training workshops.
With qualified training and certifications, she has uniquely combined psychology, brain-science research and the power of images used in art therapy.
Coherence Matters Psychotherapy is established upon the philosophy of providing ethical, high quality and compassionate service offerings that tailor to the diverse needs of individuals and organisations.
Our Therapy Approach
Did you know that your brain can update old emotional memories? This is called memory reconsolidation.
Instead of ventilating - which is not always healing - your brain can unlearn pain.
Integrating psychological, memory reconsolidation research and creative arts, Jolene’s clinical practice is rooted in a ‘bottom-up’ approach.
In a ‘top-down approach’, therapy is focused on talking about what happened in the past, followed by trying to make sense of what happened. This can be useful, but talk alone cannot access the trauma stored in this region of the brain.
Whereas, in a ‘bottom-up’ approach, we primarily work with creating safety for the nervous system through felt-senses, guided visualisation, somatic awareness, and then make meaning from these experiences.
There is no ‘better’ or ‘worst’ approach, but I believe in an integrative practice that utilises both ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ models elegantly and aptly,
instead of solely relying on one approach.
Our services
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Individual Therapy
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Workshops
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Training
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Community Projects
What Clients Say
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“I did not know this when I first began, but Jolene helped me realise what I was missing. Through art therapy, she helped me discover what that ‘hole’ was. I can now let go of the pain.”
— Mei, Client who lost adult son
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“Jolene gave a very thorough guide of use of art as a therapeutic approach.Great mix of theory, experiential activities and sharing of actual cases.”
— Alexia, Training Participant, Polytechnic School Counsellor
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“Jolene is a very knowledgeable trainer, and led the session well. [She] shared real cases with artworks showing the interactive progress of client’s journey.”
— N.H, Social Worker
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