Self-Care
“Ah you mean like manicures and pedicures?”, joked my 21-year-old client, his eyes sparkling with amusement when I mentioned self-care. “Sure,” I...
Infertility-related and prenatal depression: Uncovering the secret struggle
You would deduce that with a bundle of joy on the way, you would feel nothing but—well as the saying goes, joy. But what if you don’t? Or maybe part...
Navigating The Pandemic Blues
The world is no longer what we know. When global lockdowns begun, it was new and even exciting. We were all busy adapting, avoiding the virus,...
Pre-Marriage Course Services
Getting married is an exciting time. The preparatory rituals before the big event of marriage usually involve detailed planning of the wedding...
Anger Management for Children
Childhood is the stage where a majority of our behavioural patterns are learnt and the foundation of our personality is formed. This stage is...
The Power Of Brainspotting Therapy: For Anxiety, Trauma, Stress & Depression
When it comes to therapeutic interventions, there is no one-size-fits all. Human minds are distinctive in nature and one of the reasons for this may...
Anger Management
Anger is an extreme or intense emotional response to a perceived threat, harm, or a provocation. It is accompanied by strong physical manifestations...
Student Stress
A majority of the students experience significant or even chronic amounts of stress and this can take a serious toll on their grades, happiness and...
Dealing with Emotionally and Verbally Abusive Relationships
Recognizing psychological, emotional and verbal abuse can be quite difficult as a survivor, whether you’re sensitized on the matter or not. The...
EMDR Therapy in Singapore
EMDR therapy was first developed in 1987 by psychologist Francine Shapiro upon noticing that certain eye movements reduced the intensity of...
High Functioning Anxiety
High functioning anxiety is a mental health condition in which the affected persons experience the symptoms of an anxiety disorder but appear to...
Person Centred Therapy And Its Evolution
Person centered therapy is a form of non-authoritative approach in psychotherapy and counselling in which special emphasis is put on emphasizing the...
Experts Say THIS is the #1 Factor When Talking to Your Kids about Porn and Sexting
It’s a convo potentially more awkward than the birds and the bees: Here’s how to educate and empower when talking to kids about porn and sexting...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic intervention that aims at challenging and changing your thoughts and behaviours,...
31 Psychiatrists, Marriage Counsellors, Therapists and Centres for Counselling in Singapore
Everyone needs a little help to get through life’s challenges. Here’s our list of therapists, psychiatrists, marriage counsellors and counselling...
Smartphone Addiction in Singapore
The birth of these slender marvels of technology, which we call smartphones have revolutionized how we communicate and interact with all sorts of...
School Bullying in Singapore
Preventing bullying is the duty of everyone involved at an institution, no matter who you are and what role you play at the school. Many...
Shame
“It seems that you’re carrying a sense of shame,” my therapist said to me as I finished speaking. “Shame?”, I looked up, startled, confused,...
Sunday Times
Incontact Counselling and Training Psychotherapist and Counsellor Aarti Mundae said there is also a need to ais the process of empathy for children...
Infertility – When Will It Be My Turn?
When I got married at 25, starting a family was furthest from my mind as I was busy building my career. When I was nearly 30, I decided it was time...
Loneliness
“Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man”. —Thomas Wolfe Loneliness is a universal human experience...
Our Director Aarti Quoted in the paper
SINGAPORE - Wearing a mask daily has become routine during the Covid-19 outbreak, and it is a practice expected to continue under the "new normal"....
Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma is a consequence of overwhelmingly negative experiences that a child might have, which can have lasting negative effects. Some of...
Mental Health Issues in Singapore
Mental health issues include the normal daily worries we all experience as a part and parcel of regular life as well as chronic long-term conditions...
Tips for effective parenting
What is parenting? Parenting is, at large, the process of raising a child and supporting as well as looking after the child’s social,...
Workplace Harassment
There is nothing more toxic than working in an environment where bullies and harassers are overpowering and threaten us daily. Workplace harassment...
Anxiety in Children
Anxiety is a biological phenomena that happens as a response to stress. It is a natural emotion that is guided by a feeling of fear or apprehension...
What is Family (Domestic) Violence & Ways to Deal With It
One of the more enduring ills plaguing society over the course of our history, family violence is not something one spots on a frequent basis but...
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is a potentially life threatening disorder which is characterized by periods of bingeing and purging, preoccupation with body shape,...
Sleep Anxiety
Anxiety is a debilitating feeling of nervousness and worry that can disrupt our daily functioning and cause a lot of distress. These sensations are...
Anger Management Issues
Anger is an extreme or intense emotional response to a perceived threat, harm, or a provocation. It is accompanied by strong physical manifestations...
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Separation anxiety involves feelings of fear associated with separation from specific persons or an individual, or at times, a pet. This term is...
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
Also known as Willis-Ekbom disease (WED), restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder in which a person experiences discomforting...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa, or more commonly referred to as just “anorexia” (a term which refers to self-starvation and lack of appetite), is an eating...
Verbal Abuse
Verbal abuse, as a form of emotional and psychological abuse, can be very difficult to identify and yet is one of the most common forms of abuse in...
Emotional Abuse
Most people, upon hearing the word “abuse,” think of physical violence. However, there are several types of abuse and among those, emotional abuse...
