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Understanding and Managing Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Are unhelpful thinking styles holding you back? Discover how automatic patterns of thought can distort your reality, fuel anxiety and depression, and hinder self-growth. Learn to recognize and challenge these styles with expert guidance from Counsellor Lim Swee Chen.
Mastering Life’s Challenges: A Deep Dive into Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Are you struggling with your emotions? Is this creating problems in your interpersonal relationship? Counselling with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy may be the answer.
Warding Off Late-Life Depression by Boosting Fruit Intake in Midlife
Discover how eating 3 servings of fruit daily can lower your risk of late-life depression. Learn more about this simple yet powerful strategy and other essential tips for healthy aging.
The Science of Happiness: What Psychology Teaches Us
Everyone wants to be happy but how many people are truly happy? Learn the strategies to happiness and overcome your obstacles to happiness with Counselling support.
Understanding Obsessive Negative Thoughts and Strategies to Overcome Them by Stacey Lee Henderson
Do you struggle with OCD, depression or anxiety disorder? Do you feel overwhelmed by your intrusive negative thoughts? Clinical Psychologist Stacey Lee Henderson speaks about what to do in managing these obsessive negative thoughts.
What is EMDR and is it for you? by Shifan Hu-Couble
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) is the gold standard for trauma treatment. Find out from Counsellor & Psychotherapist Shifan Hu-Couble what is entailed in an EMDR session and what issues it can be used for.
Anxiety vs Depression
Do you know the difference between anxiety and depression? Can you only get one or the other or can you get both? Here’s all your frequently asked questions answered.
Are you defined by your emotions? by Lim Swee Chen
Do you tend to be emotional or on the other end, emotionless? What are some myths about emotions that trapped us? Learn about a healthier approach to emotion with Counsellor, Lim Swee Chen.
Post-Natal Depression
While mums understand that their life will change with a baby, the hardest to cope will be that of post-natal depression. Find out what PND is, how to support your loved ones who are undergoing post-natal depression, and how your psychologist, counsellors, or psychotherapist can help.
Help? My Child has Depression!
As parents, we devoted our whole life to ensure our child(ren) are safe and well. Therefore, it comes as a shock for the parents to discover that our kids or teens are depressed! Many questions will run through our mind: Was it something I’ve done? Why are my kids depressed when they have everything? This is a phase they are going through, right? Maybe they are attention seeking? How can I know when it’s serious? How can I keep them safe? What can I do? Should I send my child to a counsellor, psychologist, or therapist? How can the counsellor, psychologist, or therapist help them/ me/ us?