Biography
As a natural extension of being involved in addiction work, he has since included trauma and trauma recovery as part of his areas of speciality. When counselling couples, Varian uses the Gottman’s Couples Therapy method to help with gridlocked issues, past trauma and hurt, faulty communication patterns, and emotional disconnect. Using this method as a framework, he favours including other various couple therapy approaches (e.g., Imago Relationship Therapy). His other related work involves anxiety, depression, and anger management. Varian is also completing his training as an Associate Coach for emotional resiliency (as accredited by the International Coaching Federation). He sees emotional resiliency as propitious in providing extended care to current clients, and supportive of the personal development work that he does with them.
As his way of giving back to the community, Varian collaborates with various organizations yearly to actualize events in recognition of World Mental Health Day. In 2022, he directed Jazz Association’s (Singapore) (JASS) debut mental health event that live-streamed speakers’ teachings on Robert Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions, combined with music as self-therapy. Again as programme lead, he coproduced Aftercare 2022 with the Eurasian Association; an afternoon workshop touching on sabotaging mindsets, and utilizing drama in therapy. Other mental wellness collaborations include Zentosa's LiveWELL Festival 2023, where he was consulted on the mental health aspect for an art installation-poetry journey created by Charlene Shepherdson and Kult Studio and Gallery.
