Ms. Cheryl Chin Yi Fen

Honorary Secretary

Cheryl has exhibited an innate curiosity about human emotion, relation and connection since young. Her thirst for deeper understanding led her to complete her certification in FT, supervised by David Hong, a family therapist from Australia; graduate diploma in multigenerational FT, supervised by the master family therapist, Prof Dr. Maurizio Andolfi from Italy and training on EFT, supervised by the creator of EFT, Prof Dr. Leslie Greenberg from Canada. She is a member of Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and International Society of EFT(ISEFT).

Her clients and colleagues describe her as an empathetic, humane, professional therapist. She has touched the lives of individual, couple and family from various backgrounds. Organisations often refer high risks and complex cases to her for crisis, short-term or long-term intervention. Being the head of the Mental Health Unit at the NGO and lead of the Mental Health Unit from the clinical and corporate setting, she successfully implemented significant programs, initiatives and protocol in place to better support the  beneficiaries and communities.

Beyond the therapy room, Cheryl has devoted her time to the MFT field through her clinical and non-clinical volunteering work. She is known as an empowering leader and a passionate trainer. Her heart lies in humanitarian work to help holding families together through challenging times. She perceives family as the crew of the boat and she is there to facilitate and empower the crew to find and build their ways on how to manoeuvre themselves safely, supportively and connectedly together through the crash of the waves. She has a strong interest in helping young therapists to develop their ground, interest and competences in MFT. 

Cheryl is the eldest at home and she has loving and supportive families. She loves cats and dogs, has a special love for classical music – orchestra, guitar and piano. She believes that no moments can be re-created- she values experiencing and capturing people’s emotions and creating meaningful memories with family and great friends.