President's Address We take great pleasure in welcoming you to the 4th Transactional Analysis Conference organised by the Transactional Analysis Association, Singapore (TAAS). This is a special year as it marks the centennial birth of Dr Eric Berne in Montreal. Dr Eric Berne is the father and originator of TA, and today, we commemorate this birth, even as we remember his contributions and the legacy he has given to us. According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the Year of the Golden Rabbit which brings with it a time of peace and harmony, a time for negotiation, a period of joy and happiness. So, in keeping with this spirit, the theme of our Conference is ¨C Celebrating Life with TA! Through this Conference, we aim to highlight not only the profound and practical applications of TA, but also the fun, spontaneity, and authenticity of TA. We are proud to announce that we have the privilege and honour of having Dr Stephen B. Karpman to be our keynote speaker. Dr Karpman won the Eric Berne Scientific Award for his work on the ¡°Drama Triangle as a Powerful Model in Game Analysis¡±. TAAS has also put together eighteen concurrent workshops facilitated by experts and interesting presenters, both local and foreign, focusing on different areas of transactional analysis. The speakers will cover different issues - mindfulness, spirituality, cultural scripting, communication, coaching, re-decision work, psychodrama, family relationships, and education. Indeed, you will discover TA and you will celebrate all its complexities and diversity! And so, to set the right tone and to help drum up excitement for our Conference, let us "Celebrate Life with TA", with a group of young energetic percussionists! Dr. Jessica Leong President Transactional Analysis Association, Singapore (TAAS)

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

CONFERENCE DAY 1
11 NOVEMBER 2011, FRIDAY
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Time	Activity
9.00 a.m.	Registration & Opening Ceremony
10:30 a.m.	Tea Break
11:00 a.m.	Keynote Address by Dr. Stephen Karpman: Is There a “Game-Free” Relationship?
12.30 p.m.	Lunch Break
Time	Session 1 Concurrent Workshop	Facilitator	Topic
2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.	1	Tony White & Jan Coleman	A TA-Gestalt Experiential Minithon
	2	Abe Wagner	Transactional Leadership
	3	Viviane Dubos	Expatriation: A Story of Attachment and Ambivalence
	4	Dr. Armand Volkas & Cheryl Leong	TA & Drama Therapy: Rehearsal for Life
	5	P.K. Saru	Script Unfurling in a Cultural Context
	6	Jean Maxwell	The Transactional Coach

CONFERENCE DAY 2
12 NOVEMBER 2011, SATURDAY
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Time	Session 2 Concurrent Workshop	Facilitator	Topic
9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.	7	Dr.  Stephen Karpman	Moving out of the Drama Triangle into Game-Free Communication for Couples & Coaches (Full Day Workshop)
9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.	8	Dr. Jessica Leong & Irene Yong	Redecision Therapy & Training
	9	Ken Mellor	Celebrating Life with TA
	10	Lee Yee Sing & Liu Hung	Teaching & Learning with TA (Mandarin)
	11	Grace Goh & Jenny Boey	Growth & Change with TA
	12	Dr. Armand Volkas & Cheryl Leong	TA & Drama Therapy: Rehearsal for Life
	13	Eugene Fernandez	Spirituality & TA
12.30 p.m.	Lunch Break
Time	Session 3 Concurrent Workshop	Facilitator	Topic
2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.	14	Tony White & Jan Coleman	A TA-Gestalt Experiential Minithon
	15	Ken Mellor	Mindfulness from a TA Perspective
	16	P.K. Saru	Script Unfurling in a Cultural Context
	17	Dr. Armand Volkas & Cheryl Leong	TA & Drama Therapy: Rehearsal for Life
	18	Sumithra Sharatkumar	Part 1: Using TA to Enhance Parenting Experience
		Kong Seet Mui	Part 2: Using TA to Enhance Family Relationships

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CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
IS THERE A “GAME-FREE” RELATIONSHIP?

