About us.
Your Recovery Journey has an exceptional, global, multi-disciplinary team of addiction specialists, including Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Recovery Coaches, Mindfulness and Behavioural Change Coaches, Breathwork and Yoga Practitioners, as well as Somatic Therapists.
Clinical Team
Dr Reshie Joseph, MB chB MSc.
Dr. Reshie is primarily a clinician who has trained many of our team at his organisation The Living Free Institute. Dr. Reshie has reviewed and approved the Your Recovery Journey treatment model and processes. He also refers suitable clients onto the Your Recovery Journey Aftercare Programs.
Reshie began his professional career as a doctor. Having since left medical practice and after fully retraining, he now works as a counselling psychologist with a specialist practice in DSM-5 trauma and stress or related disorders, including ICD-11 complex PTSD/DSM 5 unspecified trauma.
His previous work experience includes working within the criminal justice system in Singapore as part of the prison psychiatric team treating individuals with a wide range of serious psychiatric illnesses and severe personality and behavioural disorders.
More recently, Reshie has spent time working in the private sector with The Cabin Addiction Services Group as a substance abuse and trauma therapist at Asia's largest inpatient rehabilitation centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand. As Head of the Trauma program at the inpatient facility, he led a team of counsellors in delivering a full inpatient trauma program. He eventually set up The Cabins' outpatient facility in Singapore as Head Counsellor in 2015 which included the only fully dedicated intensive outpatient program for psychological trauma in Asia.
Currently, he is in private practice as a clinical practitioner specialising in the psychotherapeutic treatment of complex psychological trauma, PTSD, addictions and other trauma-related disorders. He also acts as a consultant to multiple organisations, teaches on the subject of trauma and has recently published his first book on Amazon titled "A beginner's guide to trauma".
Dr Glenn Graves
Glenn is the Director and Lead Clinical Psychologist at Counseling Perspective, Singapore and joins the Your Recovery Journey team as a psychologist, relationship therapist and family systems expert.
Believing that the best therapy is holistic, Glenn draws on a range of techniques to serve the unique needs of each of his clients. His counselling philosophy emphasises the power of an individual's present and future, without minimising the influences of the past. Glenn takes an integrative approach, utilising techniques from Behavioural, CBT, Adlerian, Existential, and Person Centered therapies. He also specialises in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) and can explain its effectiveness as a short-term approach with long term effects in resolving anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, low self esteem, and many other faulty belief systems.
Glenn holds a PhD in Psychology with specialisation in Creativity and Existential-Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and believes that creativity is an essential component in healing. His Master’s Degree in Psychology and his Bachelor of Arts in Human Development were an instrumental part of his early career when he focused on healing approaches for victims of human trafficking.
He also has a certificate in Intermediate Training in Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosisand a certificate in Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) from the EMDR Institute, Inc. He is an accredited facilitator for the FOCCUS marriage preparation and enrichment programme.
For nearly two decades, Glenn has counselled Singaporean and expatriate individuals and families on a variety of issues, including post traumatic stress disorder, anger management, anxiety, stress, alcohol abuse, marital conflicts, cross cultural marital conflicts, divorce, sex addiction, adolescents and their family, sexual abuse, ageing, body image, self esteem, and grief. Glenn also formerly lectured at the School of Positive Psychology in Singapore.
Glenn completed the American Association of Sex Addiction Therapy and is certified as an AASAT Therapist. Glenn is one of the few experts in sex addiction counseling in Singapore. He is the only Sex Addiction Therapist certified with AASAT in Southeast Asia. Glenn is based in Singapore but also available in Bali by prior arrangement.
Glenn is also a CTI (Coaches Training Institute) trained life coach, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and a member of ICF (International Coaching Federation).
Lead Therapists & Coaches
Lucy Borne-Blumenschein
Lucy is a holistic therapist trained in psychology, hypnosis and somatic understanding. Additionally, she has the great privilege of being one of few to study under renowned Physician Dr. Gabor Maté, practicing the principles of Compassionate Inquiry. She also uses IFS (Internal Family Systems)in her practice.
Lucy holds has a MSc Psychology (BPS accredited), a BSc Psychology & Counselling, is Certified Consulting Hypnosis, Addiction TC facilitator, Mindfulness-based therapy graduate, Polyvagal Theory informed and Hakomi Technique informed, LCCI Certified Life Coach and Level 1 Shiatsu.
Lucy is highly experienced working with complex trauma and addiction, in particular working with the partners and family of sufferers of addiction. With a depth and breath of compassionate methodologies and work experience she is confident in her ability to fully support her clients. Over the past five years through her private practice and in partnership with Counseling Perspective, Singapore, she has worked with organisation such as DrugFam, NGO suicide prevention, sex and love addition support communities in Hong Kong, US and Singapore. She also supports family members of addicts in the 12 step community and additional support groups. She is currently based in the UK and joins the FHO team in their virtual bespoke recovery programs.
Katie Nesbitt
Katie has always had a deep passion for health and understands how optimal wellness involves both the mind and body. She has a degree in Psychology (specializing in Sports Psychology), and managed Corporate Wellness Programs at Fortune-10 corporations in the USA. During this time, her enthusiasm for yoga led her to complete her 500 hour-RYT in Los Angeles, CA and Thailand. Katie has completed additional certificate trainings in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction); Somatic Therapy; Trauma-Informed Yoga; Breathwork; Reiki; Body Work; and more. She appreciates the depths of yoga, and the profound impact it can make on our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Nicola Vella-Burrows
Nicola perceives that the physical body is a harbour for our deepest insights, wisdom, wounds, and traumas. Her practice with clients merges dialogue with experiential somatic practices, in order to facilitate a reconnection with the body in ways that trigger our innate capacity to heal from within.
