Dr. Scarlett Mattoli

I have had the privilege to learn how to and provide support to many over the last three decades in the UK, US, EU and in the Asia-Pacific region for the past 22 of these years. It is my absolute honour to share in the lives and striving of the many who take the decision to look at something in their life, very closely and purposefully.

It takes courage to move towards this understanding of self and our relationships with others, and the world around us. This delicate balance of time, energy, trust and effort cannot be underestimated, and warrants the dedication I provide and have always given to my ongoing professional development, growth and maturation.

I strongly believe that each of us has everything we need within in us. Let’s find yours together. You can explore more about the work I do and we can do together on this website and are welcome to write for more information any time.

Briefly, about Dr. Scarlett..

More details about Dr. Scarlett

Dr. Scarlett Mattoli is a UK registered and chartered, and HK registered, clinical psychologist specialising in neurodevelopmental differences (ASD, ADHD, SpLD, etc.), couples/family/parenting, and chemical and behavioural addictions in the UK, US, Europe and Asia for over the past three decades. She supports patients from six years old and upwards across the lifespan through psychological evaluations for educational, intellectual, and neuropsychological purposes and with follow on evidence-based interventions such as CBT, ACT, MI, SFT, AI, TA, DBT, and Bowen Family Therapy. Her practice is also informed by specialist certifications in SPED, SpLD, Dyslexia, Psychometric Assessments and Supervision. She incorporates mindfulness, positive psychology, and positive guidance/parenting practices where appropriate. Her specialist research interests include neurodevelopmental differences, all addictions, and families and parenting. Residing in Hong Kong for over 20 years. She provides master’s level lecturing, supervision, and external examining for positive psychology, counselling and coaching programmes. Scarlett enjoys time with her family and three adult children as well as volunteering with NGO’s, local charities, and offering her time and expertise in office-bearing roles on a number of boards and committees for the past 22 years in Hong Kong alone.

Primary Degrees: PsyD (ClinPsych), MA Couns, MSc (CoachingPsych), MSc (CogNeuro), PGDipCoachSup, PGDipSPED, PGDipSS, PGCertSpLD, PGCertSS, BA Psych

Primary Professional Memberships, Registrations, Certifications: HCPC RegPsych, HKPS Reg Psych/AF, BPS CPsychol/AF, BPS-RQTU, BPS-RAPPS, HKSCP RegPsych/Couns/Psychometrist, MAPS, MACA4, SAC, EMDRIA-C, Tomatis L4, Gottman L3, AC (UK) Fellow

Professional Roles:

Specialist Clinical Practice & Research Areas:

Neurodevelopment and Neurodiverity (ASD/ADHD/SpLD), Couples/Family Systems & Parenting, Addictions, Trauma, Positive Psyhology, Assessments

Who I Am…

Hello, I am Dr. Scarlett Mattoli and I have lived and worked in Hong Kong for the past 22+ years, previously residing and working in the UK, US and EU. I work in private practice and have had the honour and privilege to provide support for 1000’s of families and 100’s of organisations in Hong Kong and the greater Asia Pacific region for over these past two decades. My family and I have become an integrated part of our local community in many ways and believe in giving back to our communities whenever we are able to do so, volunteering our time and expertise, where supportive of wider community goals.

As a UK HCPC registered, UK BPS chartered, and HKPS registered, doctoral level clinical psychologist, I have many years training, research, experience and specialist qualifications in clinical psychological practice. Areas I have come to specialise in through my own fields of specific research and practice interest as an outcome of professional development over 30+ years, are:

· specific forms of psychotherapy and counselling

· neurodevelopmental differences (ASD, ADHD, SpLD, and similar)

· neurodiversity across all presentations

· substance use/abuse, maladaptive behavioural compulsions (addictions and recovery) parenting, families, child-parent dyadic, and couple’s

· psychometrics: testing, assessments, research and development

· supervision

· consultancy

How I work and what to expect when working together with me

As a compassionate listener I provide and hold an attentive, collaborative, supportive and non-judgemental space. I seek to balance this with validation of your lived experiences that can provide an opportunity for safe exploration of things in life that may not be as you had wanted them to be, relationships that feel unsupportive, specific past traumas, and much more. I always seek to listen not only to your words, also to take on board all forms of communication, and try hear what it is you really need at your core being. I would seek to constructively guide you towards thinking patterns that are meaningful for you, rather than just letting you languish in ruminative, perseverative or even overly critical narratives. Through open discussion, we would together explore what would living a life that matters to you look like, always taking a neuroaffirming positioning throughout so we can move collaborative reflection to a point where healthy challenges can feel safe and approachable.

Where relevant, I would share accurate psychoeducational concepts, such as the stress response or effects of physiological shutdown, which would be broken down for you in a digestible manner. When working from accurate models of these basic human processes common to us all, I have found that those I support can feel more empowered sooner, and begin to utilise the knowledge, tools, and hard-won new perspective, more regularly in daily life to take charge of these processes, rather than being controlled by them. I would only want this for you as well.

