Jenevie Mongcal

Ms. Jenevie Mongcal is a Clinical Psychologist at ACPN. She completed her Master’s degree inclinical psychology from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines in 2016, and anundergraduate degree from San Pedro College, Philippines, in 2008. Furthermore, shespecialized in EMDR Therapy in 2019 from EMDR Philippines, and subsequently in 2021 as aRegistered Behavior Technician from Pulse TLC, Dubai. At present, she is pursuing CognitiveBehavior Therapy training from the Beck Institute, USA. She holds memberships with theAmerican Psychological Association, Association for Play Therapy USA, and the EuropeanAssociation for Aviation Psychology. She is a licensed psychologist in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, andthe Philippines.

With over six years of clinical experience, Ms. Mongcal enjoys working across various settingsand age groups. Her recent employment was with the Veterans Evaluation Services under USVeterans Affairs from 2019 to 2022, where she provided psychological services to militaryservicemen who served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam. She also worked for FlyDubaiAviation Corporation as an Aviation Psychologist offering psychological assessments for pilots(First Officers) and counselling/psychotherapy services for employees in 2022. Prior to joiningACPN in 2023, she was employed with Lifeworks Holistic Counseling Centre in Dubai as aClinical Psychologist, where she provided psychological assessments, counseling, andpsychotherapy services. In the Philippines, she served at the Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment (DSWD) for two years until 2020, working with a vulnerable population ofchildren exposed to home conflict, neglect, and sexual abuse. She also worked privately handlingpsychological evaluations for adoption and annulment cases for three years till 2022. She alsohas a keen interest in early intervention for children within the autism spectrum disorders andother learning disabilities employing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Play Therapy toimprove children’s interpersonal, self-help, and academic skills while addressing underlyingbehavioral challenges. She also works with teenagers helping them regulate their emotions, improve coping skills, address bullying and peer relationships, depression and anxiety, and otherconcerns.

Ms. Mongcal is experienced in managing cases of PTSD, mood disorders, impulse control/angermanagement, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders (ARFID, picky eating, binge eating), borderline

personality disorder, and family or marital issues, learning disabilities and ASD, and behavioralchallenges. Additionally, she has been a sign language interpreter for over ten years, providingcommunication services for hearing-impaired patients. She is a firm believer in an eclecticapproach to treatment, using evidence-based interventions such asCognitive Behavior Therapy(CBT), Dialectical Behaviors Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and ReprocessingTherapy (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Applied Behavior Analysis(ABA), Logotherapy, Reality Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Play Therapy, Bibliotherapy, and Assertiveness Training.

Nationality: FilipinoThe language or languages ​​you are fluent in: Arabic and Filipino