Effective Ways to Deal With Workplace Bullying
Many of us face bullies in our schooling and even during our university lives. In such institutions, anti-ragging and anti-bullying societies, etc....
Counselling
The word counselling, in the generic sense of the term, has several meanings associated with it. For instance, we often find ourselves in the...
Testing Anxiety
Most people experience some stress or anxiety prior to or during taking any examination. This stress can be considered a prerequisite for performing...
What is Stress?
Oftentimes, we come across an overload of demands from every single direction and dimension of our lives. Work, relationships, finances, family,...
Acrophobia (Fear of Heights) in Singapore
Acrophobia, more commonly known as the fear of heights, according to some research, is one of the most predominant phobias in the world. Upto one in...
Agoraphobia (Fear Of Crowds)
Agoraphobia is a debilitating anxiety disorder in which you experience a debilitating fear of public places, being in large crowds, and avoid places...
Dealing With Anxiety
Mental tensions and worries are certainly a part and parcel of our lives. Little things that happen in our day-to-day events can trouble us and be a...
Phobias
Phobias are excessive and irrational fears that may or may not be associated with a certain place, object, situation. These fears interfere with a...
Workplace Stress
Work stress and its symptoms are a response that people may have when certain demands and pressures at the workplace exceed their knowledge and...
Bullying
Bullying is when a person or a group of persons repeatedly try to cause distress or anguish in another person's life through intentional and...
Parenting
Parenting is certainly one of the most important and challenging responsibilities that anyone can have. However, as a public health issue, it is...
Social Anxiety Disorders in Singapore
Social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is a mental disorder where a person experiences a severe and persistent fear of being judged and...
Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
For someone who has been exposed to traumatic or life-threatening events — like a workplace accident, road accident, physical or sexual assault or...
Cyberbullying in Singapore
What is cyberbullying? As the world increasingly adopts the internet, we are experiencing a shift in the nature of our interactions. The internet,...
Panic Attack Treatment in Singapore
Do you, at times, have a sudden or abrupt surge of anxiety and overwhelming fear that lasts several minutes? Do you, in those instances, feel...
Stress Management
How often, in your typical week-day, do you say that you feel stressed? How often, due to the said feeling, do you find yourself unable to...
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are a group of mental illnesses that are characterized by abnormal eating habits which are associated with severe distress and body...
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a voluntary relationship between someone who requires and seeks treatment and someone who is willing to offer treatment and is...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
While keeping your place clean, double-checking your locks and staying well-organized are all healthy habits, when they turn into obsessions, it...
Media Presence for Incontact
The Sunday Times, 4 October 2020
5 Channels You Can Seek Help From For Mental Health Support In Singapore
A nationwide surge in demand for mental health support during the global pandemic has placed its providers in the spotlight Oon Tian Sern pictured...
How to Recover From Work
Nowadays, many people are experiencing that working is no longer clocking in at 9:00 am and clocking out at 5:00 pm. Work is now physically or virtually arriving between 7:00 am and 10:00 am and leaving between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm, all while juggling personal phone calls, work e-mails, doctor’s appointments, social media
How Can You Tell When You’re Being Listened To?
There's an epidemic of fake listening raging through our society, brought on by the pace of life, the deluge of information, and the need to...
The Secret World of Self-Injury- How parents can help their adolescents
“My daughter has been taking handfuls of over-the-counter painkillers and has been cutting herself,” my friend blurted out to me as she and I...
Anxiety and COVID-19 : an Intertwined Situation
Covid-19 is an infectious disease which is cause due to a number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first...
How to Talk to Kids and Teens About the Coronavirus
Even if children and teens don't appear to be following the coronavirus news carefully, it is likely that they are absorbing the information and...
Managing Emotions to Innovate
Negative reviews. A hoped-for invitation. Something happens, and an emotional reaction is triggered. Creative work is full of such triggering...
Adverse Effects of Social Media
If you follow my work, then you know that, although I'm completely addicted to my cell phone and to Facebook (there, I said it), I'm extremely...
Healing Emotional Pain: How to Recover When Life Crushes You
Whether you saw it it coming or didn’t, the feeling is the same: You’re devastated. You gasp at your vulnerability and wonder, “Why did this...
The Difference Between Sadness and Depression
We often hear the term “depression” thrown around lightly in conversation. We may come home from a stressful day at work and tell our family at...
DEPRESSION
Depression is a mood disorder that involves a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It is different from the mood fluctuations that...
Self-Care Is Not An Indulgence. It’s A Discipline.
The way self-care is portrayed today is completely and utterly backward. First, self-care as a concept is almost exclusively aimed at women...
Supporting Loved Ones With Depression
If you love someone who struggles with a mood disorder, chances are you're often confused or challenged as to how to best help. One of the...
ANXIETY
Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. In most cases it causes people to...
How Healing Emotional Wounds is Like Healing Physical Wounds
Physical wounds are easy to spot as they usually leave physical evidence of an injury such as a broken bone or blood. They also leave...
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
The Gottman method was devised by Dr. John Gottman. It is a structured form of couple’s therapy. It is an approach which is based on 40 years of...
Social Anxiety
At this time of the year we’re right in the midst of numerous social gatherings – end-of-year drinks with friends, work Christmas parties, holiday...