CharisPatrickisaFamily&MaritalTherapist,TrainerandFamilyLifeEducator.ShehasattainedherMastersinSocialScience(Counseling)withEdithCowenUniversity(Australia)andobtainedherPostgraduateDiplomainSolution-FocusedBriefTherapy(Milwaukee,USA).Inaddition,sheholdsaBachelor’sdegreemajoringinSocialWorkandEconomics(NUS,Singapore).Charishasclinicalexperienceincounselingfornearly20yearsworkingwithchildrenandyouthwithbehavioralproblems,pre-maritalandmarriedcouplesandindividualswithpersonaldevelopmentalissues.

Withherrichexperienceincounseling,shewasinvitedasguestlecturerandClinicalSupervisorwithseveraltertiaryinstitutionsincludingEdithCowanUniversityandNationalInstituteofEducation.

Charisisamuchsoughtafterspeakerandtrainerbyschools,speakingtoteachers,parentsandstudents,aswellascorporatecompanies.Shehasregaledthousandswithherpracticalandenrichinginsightsintofamilylife.

WhilebasedinMalaysiafornearly7years,shewasinvitedin2011tobeacolumnistfortheMalaysiaNewspaperTheStar,writingonissuesrelatedtoteensandtweens.Asherpassionistohelpstrengthenfamilies,sheisofteninterviewedbymajorpapersandmediaonsocialandfamilyissues.Sheishappilymarriedwith4lovelychildren.