ABOUT JOE
I am an ICF credentialed Youth Life Coach based in Chiang Mai Thailand specialising in coaching parents and youths at different crossroads and transitions in their lives. I’ve over 20 years of social work field experience in Singapore, helping parents and youths move forward in the challenges that they are facing.
Today I also train and provide professional support to other helping professionals and coaches, tapping into my extensive youth work experience to equip them to work with the challenges of these young people. In the course of my career, I’ve supervised, mentored and coached many budding practitioners from all backgrounds and ages in this field.
With this background, I adopt a unique “biopsychosocial” approach with my clients, coaching them towards achieving “deep health” in the various domains of life. And eventually, I hope to journey with you towards your “ikigai”, discovering your reason for being!
MY APPROACH
I use a biopsychosocial approach to “reading” and understanding different situations. In simple terms, I pay attention to how our biological, psychological and social domains interact, especially when there are issues to be dealt with. An example is a young person feeling down recently due to poor school exam results. As a result of that, he started withdrawing from his close circle of friends recently who did much better than him in terms of their results. His parents are beginning to get concerned because he started losing weight as he is not eating much and also not talking much to them. Therefore, in order to support this young person, we have to take into consideration the various domains rather than just focusing on one aspect in order to effectively help.
My belief in coaching is to coach them towards “deep health” where we can consider how they are doing in these various domains of physical, mental, emotional, existential, social and environmental. Of course, we may not have the chance to work on all these aspects but through coaching, I aim to help get you back into the “forward direction” in your life with an added sense of vitality and purpose.
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TESTIMONIALS
Supervision has helped me explore what strengths and weaknesses I have in my work. And it also helped to explore my plans and goals in the next season.
Lee Huiyi. Senior Social Worker. REACH Community Services Society
Patience, Genuine, Humble
3 words that describe my youth experience with Joe.
Joe is a role model and a lifetime mentor to how I’m leading my life today.
Owen
Joe is a good listener and I have received a lot of valuable insight from him. He has given a lot of practical feedback, leaving me with something to work on after each session. With his rich experience in youth work, he understands what I am going through and is able to lift my perspective on youth work as a whole!
Elysia Lee, Project Lead, CARE Singapore
Joe is a grounded leader in his area of expertise. He walks the talk, and impacts the people around him.
Yap
Joe Chan is without question one of the top Solution Focused Approach practitioners in this region. Expect nothing less than 5 stars experience with him!
Derrick Lau, Head of Youth Service. REACH Community Services Society
Joe has been a very helpful friend since I met him years back. He made me a better person and even helped me with my scholarship for my studies.
Chan
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