I would also incorporate traditionally supportive practices of mindfulness, positive psychology, polyvagal theory and exercises, sensory integration theory and exercises, grounding and physiological soothing tools, bibliotherapy (readings), safety planning, relapse prevention, interpersonal skills, organisational skills, and positive guidance/parenting practices where appropriate, to name just a few.

As a professional practitioner, I have several duties of care, with the protection of life and confidentiality paramount throughout. I need to carry out certain tasks each and every time, such as ensuring I have gathered all the most relevant information about your life for our process together, have assessed and evaluated all the information you have shared with me, formulated a hypothesis about what to approach first for the most immediate alleviation of psychological challenges, designed an accurate treatment plan, to include suggestion of the appropriate therapeutic modality(-ies, in some instances), and then have reviewed the summary and suggested plan of this with you to evaluate if it resonates with you, before moving forwards with anything else. This is a critical and necessary step in working together towards outcomes that are meaningful to you, sustainable, and eventually, prepare you to move into that positive new place that you designed for yourself.

Key practice principles I uphold and effect day in and day out include respect for the dignity and rights of each individual, taking appropriate responsibility towards those I support and the stakeholders in their lives as well as towards the general public and the professions in which I have been trained, and obtained, and always strive to maintain, competence. All of which must be managed effectively with the requisite integrity to maintain professional objectivity and boundaries, while upholding the values of accuracy and openness, with an unbiased perspective.

All support options I offer have been developed through many educational opportunities and experiences through over three decades of directed and applied concerted effort. I have sought and been granted several specific degrees with the intentionality to have core training in, and carry out both practicum and research under the auspices of recognised educational providers to ensure I am being checked off in my knowledge, progress in practice and application through direct assessment and supervision, and ability to read and carry out research in the specific areas.

How might my training, skills, knowledge and experience support you…

Many people find me seeking out support for a range of needs. Although not exhaustive, below are some specific areas I support and where those who have come to me have had positive outcomes when we have worked together.

· Addictions (chemical and behavioural)

· Anxiety (Generalised, OCD, etc.)

· Assertiveness/Aggressiveness Training

· Assessments & Testing (PsychEval, EdPsych, Screeners, FSIQ, etc.)

· Behavioural Change

· Consultancy (Psychology, Wellbeing, Human Development, Neurodiversity, and similar)

· Depression (DMDD, Dysthymia, etc.)

· DBT Skills Training (Teens, Adults)

· Executive Function Skills (Planning & Organisation, Time Management, etc.)

· Instructional Coaching (Educators)

· Interpersonal Skills

· LGBTQI+

· Life Transitions

· Maladaptive Internet & Device Use

· Neurodiversity Support (ASD, ADHD, SpLD: Child to Adult)

· Neurofeedback (Anxiety, Depression, Attention, Sleep, etc.)

· PEERS Social Skills

· Positive Guidance Parenting & Teaching

· Pre-Marital & Post-marital Counselling

· Relationship Management (Couples, Family, P-C Dyad)

· Sleep Management

· Social Thinking Curriculum Skills

· Stress Management

· Supervision (Individual, Group)

· Trauma (Acute, Adult-Childhood, Complex-PTSD, PTSD, etc.)

What I offer…

Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology work carried out as a regular part of daily practice includes assessments, diagnostics and direct psychotherapeutic work with individuals from the age of six and upwards throughout the lifespan, parents, couples and families. I have an extra focus on Neuropsychology, where I have studies and researched the three core areas of neurodevelopment to include all neurodevelopmental differences (e.g. ASD, ADHD, SpLD, etc) throughout the life span, acquired and innate brain changes such as with addictions and trauma, and neurodegeneration, such as with chronic and deteriorating diseases.

Read on to learn about more specific areas of work I carry out, both clinical and professional.

Assessments

An important part of psychological support is carrying out a thorough and accurate clinical assessment prior to treatment, as a necessary part of my work. While this is carried out on intake with everyone with whom I work, the process of formal clinical assessment for diagnostic work is separate from the everyday process of developing a therapeutic conceptualisation and course planning. I carry out the more advanced clinical assessment process for full psychoeducational assessments and psychological evaluations, for ages six years and upwards throughout the lifespan, and everything in between, whether solely for an FSIQ result, screening for Dyslexia, or carrying out a full 360 o a person at a given point in time, which could produce a diagnostic where criteria for thresholds have been satisfied, or at least a ruling-out thereof.

Read more about my assessments and diagnostic process HERE. (link under development)

Psychotherapy/Counselling

I hold the space for individual psychotherapeutic support with children, adolescents and adults, parents, couples, families, and parent-child dyads for both child-adult and adult-adult pairs, and for groups. Where available and possible for a particular therapeutic modality, I have sought out more in-depth training, certifications, and supervision.

For individuals, I have trained in and practice the following:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford Press.

For more information about ACT see: https://contextualscience.org/about_act

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): Linehan, M. (1993) Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

For more information about DBT see: https://www.linehaninstitute.org/what-is-dbt-skills

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR): Shapiro, F. (1989) Efficacy of the eye movement desensitization procedure in the treatment of traumatic memories. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2(2), 199–223.

For more information about EMDR see: https://www.emdr.com/history-of-emdr/

And: https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/

Motivational Interviewing (MI): Miller, W. & Rollnick, S. (1991) Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior. New York: Guilford Publications.