Nicola initially trained in music, dance and expressive art therapy with the Tamalpa Institute in England and California, working with individuals experiencing mental ill-health and addiction. She subsequently moved to Bali, where she underwent extensive training in breathwork. For Nicola, breathwork became the integrative practise that brought together the creative nature of the body and the spiritual wisdom of the unconscious.
Nicola explores with clients and mentees the interweaving of personal development, trauma healing, creative expression, spirituality and purpose. She creates a loving, empathic, non-judgmental environment where the whole spectrum of human emotion and experience is welcomed. Nicola invites vulnerability and empowerment to meet in this space; the ultimate conclusion is profound healing, through which the soul’s true calling can be heard.
Founders
Kylie and Joshua live their lives with the deep conviction that they survived their challenges so as to better understand and help you with yours.
Joshua and Kylie are lucky to be here. At times, they didn’t know if they would make it but they knew that if they did they would find a way to give back. Now, not only have they made it through but they’ve come to enjoy life and want to help you heal and thrive as well.
They know there’s no silver bullet. No one method that will fix it all. And while they wouldn’t be here without the help and support of others, they also have the experience of having to take the best everyone had to offer and make it their own.
Rehabs and twelve-steps helped Kylie but they weren’t enough to keep her sober. And as much as Joshua tried to apply the best therapies, healing modalities and biohacking to his mental health he still wrestled with mania, depression and anxiety and all the addictions he used to cope.
It’s only in the deep dive—facing their fears and trauma, taking apart everything that no longer served their lives and building it anew that they healed—that they came to thrive.
As your recovery coaches, they will help you navigate your journey. Holding space for the messiness as they help you cultivate clarity and self-awareness, turning your insights into actionable steps. Supporting you to identify your blind spots and triggers and find the tools that work for you. Helping you stay on track even at the most difficult times, offering support, guidance and accountability. While they’re always working towards the goal of helping you overcome your destructive behavior they address your full life, encompassing health and wellness, self-care, and coping skills.
Kylie Butler
Kylie firmly believes that if her suffering in addiction can help another, then it hasn’t been in vain. She is driven to change the way rehabilitation is done globally, addressing not just the symptom (drinking, drugging, porn or other compulsive behaviors) but the wound itself, most often rooted in complex trauma. As a founder, she saw an opportunity to truly make a difference. Coming together with Joshua, they committed to their joint purpose and found the best professionals to work with globally. Together, they are committed to a mission to minimize suffering through supporting their clients every step of the way.
Kylie brings a wealth of recovery, corporate, life and academic experience to her coaching. She has been coaching executives for ten years and specialized her coaching practice to focus on addiction, trauma recovery and behavioral change in 2019.
Her coaching uses various modalities, such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, EFT, basic somatics and mindfulness, and draws on the latest neuroscience. Her approach is direct, compassionate and action-oriented. Her clients often comment on her smarts, kindness and the fact that she is unwaveringly supportive.
Kylie has always had a deep interest in understanding people’s psychological drivers and has spent many years studying to better understand the human mind. She has paired continual academic study on the neuroscience of trauma and addiction with the study of Buddhist philosophy and meditation. In 2002, she studied Complex Psychological Trauma under Dr. Reshie Joseph (MBBS. MSc.) and became a certified Trauma Recovery Coach (by the APCB).
Kylie’s personal recovery journey spans the last ten years. She once deemed herself the “relapse queen,” and along with multiple stints in rehab, she spent far too much time in emergency hospital detoxes. Kylie openly shares that it appeared she was living #mybestlife, launching podcasts and moving up the career ladder with a shiny new engagement ring, but the reality was far different. She binged alcohol every few months, hiding bottles in the toilet and climbing out the window at night to hide her addiction from her partner. She eventually lost everything.
One of her final relapses was in Bali, after which she committed to doing the work, mind, body and spirit, daily for a year. This was the beginning of not only a life of sobriety, but a life of extraordinary happiness. Kylie now greatly values the wisdom and compassion cultivated by so many rock-bottom and near-death experiences and is truly grateful to be living a life of purpose on a tropical island, surrounded by incredible friends. In short, thriving.
Joshua Burkhart
From his years of experience, Joshua has come to identify three keys to powerful change: establishing consistent relationships of trust and non-judgment, working through trauma and addressing one’s challenges holistically. Teaming up with Kylie to build a team of like-minded practitioners from an array of holistic disciplines was the natural next step.
Joshua has years of experience supporting clients through holistic change in one-on-one programs, and on our team he specializes in working with clients to develop their mindfulness, decondition their past and find their purpose.
His journey with mindfulness started in 2010 at the University of the Pacific under the mentorship of Tanya Storch, a specialist in experience-based Eastern Religious Studies. Since then, Joshua has studied with rabbis, shamans and Buddhist monks, exploring the many ways people find meaning. He has been trained and certified for Peer Wellness Support for both mental health and addictions treatment with SAMSHA and has been working with clients since 2016.
He openly shares his story of a mental breakdown in 2009. At the time, he had a full ride scholarship and was on track for law school and what he thought would be a brilliant future.
Instead, his years of trauma caught up to him. He went into debt buying drugs and booze, manically wandering the streets in the middle of the night unable to sleep for weeks, wrestling the pain of his past: a chaotic home environment, physical and emotional abuse, religious traumas and an identity that no longer fit. Everything he had tried to cope or escape—an attempted suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, porn addiction and codependency—only made matters worse.
Thankfully, while the breakdown was terrifying and painful, it catalyzed a hunger to learn, grow and change, initiating a decade of self-healing and discovery, from the spiritual to the neurological. The work has cultivated a love for sobriety and the healing of his chronic depression, anxiety and mania. It is from this space that Joshua approaches his work with clients, helping them find their path to healing, self-understanding and connection.