Haikal received his Master degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS), under a full scholarship awarded by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS).
Before entering private practice, he has gained much experience in both the hospital and social services settings. These experiences have provided Haikal with many opportunities to work with a large variety of clients. His clientele ranged from individuals who needed psychosocial support to cope with their circumstances, to individuals whose adverse childhood experiences made it challenging for them to overcome longstanding mental health issues.
He specializes in providing interventions who are dealing with depression and anxiety, and has developed a second speciality in providing interventions for relationship issues.
Haikal is a Certified Advanced Level Schema Therapist by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He is primarily guided by the schema therapy model in his work with clients. In addition, he is Choice Theory & Reality Therapy - Certified, is accredited by the Asia Pacific Certification Board as a Certified Substance Abuse Therapy, and is certified as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner by the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. Haikal's commitment to professional development and building his skills as a clinical psychologist enables him to adopt a wide range of approaches to suit the needs of his clients.
He is also a Registered Supervisor with the Singapore Psychological Society, and provides supervision for Masters-level postgraduate students and to psychologists/counsellors in various organizations.
Haikal adopts a collaborative and client-centred approach in his work. He believes that the journey in therapy is a partnership, where his role is to assist his clients in becoming aware of obstacles in their growth and empowering them to remove these obstacles.
In his free time, Haikal is a fitness enthusiast and is passionate about sports.
Haikal can be reached at: haikal@impossiblepsychservices.com.sg
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