Dr Annabelle Chow
周泳伶博士
MAPS FCCLP MSRP MSPS
Clinical Psychologist (Australia)
Registered Psychologist (Singapore)
Fellow, APS College of Clinical Psychologists (Australia)
Clinical Supervisor (Australia, Singapore)
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Singapore law requires a disclosure that a psychology qualification is not a medical or dental qualification
Education
Ψ Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
Ψ Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology (Distinction)
Ψ Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
Professional Memberships
Ψ Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Ψ Board-Approved Supervisor (AHPRA)
Ψ Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Ψ APS College of Clinical Psychologists
Ψ Singapore Psychological Society
Ψ Singapore Register of Psychologists
Ψ SRP Approved Supervisor
Ψ Australia and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association (ANZICA)
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Presentations
Ψ Assessment and Management of Actively Self-harming and Suicidal Patients: Perspectives from a Clinical Psychologist
Ψ Trauma-informed Considerations in Primary Care
Ψ Mount Alvernia Paediatric Medicine, Neonatology and Paediatric Surgery PRL QAC Meeting 2024
Dr Annabelle is a Clinical Psychologist practising in Singapore providing evidence-based therapy for adults, couples, and families.
Her clinical work focuses on the assessment and management of Personality Disorders, particularly Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She works extensively with individuals experiencing complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, anxiety and mood issues, and long-standing relationship difficulties. Personality Disorders are mental health conditions where an individual experiences significant difficulty in the way they think, perceive, feel or relate to others.
Annabelle also has a strong clinical interest in women’s mental health. She supports individuals and couples navigating fertility challenges, pregnancy-related stress, and life transitions. She works also with older adults and provides psychological support for age-related adjustment and geriatric mental health concerns.
In therapy, Annabelle adopts a non-judgmental, person-calibrated approach to create a safe and validating environment for individuals to explore challenges.
Her therapeutic approach is collaborative, structured, and individually tailored. She integrates Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), and Mindfulness, and incorporates Psychodynamic Psychotherapy principles where clinically appropriate. For relationship difficulties, Annabelle provides the Gottman Method Couples Therapy in Singapore.
Annabelle has worked across hospital, outpatient and community mental health settings in Australia and Singapore. She has experience supporting individuals with high-risk presentations, complex trauma histories, and chronic relational patterns.
In child and family matters, she conducts custody evaluations and psychological assessments relating to care and control arrangements. She was previously appointed as a Custody Evaluation Officer assisting the Family Justice Courts of Singapore. She prepares professional psychological reports for court-related proceedings in Singapore.
Beyond clinical practice, Dr Annabelle contributes to public education on mental health and psychological resilience. She has participated in discussions on financial cybercrime, the psychology of scams, and strategies to strengthen psychological safety in an evolving digital landscape. She remains engaged in forums addressing online financial crime and mental health awareness in Singapore.
Having lived in Melbourne, Bergen and Shanghai, Annabelle has provided therapy to a range of local and expat populations. She is also a mother to her young boys and an aged feline. Annabelle copes with stress by running in nature and hanging from swings.
Annabelle provides therapy in English, Mandarin, Teochew and Hokkien.
Community, Media Features & Engagements
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Academic, Accreditations & Other Appointments
Ψ Lecturer & Clinical Supervisor, James Cook University, Singapore (2013-2019)
Ψ Clinical Supervisor, National University of Singapore (2020)
Ψ Clinical Supervisor, Nanyang Technological University (2020 - 2021)
Ψ Expert Speaker - IHDC Case Discussion Forum, Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) (2020)
Ψ Child Custody Evaluator and Supervisor, Community Psychology Hub (2019 - 2022)
Ψ Trained as a CARE officer under the National CARE Management System (Caring Actions in Response to Emergencies), providing emergency psychological and emotional first aid to the families and the rescue workers.
Ψ WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA)
Ψ LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Trainer
Selected Publication & Conference Highlights
Ψ (2016) Co-morbidity of personality disorder in schizophrenia among psychiatric outpatients in China: data from epidemiologic survey in a clinical population. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 224
Ψ (2015) Co-morbidity of personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder: special emphases on the clinical significance. CNS Spectrum, 20 (5), 466 – 468.
Ψ (2015) Screening schizotypal personality disorder for detection of clinical high risk of psychosis in Chinese mental health services. Psychiatry Research, 228 (3), 664 – 670.
Ψ (2012) Age and remission of personality pathology in the psychotic disorders compared to mood and/or anxiety disorders. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 44 (3), 241 – 255.
Ψ (2012) Prevalence of personality disorders using two diagnostic systems in psychiatric outpatients in Shanghai, China: a comparison of uni- axial and multi-axial formulation. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47 (9), 1409 – 1417.
Ψ (2011) Role of childhood traumatic experience in personality disorders in China. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53 (6), 829 – 836.
Ψ (2018) Progressive decline of cognition during the conversion from prodrome to psychosis with a characteristic pattern of the theory of mind compensated by neurocognition. Schizophrenia Research, 195, 554 – 559.
Ψ (2016) Two-year follow-up of a Chinese sample at clinical high risk for psychosis: timeline of symptoms, help-seeking and conversion. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 6, 1 – 12
Ψ (2016) Faux pas recognition performance in a help-seeking population at clinical high risk of psychosis. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 266 (1), 71 – 78.
Ψ (2016) Theory of Mind Impairments in Youth at Clinical High Risk of Psychosis. Psychiatry, 79 (1), 40 – 55.
Ψ (2016) Correlation of social cognition and neurocognition on psychotic outcome: a naturalistic follow-up study of subjects with attenuated psychosis syndrome. Scientific Reports, 10 (6), 35017
Ψ (2015) Helping persons with dementia meet their unmet needs. Symposium, Annual Scientific Meeting. Singapore.
Ψ (2015) Neuropsychological impairment in prodromal, first- episode, and chronic psychosis: Assessing RBANS performance. PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0125784
Ψ (2015) Interaction of social role functioning and coping in people with recent-onset attenuated psychotic symptoms: a case study of three Chinese women at clinical high risk for psychosis. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 11, 1647 – 1654
Ψ (2014) Prodromal psychosis detection in a counseling center population in China: An epidemiological and clinical study. Schizophrenia Research, 152 (2-3), 391-399.
Ψ (2013) Social support and schizophrenia: Comparison between China and Singapore. Abstract presented at 21st European Congress of Psychiatry. France, Nice: Conference.
Ψ (2023) Oppositional Behaviours in Children. The Singapore Family Physician Vol 49 No 8 - Child and Adolescent Preventive Mental Health Care, 24–28
Ψ (2013) Childhood maltreatment profile in a clinical population in China: A further analysis with existing data of an epidemiologic survey. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54, 856–864.
Ψ (2011) Role of childhood traumatic experience in personality disorders in China. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53 (6), 829 – 836.
Ψ (2011) Prevalence of personality disorders and childhood trauma in a clinical population in China. Abstract presented at Third World Congress of Asian Psychiatry (p. 71). Australia, Melbourne: Conference.
Ψ (2016) Evaluating the role of caregiver support groups in caring for persons with dementia: a Singapore context. Eastern Health Alliance Annual Scientific Meeting. Singapore