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen Karpman

Dr. Karpman will discuss Eric Berne's breakthrough new rules of theory making in the 1960's and tell anecdotes of the life back then. It will be explained how those principles were used to add a dozen new combinations of the Drama Triangle and their escapes. That followed over the years by the next step of developing a “Game-free Intimacy” Trilogy for honest and improved relationships at home and work.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1 & 14
A TA-GESTALT EXPERENTIAL MINITHON

Facilitators: Tony White & Jan Coleman

In this workshop Tony and Jan will demonstrate counselling work on participants who have an issue to explore. This will be done using techniques from Transactional Analysis and Gestalt therapy. In addition to this they will demonstrate how to use group process, how to use the transference or the relationship between client and therapist and how to establish a rapport that helps the counselling process. Tony and Jan will also work with depression, looking at how these people deal with their anger problems and low self esteem.

Tony and Jan will demonstrate counselling strategies for dealing with anxiety, phobias and panic attacks by working with the Child ego state's fears that developed early in childhood. They will use regressive counselling skills like two chair to demonstrate these. In the minithon Tony and Jan will also demonstrate diagnosing personality types and how to develop treatment plans for longer term work with the client.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 2
TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Facilitator: Abe Wagner

This very interesting concept has been taught to parents and leaders in corporate, educational and non- profit settings. It explains how the combination of structure and strokes (positive attention and constructive feed back) are the keys to leading and managing effectively. This practical model can be immediately implemented in any setting. Learn the secrets to “carefronting” diplomatically. This workshop is a must for anyone in a leadership position.

Learning Points:
• Understand the power of structure and strokes when implementing any plan.
• Learn when to lead and when to delegate
• Learn that all three types of strokes are a necessity for effectively leadership
• Learn ten “carefrontation” (diplomatic feedback) techniques
• Learn to lead smarter not harder.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 3
EXPATRIATION: A STORY OF ATTACHMENT & AMBIVALENCE

Facilitator: Viviane Dubos

For the past 8 years in Singapore, Viviane’s focus has been to help people in the French-speaking community to cope with expatriation issues. She has observed repetitions of similar challenges, related to ambivalence, occurring in her clients’ lives. Ambivalence could be expressed as an inability to decide. Sometimes ambivalence would be obvious in the way they engage in the relationship with the therapist. At other times, it showed up as “border-line” behaviour.

The purpose of this workshop is to reflect on the attachment styles and needs within the expatriate community and to explore how a therapist can deal with the ambivalence occurring in the transference relation. The goals would be to explore the nature of the ambivalence and to determine how therapists or counselors can help people to get more balance in their life:
• Ambivalence and personality structures
• Ambivalence and Ego states
• Ambivalence and counter-transference
• Treatment plan and some helpful techniques

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 4, 12, & 17
TA & DRAMA THERAPY: REHEARSAL FOR LIFE

Facilitators: Dr. Armand Volkas & Cheryl Leong

Drama therapy uses acting, improvisation and psychodrama as therapeutic tools. It promotes spontaneity, creativity and expressiveness. Action methods offer opportunities for participants to practice new and desired behaviors. In this workshop, the facilitators will demonstrate the ways that drama therapy can illuminate TA principles.

This experiential session will show participants how drama therapy can coach clients to identify and express feelings authentically and congruently and learn to think clearly without the “contamination” of inappropriate ego states. Drama therapy techniques also offer the opportunity to uncover and change self-defeating life scripts and increase the energy in and competence of underdeveloped ego states.

The experiential portion of the workshop will focus on the application of drama therapy and TA as a powerful tool in working clinically with individuals, couples and groups, as well as in working effectively with organizations. The didactic portion of the workshop will offer a theoretical basis and rationale for the use of drama therapy in tandem with TA in multiple settings.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 5 & 16
SCRIPT UNFURLING IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT

Facilitator: P.K. Saru

This workshop aims to look into Cultural Scripting by focusing on the formation of the three significant aspects of the Script. The uniqueness of each of our Scripts in terms of the cultural influences and context is examined. How do we explore what needs to be done to effect change and what do we actually do to bring about this change – these are some of the aspects examined from the Transactional Analysis perspective.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 6
THE TRANSACTIONAL COACH

Facilitator: Jean Maxwell

In our professional lives, Coaching is a process which successful leaders use to develop extraordinary performance from ordinary people. In our personal lives, Coaching is a process, which successful people use to create, develop and maintain balanced life goals in a focused and effective fashion. With the increased demands on everyone’s time today, Coaching is no longer a luxury for most of us. It is a need.

