Dion Lo Zhen Yu (罗振渝)

Conditions Seen:

Client ages: 4 years old and above

Adjustment difficulties, ADHD, ASD, Addiction, Alcohol and substance abuse, Anxiety, Behavioural Issues, Bipolar,

Chronic pain, Dementia & mild cognitive impairments, Depression, Dissociative disorders, Eating Disorders,

Executive dysfunction, Functional symptoms, Gender Dysphoria, Grief, OCD, Personality disorders, Psychotic disorders, PTSD, Schizophrenia

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Dion works with individuals, adolescents, and families navigating complex psychological challenges within demanding personal, social, and professional contexts.

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Assessment

Dion specialises in complex psychological and neurodevelopmental assessment, with over 15 years of experience in psychoeducational and diagnostic evaluations. He works with individuals where presentations are nuanced, overlapping, or where prior assessments have been inconclusive — providing formulations that are clear, actionable, and extend meaningfully beyond diagnosis. He is frequently sought for diagnostic clarification and second opinions in cases that have remained uncertain or unresolved through previous evaluation.

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His assessment work spans a wide range of presentations, including:

• Neurodevelopmental conditions — ADHD, autism spectrum conditions, and related profiles across children, adolescents, and adults

• Learning difficulties — including dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and other specific learning differences that affect reading, writing, and academic functioning

• Cognitive functioning — detailed evaluation of intellectual abilities, processing strengths and weaknesses, memory, attention, and executive functioning

• Dementia and acquired cognitive changes — assessment of cognitive decline, memory difficulties, and age-related changes in older adults

• Personality and psychological functioning — in-depth assessment of personality structure, emotional regulation, and psychological wellbeing, particularly in complex or diagnostically unclear presentations

• Forensic and medico-legal assessment — evaluation of psychological functioning in legal and court-related contexts, including fitness assessments, capacity evaluations, risk assessment, and the preparation of expert reports for legal proceedings

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He has a particular interest in presentations that are easy to miss — where intelligence, insight, or years of adapting have masked real and significant difficulties. Many of the individuals and families he works with come to him after a long road of uncertainty, seeking clarity they haven't been able to find elsewhere.

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Therapy

Dion is known for his ability to identify and work with deep-rooted psychological patterns that cut across diagnostic categories, including obsessive-compulsive tendencies, attentional and executive functioning difficulties, disordered eating, and personality-related processes.. With clinical experience spanning private, hospital, and forensic settings, Dion offers formulation-driven therapy that is closely grounded in each person's unique cognitive, developmental, and regulatory profile. Rather than applying a generic approach, he draws directly on a detailed understanding of the individual — so that therapy feels coherent, targeted, and genuinely connected to their lived experience. He works with a range of presentations including anxiety, depression, trauma, adjustment difficulties, and the emotional and relational challenges that often accompany neurodivergence or a late diagnosis.

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Dion’s approach is integrative and formulation-driven, drawing from Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), with a focus on depth and sustainable change.

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Working with Athletes

Dion has a particular interest in supporting athletes navigating the psychological demands of competitive sport. Drawing on principles from sport and performance psychology, he works with individuals managing performance anxiety, motivational difficulties, and the pressures of high-stakes environments. His approach focuses on building resilience, developing adaptive coping strategies, and supporting the psychological foundations that allow athletes to perform and recover sustainably — both within their sport and across other areas of their lives.

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Clinical Training and Experience

Dion holds advanced clinical training across the lifespan, with experience spanning specialist and multidisciplinary settings. Alongside his clinical work, he has been involved in teaching, research, and the supervision of mental health practitioners. He is particularly comfortable working with presentations that are hard to categorise — those that are evolving, layered, or that haven't fit neatly into previous frameworks.

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Practice Approach

Dion's practice is best suited for individuals and families who feel that something important has been missed, or where previous assessment or therapy hasn't quite captured the full picture. If you're looking for someone who will take the time to understand the complexity of your situation, this may be the right fit.

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Training and Professional Contribution

Beyond his clinical work, Dion is committed to raising standards in psychological assessment more broadly. Dion serves as Head Developer and Lead Trainer for the NTU–MOH onboarding programme for mental health practitioners, supporting the next generation of practitioners in developing stronger diagnostic reasoning and assessment skills.​

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Professional Appointments

Head Developer and Trainer for the NTU-MOH Mental Health Onboarding Course for Practitioners

President for NTU SSSSAA (2023-2026)

Vice President (Psychology) NTU SSSAA (2018-2023)

Sessional Lecturer for NTU FlexiMasters CET128 Mental Health and Ageing

 

Talks

Smartphones: Friend or Foe? (NUH seminar; 15th February 2019)

Building Psychological Resilience (NTU SSSAA Alumni event; 25th November  2020)

Fleshing out the bones, Therapy in Eating Disorders (Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association Webinar; 4th October 2022)

Being Married to Eating Disorder (YPO Live; 22nd February 2023)

Common Mental Health Disorders in Youth (Project MedSIG; 7th October 2023)

 

Awards

Academic Medal (Master's degree in Clinical Psychology; 2019)

Outstanding Alumni Award (NTU SSSAA; 2022)

Alumni Service Award (NTU SSSAA; 2022)

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