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Meet the Team
Shi Han Chan
Founder
After graduating with a Masters in Psychology and spending a few years in the counselling profession, Shi Han realised there was more to learn about being mentally healthy and happy. She felt additional could be done beyond counselling to help people adjust to a world steeped in stimuli that could at times be overwhelming on the mind and body.
Shi Han discovered answers in the form of one of her earliest passions – dance. In simply moving her body, she found a way to traverse different emotional spaces and reclaim a sense of centredness in life. Thus began her journey with Dance Movement Psychotherapy which led to a Masters qualification in the UK.
Movemental was founded as a map of that journey. It holds everything Shi Han has collected over years of personal study, training and clinical experience. It is her hope that the knowledge and skills she shares become valuable additions to people’s emotional toolkits.
Shi Han is employed and has worked with different departments at the Institute of Mental Health to provide clinical Dance Movement Therapy. She also teaches part-time at the Singapore University of Social Sciences on the Expressive Arts Therapy programme. She continues to provide counselling to individuals, except that now she enjoys integrating her work with her specialisation in the body and movement.
Cerise Tean
Founding Member
Cerise is a Dance Movement Therapist registered with the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK. Her training in contemporary dance inspired her to reach out to the community through dance therapy. In the course of her degree programme, she worked with people with Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, helped pilot a Dance and Dementia programme in Déda, as well as supported young adults with learning disabilities in Hubbub Theatre Company. Cerise’s work continues to aim at enabling people to encounter and navigate various movement techniques that enhance body-mind connection, quality of life and well-being.
Cerise holds a Master of Arts in Dance Movement Psychotherapy from University of Derby, UK, and attained a Dance for Parkinson’s Disease introductory training certification with Mark Morris Dance Group and Inspirees Institute. She has a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Skylar Ong Si Qi
Facilitator
Skylar is a movement practitioner who is currently graduating from the New Zealand Dance Therapy Diploma programme. She holds a degree in Psychology, and is also a qualified yoga, acroyoga and dance instructor.
Since young, she has believed in the therapeutic use of movement to integrate the gifts and wisdom of the body. This spurred her on to study various forms of movement expression, giving rise to opportunities to teach participants of various ages to achieve performative and therapeutic goals. Being an ex-child protection officer, Skylar also hopes to share her knowledge about trauma-informed care with the larger society to support inclusive healing and wellness.
Tammie Tan
Facilitator
Tammie is a practising social worker, trauma-informed movement facilitator and yoga teacher.
Growing up, Tammie struggled with darkness and loneliness in her life. As she moved her body, she learnt to trust the messages from her body which supported her in reclaiming a sense of wholeness in her being.
Tammie believes everyone has an innate desire to celebrate their lives. It is her hope to hold space for people to begin an exploration of personal healing through movement and body-based practices. She has worked with people from different walks of life - children, seniors including those with dementia, pregnant mothers, people with trauma and caregivers.
Tammie holds a graduate diploma in social work. She is currently pursuing the diploma in Dance Movement Therapy with Dance & Arts Therapy New Zealand.