About Our Director

Fernanda Maurer-Stroh (she/her/hers) is the founder and director of The Psyche Counselling Pte. Ltd. She obtained her Master of Counselling at Monash University (Australia) and did her clinical training at the Yale-NUS Counselling Centre and at a local private clinic where she offered individual consultations for adults and young adults. A strong believer in giving back to society, Fernanda has additionally undergone training at The Greenhouse Community Services Ltd., a recovery centre for marginalised and vulnerable communities, where she is currently part of the team facilitating the SMART Recovery Program meetings and providing individual therapy services on a volunteer basis.

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Before becoming a counsellor, Fernanda obtained her Bachelor Cum Laude in Biomedical Sciences and her Master in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Later, she moved to Europe where she completed her Master of Advanced Studies in Bioinformatics with great distinction and obtained her PhD in Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.

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Although Fernanda was born and raised in Brazil, she has accumulated experiences living in four countries over three continents for over 20 years. In 2007, she established herself with her family in Singapore while pursuing her career as a researcher and raising her children. It was during Covid-19 when Fernanda felt the need to contribute more directly to the health and well-being of those undergoing mental health issues and dedicated her time to become a professional Counsellor.

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With a lifetime in Sciences, Fernanda is particularly driven by challenges and likes to see the individual as a unique combination of past and current experiences. An advocate of preventive mental health through self-knowledge, Fernanda is passionate about the nature of human emotions, their thoughts, and how they play a role influencing our behaviours. Fernanda is open-minded and has been exposed to a diverse group of beliefs and has supported people from different faiths and cultural backgrounds and is a very strong ally for the LGBTQIA+ cause. ​