Jenny is a psychotherapist, author, and artist. As a global citizen who has traveled to over 50 countries and lived in 5, her truly multicultural and multidisciplinary background influences every aspect of her work. Most recently, her lifelong interest in personal development has led her to a career in psychotherapy, where her goal is to help clients achieve self-knowledge, mental stability, and healing.
As founder of Saint Partners, a philanthropy services firm that advises ultra high net worth individuals and public figures on wealth, philanthropy and purpose, she has helped various Giving Pledgers and celebrity activists channel their resources towards social good. Previously she served as Head of UBS’s award-winning Philanthropy Services department based in Singapore. She holds an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness at NYU, an MBA from INSEAD, attended the Wharton School of Business, is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy, and graduated summa cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University. She founded the Celebrity Philanthropy Forum at the Bellagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation, bringing together senior leaders of foundations in entertainment, sports, royalty and the arts. She is among the founding team of the Post-Exit Entrepreneurs Retreat (PEER)™ – a not-for-profit initiative held where she helps successful entrepreneurs navigate the post-exit stage.
Jenny’s work has been featured extensively on international media including the BBC, Fox News, the New York Times, Big Think, Psychology Today, TIME Magazine, and many others. She is the author of the acclaimed book “The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories & Science Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving” (Penguin Random House, 2015), and has a forthcoming book on the topic of Envy. A prolific artist, she believes in the healing power of art.
Education, Experience & Expertise
- MA in Counseling for Mental Health & Wellness, New York University
- MBA, INSEAD; attended Wharton Business School
- Eclectic, existentialist, client-centered approach. Trained in a wide variety of modalities including Psychodynamics, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Solutions-based Therapy
- Competency in working with immigrants, third culture and mixed race individuals
- Clinical and research interests in depression, existential crises, relationship issues, burnout, and loneliness
- Extensive experience in working with entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals, and their families
- Considers herself her own laboratory of personal change and transformation, and has experienced everything from Burning Man to life in an ashram; the Vipassana 10-day silent retreat; the Hoffman Process; ayahuasca and shamanic healing; hypnotherapy; various programs by Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and other business and spiritual leaders; and decades of extensive career coaching and psychotherapy.
- Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy
More About Jenny
- She greets every dog she meets
- Lionel Richie owns two of her paintings
- Her week at Burning Man was the strangest week of her life
