Vandana Siew Sankar-Ali

Clinical Psychologist, M.Sc. (Hons.); B.Sc. Psychology Special (Hons); Certifications in CBT, ACT, Grief-informed Therapy, EMDR

Vandana is a Clinical Psychologist and Child Protection Specialist with over 13 years of professional experience. She works with adolescents, young and mature adults, as well as couples from diverse backgrounds, bringing a depth of clinical expertise to concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, stress management, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, workplace challenges, life transitions, and parenting.

In addressing these, Vandana provides individual therapy, couples and marriage therapy, family therapy, and group therapy. She also offers professional debriefing services and conducts psychometric assessments to support diagnostic clarity, treatment planning, and personal development.

Trained in multiple therapeutic modalities, Vandana integrates her skills to offer a flexible and responsive approach to care. Her clinical practice is grounded in gentle, compassionate engagement, is deeply trauma-sensitive, and draws on a polyvagal-informed framework, whereby she supports clients in understanding and regulating their nervous systems, fostering safety, resilience, and meaningful change.

Vandana has worked across the private, non-governmental, and public sectors, and brings extensive managerial and executive leadership experience, alongside consultancy work within international development and social justice fields. She is also an avid speaker and facilitator, designing curricula and delivering impactful workshops to a wide range of audiences on psychosocial and leadership topics.

Main Areas of Focus

  • Main clinical areas: Anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, stress management, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, workplace challenges, life transitions, and parenting.

  • Main types of services: individual therapy, couples and marriage therapy, family therapy, group therapy, debriefing services, and psychoeducational workshops.

What can clients expect in sessions with you?

  • Gentle, compassionate engagement

  • Trauma-sensitive

  • Focused on psychological safety

  • Autonomy and self-determination in the therapeutic process

  • Respect for client's pace and readiness

Main therapeutic modalities used: Polyvagal-informed framework focused on neurobiological education and nervous system regulation; CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, narrative and creative approaches, grief and trauma-informed approaches.

I work primarily with males and females - age 13-75; students, professionals, unemployed, individuals, couples, families, and groups

Who Do I Work With?

What Is It Like to Work With Me?

- Highly attuned, collaborative, steady, and deeply respectful of each client’s pace and lived experience.

- Integrative and thoughtfully tailored approach to clients' developmental stage, presenting concerns, and readiness for change; while considering the relational, cultural, and systemic contexts in which clients function.

- Strong focus on safety and trust with a gentle, compassionate, warm, and non-judgmental style, while still holding clear therapeutic boundaries, and moving towards sustainable change at a pace that honours clients' capacity.

    • Individual

    • Couples

    • Group Work

    • Workshops

    • Coaching

    • Corporate

What services do you offer? 

Session format

In person and Online