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Biography - Dr. Carol Balhetchet

 

Dr. Carol Balhetchet has spent more than 20 years with the social service sector, schools and the private sector, counselling and caring for troubled or at-risk children and teens, many of who, are both misunderstood and vulnerable. A familiar name on national television and radio, she has been discussing delinquency issues since 1997, and has also contributed numerous articles on the subject of youth-at-risk to newspapers and magazines. She is a member of the Programme Advisory Committee for English Television and Radio Programmes and also member of the Media Literacy Council of the Infocomm Media Development Authority. In 2010, on behalf of the Singapore Children’s Society, she wrote a book on youth drop-in centres for the National Council of Social Service. 

 

Better known as Dr. Carol to all the young people and their parents who have benefitted from her empathetic guidance, she now works in private practice, continuing on a daily basis to help families bounce back from teen turmoil in their lives, steadfast in her belief that every delinquent has a heart and she will find it. In her 2018 book, Dr Delinquent: A Guide To Decoding The Teenage Years, published byStraits Times Press, Dr. Carol uses a collection of real-life stories to decode and identify the issues underlying teenage behaviour, looking at the factors that build up and come to a head. Young people reading this book will get a better understanding into why they feel the way they do, while parents will see a bit of themselves, if not a lot, in the kinds of behaviour Dr. Carol describes.

 

Dr. Carol Balhetchet has a Master of Social Science in Counselling Psychology and a Ph.D. Transdisciplinary (Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Social Psychology and Anthropology) from Central Queensland University. In 2014, as a Tote Board scholar, she attended a course on Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management at Harvard Business School.

PhD: (Transdisciplinary) Clinical, Social, Forensic Psychology, Anthropology & Psychotherapy - Central Queensland University (2004) 

-MSc in Psychotherapy and Counseling - Central Queensland University (1999)

-BSc in Psychotherapy and Counseling

-BSc in Psychology

-Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology and Mindfulness - Aventis School of Management (2022)

-Hypnosis Certification Training - National Guild of Hypnotists

-Strategic Planning for nonprofit organizations - Harvard Business School (2014)

Associations:

-Media Development Association (MDA) - Board Member 

-Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors Singapore (APACS)

 -Psychotherapy and Counseling Federation of Australia (PACFA)

-National Guild of Hypnotists