Rooted care for individuals, couples, and families

About

Founded and headed by Dr. Penny Quek

The Tree of Life Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre is founded and headed by Dr. Penny Quek.

Dr. Penny graduated from Singapore Bible College in 2010 with a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counselling. She has more than a decade of professional counselling experience, specialising in marriage and family therapy.

In 2021, Dr. Penny joined Singapore Bible College as faculty in the School of Counselling. She completed her PhD in Counselling & Psychological Studies at Regent University, Virginia Beach in 2025. Her research interest is centred on the relationship between personality traits, dyadic coping, and marital satisfaction. In her PhD dissertation, Dr. Penny developed an instrument that measures personality traits and dyadic coping to calculate a marital satisfaction score that counsellors can use when working with premarital or married couples. Dr. Penny is currently the Superintendent and Assistant Professor of the School of Counselling (English section).

Dr. Penny is also an Executive Committee member of the Association of Christian Counsellors (Singapore) and a co-founding member of the Presbyterian Counselling Associates.

Dr. Penny has been married for over 30 years and has three adult children. She and her family worship at Adam Road Presbyterian Church, where she also serves in the Mental Wellness Ministry.