The Transactional Coach uses the powerful model and practice of Transactional Analysis to enhance and advance strategic coaching methods in both our professional and personal lives. In this seminar, Master Coach and Transactional Analyst, Jean Maxwell will identify the fundamental elements of the Transactional Coaching method and demonstrate some of its basic coaching methods. This will be an interactive session with time for participants to practice their skills.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 7 (FULL DAY WORKSHOP)
MOVING OUT OF THE DRAMA TRIANGLE INTO GAME-FREE COMMUNICATION FOR COUPLES & COACHES

Facilitator: Dr. Stephen Karpman

Dr. Karpman’s workshop will trace the development of the drama triangle from the escapes from the drama triangle to the development of the new replacement models for intimate and open communication at work and at home. He will introduce his new original TA models that include the barrier-erecting intimacy blocking Loser’s Loops, the Six Fightmakers, and the Drama Triangle switches – all with their small group exercises that will include their positive opposites. This will be followed by the positive barrier-breaking Intimacy Scale, Personality Pinwheel, and Support Circles exercises. There will be an added discussion of the ideal relationship using the Five Trust Contracts, the Love Me, Like Me list, and The Generosity Scale. The demonstrations are taught with safe exercises that can be easily reproduced by therapists and coaches to teach game-free openness and communication skills for the home, office, and work place.

*Note: This is a full day workshop from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Enrollment in Concurrent Workshop 7 indicates that the delegate is participating in 2 concurrent workshop sessions.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 8
REDECISION THERAPY

Facilitators: Dr. Jessica Leong & Irene Yong

Re-decision Therapy is an approach that integrates Berne’s cognitive framework of Transactional Analysis theory and Fritz Perls’ affective principles and methods drawn from Gestalt Therapy. It is a powerful tool for therapeutic change. It emphasizes CHILDHOOD or early DECISIONS made at a feeling position. Individuals can choose to think, feel and behave differently in ways that they have not permitted themselves. Irene and Jessica will facilitate any participant who wants to change any aspect of their lives. The objective is to demonstrate and teach Re-decision work.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 9
CELEBRATING LIFE WITH TA

Facilitator: Ken Mellor

At its foundations, TA is an affirmation of life, freedom, decision-making capacity, personal responsibility, and options. Its processes emphasise that people can change, past scripting can be resolved and that they can be released from their internal ‘prisons’ into the freedom of life.

Berne’s definition of an autonomous, well-functioning person was of someone with the capacity for awareness, spontaneity and intimacy. These qualities and principles of TA will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to explore them by using exercises. Ken has expanded Berne’s position with the introduction of a fourth quality—integrity. (See TAJ, Autonomy with Integrity, V.38 No.3, July 2008)

Ken will take participants through several practices that promote wholeness and personal integrity. These will emphasize the value of claiming, welcoming and experiencing difficult or uncomfortable experiences, perceptions and situations, as well as their complements. Not always welcome, embracing these types of experiences is part of the full celebration of life, and leads to wisdom and fulfillment.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 10
TEACHING & LEARNING WITH TA (MANDARIN)

Facilitators: Lee Yee Sing & Liu Hung

Education is a journey full of opportunities. We face the constant challenge of guiding our young to navigate the diverse educational landscape. It is in our best interest to motivate them and negotiate towards self-awareness. The objective of this session attempts to understand these challenges and facilitate decision-making using a TA perspective. Participants will be involved in a discovery process with the presenters and gain personal experience to help the child seize opportunities.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 11
GROWTH & CHANGE WITH TA

Facilitators: Grace Goh & Jenny Boey

This workshop is essentially a sharing of the facilitators’ experiences from their small groups of women and how TA was used as a tool to facilitate an inward change in their lives. Over ten years ago, the facilitators decided to use TA to run their parenting classes. Small groups of women formed circles of trust where they learnt TA concepts and were committed to doing the exercises. Once the awareness happened through the exercises, it was like the opening of a window. Though sometimes painful, the truth towards wholesomeness was wonderfully healing. TA is essentially an experience and working through the exercises is the key. Once the group understood the TA concepts, they began to speak a difference language, often inviting each other to see ourselves differently and more kindly. Over the years most groups came back for more TA. That was how the facilitator discovered something real was happening in their lives, as well as that of the trainers.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 13
TA & SPIRITUALITY

Facilitator: Eugene Fernandez

Our scripts have brought about a dichotomy between the spirit and body. It does impede our Child to relate effectively with Self and others. TA enables us to discover a harmony between body (sexuality) and spirit, male and female, love (intimacy) and faith, human and divine, and worship and community.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 15
MINDFULNESS FROM A TA PERSPECTIVE

Facilitator: Ken Mellor

Combinations of mindfulness meditation and personal growth, and development systems such as TA are increasingly attracting attention these days. During this workshop, Ken will encourage participants to experience three main aspects of mindfulness:

1. Concentrating attention on the here-and-now
2. Deliberately paying attention and doing so without judgement
3. Acknowledging and accepting each sensation, feeling, or thought.

