Rachel Anne Yang
- Level 6 Diploma in Art Therapy Supervision, Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, UK
- MA Art Therapy, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
- BA Graphic Design, Camberwell College of the Arts, UK
Rachel is a practicing art therapist with over a decade of clinical experience specialising in trauma, grief and loss, and identity work with women and children. She brings her clinical expertise into educational practice with the MA Art Therapy programme at LASALLE.
Her therapeutic approach integrates art therapy informed by neuroscience using meditation, art-making and movement to facilitate healing through the body-mind connection. Since establishing her private practice in 2016, Rachel has collaborated with organisations and voluntary welfare agencies while serving two terms as president of the Art Therapists' Association (Singapore).
Rachel is deeply passionate about supporting women and adolescents through developmental and situational life transitions, utilising art, connection, empathy and moments of shared humanity. Her research interests include transgenerational trauma, women's life stages and the healing capacity of art to nurture the inherent resilience of the human spirit.
Other responsibilities
- Clinical placement supervisor
Rachel’s research interests centre around understanding how art facilitates deep relational and neurobiological healing, particularly for marginalised populations navigating complex trauma across generations.
- Intergenerational trauma and its expression through art
- The life stages of women and developmental transitions
- Culturally responsive practice: Adapting art therapy frameworks for Southeast Asian/Singaporean contexts; intersectionality in therapeutic work
- Bridging clinical wisdom with evidence-based practice