Regina Wong
Licensed Clinical Professional Counsellor (LCPC)
Regina is a US-trained Licensed Clinical Professional Counsellor (LCPC) in Illinois and a National Certified Counsellor (NCC). Drawing from her multicultural background, Regina provides trauma-focused care to individuals and families with complex trauma, addictions, family dysfunction, and attachment-related issues.
She adopts a psychodynamic and bio-psychosocial therapeutic approach, deeply exploring relational wounds and trauma roots within family systems and broader environments. She integrates various modalities such as DBT, CBT, EMDR, Gestalt therapy, somatic awareness, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, expressive arts/sandtray therapy, and spiritual exploration.
She embraces a systemic and community-based perspective to support her clients’ long-term healing and recovery.
“Everyone deserves to be unconditionally loved, seen and valued.”
Qualifications
- MA in Clinical Mental Health Counselling, Wheaton College (Illinois) – CACREP-accredited
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counsellor (LCPC), Illinois, USA
- National Certified Counsellor (NCC), USA
- EMDR-trained clinician (The EMDR Institute Inc., Francine Shapiro)
- Advanced EMDR training in PTSD, complex trauma, and dissociative disorders
Specialisations
- Trauma
- Relationship or family issues
- Abuse
- Addictions
- Grief
- Anger
- Self-harming behaviors
- Bipolar disorder
- Emotional dysregulation
Prior Experiences
- Behavioural Health Therapist at Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine
- Worked across emergency departments, psychiatric inpatient units, partial hospitalisation programmes, intensive outpatient programmes, and substance use detox/residential programs
- Community development worker for 20 years in marginalized communities across Singapore, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia
Hobbies & Interests
- Regina enjoys contemplative strolls, forest therapy, and making music and art in her free time.