He will also introduce and use exercises particularly in relation to grounding, the value of guiding awareness in particular ways, and embracing experience instead of distancing from it. (See TAJ, Autonomy with Integrity, V.38 No.3, July 2008)

Finally, he will explore: The importance within TA of Adult processing, cultivating acute awareness (internal and transactional), acknowledging what is ‘real’, dealing with discounting (of self, other or situation), and using mindfulness-type techniques to find release from unhelpful past experiences and programming.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 18
Part 1: USING TA TO ENHANCE PARENTING EXPERIENCE

Facilitator: Sumithra Sharatkumar

Parenting is one milestone that can bring out, both the best and worst parts of our personalities and conditioning. What makes it even more challenging for our current generation, is that we are somewhat torn between the tapes in our Parent, the later learning in our Adult and the inherent responses stored in our Child.

The aim of this workshop is to use TA concepts to address some of the day-to-day challenges and dilemmas in parenting, such as: Understanding Emotions, Encouraging Co-operation, Building self-esteem, Understanding Punishment Styles, Stereo-typing children, and Fostering independence.

The techniques conceived help make parenting a more natural and relaxed experience, while providing children
with valuable tools to become more balanced and integrated individuals.

Part 2: USING TA TO ENHANCE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Facilitator: Kong Seet Mui

Through the eyes of the community at large, the genesis of Transactional Analysis was the discovery of a basic life skill called communication. Thereafter, through years of intensive research, it grew to a holistic approach of self- awareness and effective relationship management. The focus of this workshop is to enable the participants to reflect and create a better understanding of self; and to equip them with simple communication framework to relate with their loved ones and enhance family relationships.

