Laurence Vandenborre is the Founder and Managing Director of The Red Pencil and a Registered Arts Therapist, with a background in professional counselling and life coaching.
Laurence started practicing arts therapy at Raffles Hospital, in Singapore, for a few years before opening her own private practice “The Arts Therapy Studio”. For years, her interest has included working with adults and family dynamics, in a multicultural context, helping them to journey through their challenges towards a happier, more fulfilled and hopeful life.
Laurence has served as a Board Director of Very Special Arts Singapore, a charity whose mission is to bring the benefits of the arts for people with disabilities. She is currently a Board Member of The Art Therapy Association of Singapore (ATAS) and of the Australian and New Zealand Art Therapy Association (ANZATA).
Laurence holds a Masters of Arts in Germanic Philology (Dutch and English) from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve (LLN, Belgium) and a Masters Degree in Art Therapy (LASALLE College of the Arts, accredited by the UK Open University). She has also received diplomas in Teaching Aggregation (University of LLN), Corporate Coaching (USA Corporate Coach U), Applied Skills Counselling (Singapore), and Expressive Therapies (Australian Institute of Expressive Therapies and US National Institute of Expressive Therapy).
Joyce has been working in the communications and research field for more than 10 years. She has a master’s degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s degree in Digital Communication Leadership from University of Salzburg and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her bachelor’s degree is from the University of the Philippines.
Joyce is originally from the Philippines and has lived in Singapore, Austria and Belgium. Growing up in a developing country, she is passionate about becoming an agent of social change and hopes that her work at The Red Pencil will enable her to do that.
Janet is a passionate researcher and evaluator in love with her life and the people in it. She has been working in the Development sector for more than 10 years and have had the privilege to work with people from across South East Asia.
She likes to look for solutions and is guided by what Scarlett O’Hara says in Gone with the Wind – “After all, tomorrow is another day!”
She has a lovely daughter at home who makes sure that she remembers rhymes as well as she does 🙂
Audrey’s growing curiosity about the arts therapy profession led her to join The Red Pencil team in 2018.
A graduate from the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), she strongly believes that art-making can be a cathartic process for anyone who partakes in it.
