Fr Charles Sim, SJ, Ph.D

Head of Counselling, Kingsmead Center

Dr. Charles Sim, S.J, graduated from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, with a Master of Science in Family Therapy in 2002. He did his clinical training at the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, King’s College Hospital, as well as the renowned Maudsley Psychiatric Hospital in London, England. He then went on to complete his doctorate in Couple and Family Therapy at the University of Minnesota (USA), including specialized training at the Minuchin Family Centre (NYC), Gottman Institute (Seattle), and Medical Family Therapy at the Medical Centre, Rochester University (USA). He is the master trainer for the “Person-of-the-Therapist” (POTT) and the “Marital First Responder” (MFR) training workshops.

Charles was the former Head of the Master of Counselling programme at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). He developed the Master of Counselling, specializing in Couple and Family Therapy and the Graduate Diploma in Systemic Therapy programmes. He is the visiting consultant and clinical supervisor at the Psychological Medicine Department, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Currently, Charles is an associate faculty member at the Nathan School of Human Development (NSHD), SUSS. He also developed an online “Essentials of Clinical Supervision” for UniLEARN-SUSS. He is presently supervising a group of counsellors and supervisors-in-training (SITs) at the Beijing Normal University Mental Health Service Centre. Charles is a clinical member of the Association of Marital and Family Therapy (Singapore), and a fellow of the Asian Academy of Family Therapy (Hong Kong).