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Speakers

	Stephen Karpman, MD, ITAA TSTA, has studied under Eric Berne and is the originator of the famous TA tool, The Drama Triangle. ITAA Vice President in 1968 and 1974-5 and is currently a teaching member of ITAA. He is amongst the founding members of the ITAA and the first ongoing editor-in-chief of the Transactional Analysis Journal. He has authored over 30 publications and is a two-time winner of the Eric Berne Memorial Scientific Award: in 1972 for the drama triangle and in 1979 for his work on options. Currently, Dr. Karpman is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco. Stephen is a regular speaker for ITAA conferences, the last being ITAA Eric Berne Centenary Conference, Montreal, Canada.
	Tony White, TSTA, is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society, and a registered psychologist in private practice in Perth, Western Australia. He is the author of nine books on psychotherapy, Transactional Analysis, learning difficulties and counselling with children. His most recent book is, "Working with suicidal individuals". In 1988 he was awarded the inaugural Goulding Award for Excellence for the whole Western Pacific area. He is also in the Who's Who of international psychology, and an honorary life member of the Singapore Transactional Analysis Association. He teaches and trains at seminars around the world and regularly appears on the radio and in the written media.
	Jeannette Coleman (Jan) has been working as a counsellor, psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor in Transactional Analysis for over 25 years. Apart from being a certified nurse, she also has experience counseling women with drug and alcohol issues. She is a popular presenter in TA Conferences and has recently co-convened the 2010 Australasian TA Conference in Fremantle. She has been a Board member of WPATA (now ATAA) for many years, including serving as the President; and a Teaching and Supervising Member of ATAA and ITAA.
	Abe Wagner MSW-TSTA was a former psychotherapist and has had over forty years of experience as a corporate trainer, convention speaker and author.  He has worked with organizations in over thirty five countries ranging from start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to governments and non-profits.  He has trained at SIA, MINDEF, and IPAM, He is the author of “Say It Straight Or You’ll Show It Crooked” and “The Transactional Manager.” Abe Wagner is a master communicator, blending the common-sense psychologies of Transactional Analysis (TA) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) with entertaining and humorous stories that have enchanted and educated clients worldwide.
	Viviane Dubos is a clinical psychologist who has established a niche in expatriate counseling, with specialized focus on anxiety, depression, self-identity issues, inter-intrapersonal conflicts and personal projects. As a consultant for SOS International in South-East Asia, she is involved in emergency crisis actions and PTSD resolution. Since 1985, she has been using Transactional Analysis along with other schools like Psychoanalysis, Integrative Psychotherapy, Object Relation Model, Self Psychology theory in her work. Her body of experience includes Organizational Communication, Cross-Cultural Influences and Transference issues.
	Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT, is a psychotherapist, drama therapist and theatre director from Berkeley, California. He is Clinical Director of the Living Arts Counseling Center. In addition, Armand is Associate Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at California Institute of Integral Studies and John F. Kennedy University. He has developed innovative programs using TA, drama therapy and expressive arts therapies for social change, intercultural conflict transformation, reconciliation and intercultural communication.
	Cheryl Leong, M.A. is a SAC registered counsellor in Singapore and a supervised therapist in San Francisco. For the last 11 years she has both studied and used TA. Being an expressive arts (EXA) therapist under the mentorship of Armand Volkas, she has continually developed an approach combining Transactional Analysis & the expressive therapies. She has used TA & EXA with various psychiatric and addiction populations in both Singapore and San Francisco.
	P.K. Saru, MA, LLB, TSTA (P) is a psychotherapist-trainer-consultant with over 20 years of experience. She is also a Master Practitioner in NLP with a Diploma in Child Development. Saru has served as trustee member of the ITAA and as member of the BOC, T&C Council. She is currently the President of SAATA and along with her team, runs training groups in India, Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey, preparing professionals for International Certification in TA. Saru received the prestigious Muriel James Living Principles Award in 2008 for contributions of an exceptional and lasting nature in advancing the growth of TA.
	Jean A. Maxwell is the Founder and CEO of People Works LLC, an international consulting/training firm. Jean has a Masters Degree in Psychology and is a certified Clinical Teaching Transactional Analyst. For the past 12 years, he has taught, “The Successful Coach” for the Civil Service College of Singapore. As Master Coach of hundreds of CEO’s, leaders and life learners he has fostered both professional and personal growth and achievement worldwide.
	Jessica Leong, Ph.D (Counselling Psychology) (Aust); Master of Arts in Counselling (UK); Master of Science in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (UK); Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy) (ITAA, WPATA, ITA, EATA); Certified Transactional Analyst (Organisation)(ITAA & WPATA). In February 1993, Jessica became the first Asian Transactional Analyst to be awarded the Goulding Award for Excellence in TA Theory and Prac- tice. She is currently the director of J.C. Integra Consultancy Services and the clinical director of the Executive Counselling & Training Academy Pte Ltd. She provides employee counselling for multi-international companies. She is the CEO of the Berne TA Center Pte Ltd.
	Irene Yong has been a Certified Transactional Analyst / Psychotherapy with WPATA/EATA  ince 1989.She had graduated from Sydney University with a degree in Arts and social work. Her last held position was as the Chief Social Worker in the Dept of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Singapore.  Irene also did a post graduate diploma in Family & Marital Therapy with the Institute of Family Therapy (UK) and the Counselling & Care Centre, Singapore. Irene had used TA with her young patients in child psychiatry and found it a powerful tool in raising self esteem and giving permission to express feelings including negative ones. Since her retirement, Irene has been involved with ECTA and conducts the Re-decision Therapy treatment workshop as a co therapist with Dr Jessica Leong, for the Masters in Counselling trainees in Singapore.
	Ken Mellor (CTA, CTSTA) from Australia started his TA journey with Jacqui Schiff (Re- parenting school) and the Gouldings (Re-decision school) in the 1960’s. He was awarded the Eric Berne Memorial Scientific Award in 1980, (along with Eric Schiff – now Sigmund) for their articles on Discounting and Redefining. He has written and contributed to many TAJ articles and books; aspects of his work have been published in more than 16 languages. During the late 1970s, Ken began exploring spiritual dimensions through meditating with masters from many places, including India and Tibet. His current work includes overseeing The Awakening Network Inc. - an international, non-profit, educational association that makes available a practical form of spirituality, called Urban Mysticism.
	Lee Yee Sing had served in the education field for forty years. She was a former School Principal and had worked in a Family Service Center (FSC) as the Executive Director.  She holds a Master Degree of Social Science in Professional Counselling from the Executive Counselling and Training Academy (ECTA) in association with Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She is currently the Ex-Co member of the Singapore Transactional Analysis Association (STAA) and a Registered Counsellor with The Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC). She is active as a volunteer counselor in a primary school and is a Clinical Supervisor at ECTA on project-base. She is a Part-time Supervisor for interns at National Institute of Education, Singapore (NIE) (Chinese Language) since 2007.
	Liu Hung currently serves in the Head Quarters of Ministry of Education in the areas of Education and Career Guidance.  He was a mother-tongue (Chinese Language) teacher and teacher counsellor in a primary school.  He was trained as an IT engineer but ventured into counselling and education 5 years ago.  He holds a M.SocSc in Professional Counselling and is the Honorary Treasurer of Transactional Analysis Association, Singapore.
	Grace Goh was previously with the World Vision from 1998 to 2002. As a Child Protection Policy officer, she developed programmes for community in Prevention of child abuse as well as programmes for youth for Prevention of sexual abuse. Currently she works as family counsellor in community and church and conducts personal growth retreat in community.
	Jenny Boey is a co-ordinator for Personal Growth workshop for women in the community. She is currently also working as a Family Counsellor in the community.
	Eugene Fernandez is a certified transactional analyst (WPATA-1987). He received his Master of Pastoral Studies (MPS) at Loyola University of Chicago in 1982. He is trained as an intern at "Relationships Australia". He has a M.Sc. (Psychotherapy) - Systemic Family Therapy at the University College Dublin & Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin. He is a Catholic priest in the Redemptorist order currently based in Ipoh, Malaysia.
	Sumithra Sharatkumar is a counselor who has been working with TA for the past 7 years. Along with a Physics degree and a Masters in Journalism & Mass Communication and Applied Psychology, she has also completed Pam Levin’s Emotional Development course; and is a certified NLP and EFT practitioner. She has been a member of the ITAA for several years and is currently serving on the Board in the position of Chair of Nominations. She is also the Secretary of the TAAS and a SAATA member. Her present work includes personal counseling, as well as running Parenting groups for mothers and Life-skills training for children.
	Kong Seet Mui has extensive years of experience in Singapore Airlines holding various managerial positions in HR and Learning and Development. She co-facilitated a concurrent workshop entitled ‘Redesigning a Healthy ME – The TA and CBT Way’ during the 3rd International-Singapore Transactional Analysis Conference, October 2007. Seet Mui holds a Master of Social Science in Professional Counselling and is a SAC (Singapore Association of Counselling) registered counselor and clinical supervisor.

