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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Parenting according to Your Values
How do you decide what is right or wrong thing to do with your child or teen? Do you struggle with how much rules is too strict? Where to draw the line or boundaries?
Talking to Your Children about Death
Death is a difficult topic even for us as an adult. This is even more challenging for children. As parents, we want to be able to help them cope with a death. Be it that of a loved ones (grandparents, parents, siblings) or that of their pets. However, often we are at a loss as to how to talk our children about death. There is no right or wrong, a lot of it is dependent on the specific context of your family, your values, and the unique personality of your child.
Helping Your Teens Make the Right Career Choice
Are you at a loss in terms of how to guide your teenager in making their career choice? Do you know when to start and what to do?
Supporting Your ADHD Child
Does your child have ADHD? Are you struggling to know how best to manage and support your child? Understand and learn how to interact and work with your ADHD child.
Parent Self-Regulation – Managing Our Own Emotions Effectively First by Paula Brunning
With parenting our emotional needs increase. Find out how you can manage your own emotions effectively in order to be able to do parenting with Parenting Coach & Counsellor, Paula Brunning.
Four non-negotiable needs of a Child by Shifan Hu-Couble
Do you understand the needs of your child? Parenting Coach Shifan Hu-Couble shares how attending to the 4 non-negotiable needs of your child can help improve your parenting.
Parenting stress: Simple ways to keep connected for children’s emotional health by Paula Brunning
Do you feel stress as a parent? How do you stay connected with your children even when stressed? Counsellor & Parenting Coach, Paula Brunning, provides some helpful guidance.
Talking to Children About Sex
Talking to your children about sex is something that many parents find challenging. Find out how to have this conversation, what are the important age-appropriate information you need to impart, and how a counsellor, psychologist, and psychotherapist can help you in this process.
Understanding Our Children’s Misbehaviours
Learn about the purpose of our children’s misbehaviours and effective methods to deal with them. Learn also when it’s time for a professional psychologist, counsellor, and psychotherapist to step in and what the psychologist, counsellor, or psychotherapist can do to help.
Parenting in Styles by Jumh Tantri
Do you know your attachment and parenting styles have a great impact on how you can parent? How can our Counsellor, Psychologist or Parent Coach help you be the best parent you can be? Find out from our Parenting Coach, Jumh Tantri.
Understanding Psychological Assessment
Learn what is psychological assessment and why we test our children. Find out what is the typical process during a psychological assessment and what would a psychologist be able to tell about your child after doing a psychological assessment.
Preschool Ready?
Many parents would like to get a head start for their kids by enrolling in pre-school. However, apart from their ambiguity about having their kids leave their side, they also have some questions and concerns. Read about some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and find out how a Psychologist, Counsellor, or Psychotherapist can help you and your kid prepare to start in preschool.
More than just Parents
The arrival of a child or children marked a new stage in a couple’s journey. Embarking in Parenthood is definitely a huge transition – priorities shift, roles are redefined, and the balance between freedom and responsibility undergoes a massive overhaul. Why are some couples able to find their way back to each other while others can’t?
To Have or Not to Have Children? Dealbreaker for Couples?
For many couple, having children is the next logical/natural step after getting married. It represents the start of the “family”. However what do we do if our partner does not want children when we do (or vice versa)?
Effective Co-Parenting After Divorce
For those who have divorced, parenting will have its challenges. However, it may be even more difficult to co-parenting your child with other adults involved in the child’s life. Effective co-parenting is required to help your child develop to be holistically-healthy, balanced, socially productive, and reasonably content.
Closing Generation Gaps & How Family Therapy Can Help
Are you the sandwich generation that is stuck in between your parents and your children? Find out how to close the generation gaps with the help of a psychologist, counsellor, or psychotherapist in order to enjoy the family life that you’ve always imagined.
Staying Grounded - Time for Professionals to Step in with Your Child?
As we become successful in life, one struggle we have as parents is how to help our children to be grounded when they have so much. As parents, we want to give the best to our kids. It is not wrong. But, while we don’t want them to suffer, we also don’t want them to be spoiled brats or grow up feeling entitled. When should we intervene ourselves? When is it time for a Psychologist or Counsellor to step in?
Balancing Parenthood and Your Career
60% of families in Singapore are dual income families, meaning both partners work full-time. But how does that leave time for household chores and family time? Here are some useful tips on how to successfully balance parenthood and your career without losing track of your sense of self…
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?