Welcome to our mental health blog!
Never stop learning with our blog bites. Here, we'll share strategies and insights into counselling, psychotherapy, psychology and common concerns. From relaxation strategies and self-improvement tools to managing anxiety, depression or other mental health concerns, as well as introductions to different therapeutic approaches, we’ve got it all covered!
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Getting out of Impasse as a Couple
Do you often find yourself in an impasse during your conflict as a couple? Likely one or both of your vulnerability is being triggered. Read on to learn how to get out of this vicious escalating cycle.
Dealing with Family of Origin Issues
Are you still struggling with the effects and impacts from your family of origin? Find out how counselling or psychotherapy can help you overcome these traumas and issues.
Psychological Therapies: Which one do I need? by Kim Bartholdi
Learn about the different psychotherapeutic approaches and find out which is best suited for your issue.
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.
Cheer for Yourself: How Celebrating Success Helps By Lim Swee Chen
Do you struggle to acknowledge your success or achievement? Learn the importance of celebrating your success and how to cheer for yourself with Counsellor & Parenting Coach, Lim Swee Chen of The Counselling Place Singapore.
Self-Awareness – How it can help you?
Self-awareness is the ability to see yourself clearly and objectively through reflection and introspection. How self-aware do you feel you are? Why is it important to be self aware with your partner? Being aligned with how you approach life together is ideal. When it comes to building self-awareness, it's not merely a buzz word but represents a unique strength which has the potential to transform your relationships.
Adjusting to a New Location for Work or Study: Prioritizing Your Mental Health By Paula Brunning
Are you moving to a new location for work or study? Learn strategies to cope with Counsellor, Career Coach & Parenting Coach, Paula Brunning of The Counselling Place Singapore.
Acknowledge Anxiety; Reframe obsession into possession by Jumh Tantri
Do you want to regain control over your overwhelming anxiety? Understand what attachment styles are linked to anxiety and what strategies you can employ to help regulate your anxiety emotion with Counsellor Jumh Tantri of The Counselling Place Singapore.
How to Say Goodbye?
Be it breaking up, someone dying, graduating, moving to a new job or role, or actual physical moving, all these transitions in your life require you to say Goodbye. However, saying Goodbye is awkward and difficult for us to do. Learn how to do a good goodbye with Psychologists, Counsellors, or Psychotherapists of The Counselling Place.
Teaching Children The 5 Languages of Apology
Help your child or teen to get out of their egocentric stage by learning how the 5 languages of apology. Learn how a psychologist, counsellor, or parenting coach can support your child/teen develop vital skills for conflict resolution and repair.
Managing Mental Health Challenges as an Expatriate in Singapore: The Role of Psychologists, Counsellors, and Psychotherapy
Are you an expatriate? Do you have anxiety, depression, ADHD, or other mental health challenges? How do you manage and maintain good mental health in a new home country like Singapore? Learn how the local professional mental health system like Psychologist, Counsellor, or Psychotherapy works.
The Importance of Mutual Soothing in Couple Relationship
In addition to learning to self sooth, do you know it is important for couple to mutually sooth each other? Learn how and when to do mutual soothing in order to improve your relationship and marriage and reduce conflicts with Psychologists, Relationship Counsellors, and Psychotherapists of The Counselling Place Singapore.
Are you shy? It might be social anxiety, by Kim Bartholdi
Are you just shy or could you be struggling with social anxiety? Clinical psychologist Kim Bartholdi shares the difference between shyness and social anxiety, and what steps you can take to overcome it.
Understanding How Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Intimacy Issues by Lim Swee Chen
Do you struggle to let others become close and intimate to you? Find our how childhood experiences may have an impact and how counselling with a Psychologist, counsellor, or psychotherapist can help you get to the root of your intimacy issues.
Are you Checked Out? by Stacey Lee Henderson
Do you feel like you have emotionally checked out from your relationship? Learn what next steps you can take to address this shift in your relationship with Psychologist Stacey Lee Henderson of The Counselling Place Singapore.
Prepare For Good Mental Health During Travel by Paula Brunning
Do you know how to maintain good mental health while you are travelling? Counsellor & Coach Paula Brunning share how to make preparation before and during the trip.
Detach and externalise from a toxic relationship. Pain is inevitable but acceptance and moving on is a choice. by Jumh Tantri
Are you in a toxic relationship or struggling to get out of one? Counsellor Jumh Tantri share some strategies for you to be able to be detached and exit from a toxic relationship.
How to be alone? by Shifan Hu-Couble
Do you have challenges being alone? Learn helpful strategies with Counsellor and Psychotherapist Shifan Hu-Couble to counter your feelings of loneliness. Find out how counselling or psychotherapy can help.
Understanding the Psychology behind the Love & Consumption of Vintage
Do you have affinity for old things? Do you have nostalgia for time gone-by? Learn from Director & Registered Psychologist about the psychologist behind the love for vintage. Where does counselling or psychotherapy comes in?
Maintaining Connection During Expatriate Summer Break
Are you struggling as an expatriate family to stay connected during the summer break? What can you do as a family to help improve your relationship? Where does counselling or psychotherapy fit during this period?Are you struggling as an expatriate family to stay connected during the summer break? What can you do as a family to help improve your relationship? Where does counselling or psychotherapy fit during this period?