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Venue Information

RELC International Hotel

30 Orange Grove Road (off Orchard Road)
Singapore 258352

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Accommodation

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Booking Information

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Contact Us

Conference Secretariat
Ms Reena Goenka
Fax: +65 6455 8875
Mobile: +65 8125 8924
Email: conference@staa.org.sg

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Singapore Tourist Attractions

Singapore, the stunning centrepiece of southeast Asia, is a cultural pot pourri that leaves the unsuspecting visitor dazzled by the containment of so many influences upon one small island. Sir Stamford Raffles, a nineteenth-century British civil servant, brought the 'Lion City' to world prominence after searching for a trading station to counter the Dutch influence in the Straits of Malacca, and trade has remained the island's mainstay.

City attractions include unrivalled shopping in Orchard Road, the cultural quarters of Chinatown, Geylang Serai and Little India with the world's first night safari.

Sentosa is Singapore's premier island resort getaway with multi-faceted appeal, teeming with events all year round. Just 15 minutes from the city, it is a unique blend of leisure and recreational facilities including family attractions, sea sports, golf as well as hotel accommodation and retreats.

Yet the natural world is never far away, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve has a significant area of primary rainforest within its boundaries, while for the adventurous Sungei Buluh Nature Park offers the chance for trekking. Check out Pulau Ubin's mangrove forest, or Kusu site of Taoists' annual pilgrimage.

Culture lovers can enjoy the fusion of Chinese, Malay and Indian cultures, the main ethnic groups, with museums, gardens, parks, mosques, temples and synagogues testimony to the island's rich national heritage.

For more information, please visit www.visitsingapore.com.

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