Madeleine Yong believes in the power of healing and to become our unique genius to be shared with the world. She is the founder of Protect and Save the Children (P.S The Children). For over 20 years, she advocated for child protection issues and led the organization in supporting thousands of children and adults through preventive work and intervention support to move forward from their past traumas and daily fears of child sexual abuse. 

She is a passionate trainer and
speaker of prevention of child sexual abuse who
trained adults in Thailand, China, Vietnam,
Philippines and Korea. Madeleine designed the Keeping Me Safe personal safety curriculum, initiated new child protection programs and projects, as well as, supervised case management work, practiced clinical therapeutic play for children aged 4 – 12 years and expressive therapy with at risk children in
shelter homes, communities and schools.
After years of listening to thousands of abused stories, Madeleine realised that there is a huge void in breaking the cycle of abuse. And, an unending need for healing and therapeutic support for children. Thus, her curiosity for healing and learning effective therapeutic tools took her around the world from South America, Europe to Asia, as student as well
as a practitioner, under-studied from numerous outstanding play therapists. She found play therapy in her journey believing that children hold their own keys to healing by becoming visible and valued to themselves. To her, play therapy is like what

Vygotsky so beautifully puts it, “A child’s play is not simply a reproduction of what he has experienced, but a creative reworking of the impressions he has acquired.”
Madeleine is the recipient of the 2006 Play Therapy International award for her contribution of play therapy initiatives in Malaysia. Her diverse background in Advertising, Montessori Early Childhood Care and Education Teaching and Play Therapy has assisted her in insights that are tailored to each specific client’s needs, regardless of their age. She offers an integrative play therapy sessions to individual and groups of children. And group workshops to adults. She is a member of Play Therapy International (PTi).