For more information about MI see: https://motivationalinterviewing.org/

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): deShazer et al., (1986). Brief therapy: Focused solution development. Family Process, 25(2), 207-221.

For more information about SFBT see: https://www.sfbta.org/

And: https://solutionfocused.net/

Appreciative Inquiry (AI): Cooperrider, D. & Srivastva, S. (1987). Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life. Research in Organizational Change and Development (Vol.1, pp. 81-142). Emerald Publishing Limited.

For more information about AI see: https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/

Transaction Analysis (TA): Berne, E. (1961) Transaction Analysis in Psychotherapy: A systematic and individual social psychiatry. New York: Grove Press.

For more information about TA see: https://www.theberne.com/history

And: https://itaaworld.com/about-ta/bernes-publications/

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Beck, A. (1967). Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond.

For more information about CBT see: https://beckinstitute.org/

Internal Family Systems (IFS): Schwarz, R. (1994). Internal Family Systems Therapy. New York: Guilford Press.

For more information about IFS see: https://ifs-institute.com/

For couples and families, I have trained in and practice Gottman Method (Level 3: https://www.gottman.com/ ), Bowen (https://www.thebowencenter.org/ ) and Satir ( https://satirpacific.org/ ) principles.

Coaching Psychology

The practice of coaching psychology bridges the two fields in the name through a focus on supporting self-directed growth with coaching oriented tools coupled with the empirical backing of psychological principles. My practice specifically focuses on neurodevelopment differences (ASD, ADHD, SpLD) support for adolescents and adults, parenting and family models, instructional (for educators/educational settings) coaching, support for chronic deteriorating diseases, positive psychology practices and for creating and sustaining health and wellbeing generally. As a practice, goals are largely placed on developing plans to arrive at future points rather than exploring past experiences for insight.

Read more about my coaching supervision practice HERE. (link under development)

Supervision:

I provide one-to-one and group clinical supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists, and clinical psychologists, coaches and coaching psychologists, and university supervision for master’s level students in counselling, psychology, and coaching, both for practicum and research purposes.

Read more about my supervision process HERE. (link under development)

Further support options I offer:

· Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) and Neurofeedback

· Listening Therapies through TOMATIS (Level 4 Consultant) and UNYTE (SSP & FOCUS certified provider)

· Youth and Adult Programmes: PEERS, Social Thinking Curriculum, DBT-STEPS Skills for Adolescents, DBT Skills for Adults, Gottman 7 Principles, and the Gottman Relationship Check-up, amongst others

Read more about my further offerings HERE. (link under development)

Specific qualifications achieved for knowledge and practice:

Over the past 30+ years, it has been my privilege and joy to seek out and achieve multiple degrees in a number of areas, which informs and guides all of my professional practices and includes:

· Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: PsyD (ClinPsych), Hons

· Master in Counselling: MA Couns, High Distinction

· Master of Science in Coaching Psychology: MSc (CoachingPsych), Merit

· Master of Science in Psychology: MSc (CogNeuro)

· Post Graduate Diploma in Coaching Supervision: PGDipCoachSup

· Post Graduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs: PGDipSPED

· Post Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences: PGDipSS (Addictions)

· Post Graduate Certificate in Specific Learning Disorders: PGCertSpLD (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia)

· Post Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences: PGCertSS (Cognitive)

· Bachelor of Arts, Psychology: BA Psych, Hons

Each has been an important step for me to ensure I have gained a full understanding of each individual practice in detail and have been assessed on my knowledge, abilities and skills prior to offering support service to others.

Professional Status:

As a matter of both minimum and maximum standards in my professions, I have sought out and been granted professional membership, certifications, registrations, and similar distinctive designations over many years, to include certifications in a range of therapeutic modalities, with the following organisations:

· Asia Pacific Association for Addictions Professionals (APAAP) Senior Addictions Counsellor (SAC)

· Association for Coaching (AC, UK) Fellow

· Australian Psychological Society, Full member (MAPS)

· Australian Counselling Association, Full Member, Level 4 (MACA4)

· British Psychological Society (BPS)

o Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol)

o Associate Fellow

o Register Qualified Test Users (RQTU)

o Register Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS)

o Full Member Division Coaching Psychology

· EMDRIA-C, Certified EMDR Therapist

· Gottman Method Level 3 Therapist

· Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC, UK) Registered Psychologist

· Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS) Associate Fellow, Registered Psychologist

· Hong Kong Society for Counselling and Psychology (HKSCP)

o Registered Psychologist

o Registered Counsellor

o Registered Psychometrist

· Tomatis Method, Level 4 Consultant

Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist, Trauma Institute International

Ongoing professional development and maturity…

In order to remain as up to date as practicable, I invest considerable time into concerted seeking of and pursuing further qualifications, certifications, CPD’s, peer consultation, reflective practice, supervision, reading new research outcomes and authors, as well as carrying out my own research and presenting, when possible. Maturing into the helping professions has meant that I have moved into the next level of providing reflective space for fellow practitioners and the wider public, whether through supervision, teaching, authoring or public speaking engagements.