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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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Raising Neurodivergent Kids as a Neurodivergent Parent
Exhausted from balancing your child's sensory needs alongside your own executive dysfunction? Discover how neurodivergent parents and kids interact, 3 foundational co-regulation strategies, and how to build a compassionate home environment.
6 Everyday Habits That May Be Affecting Your Mental Health
Feeling tired, irritable or unlike yourself without knowing why? Sometimes it isn't one major problem but small everyday habits that gradually affect your mental health. Marriage & Family Therapist Zachariah Lail explores six common habits—from doomscrolling and skipping meals to isolation and constant multitasking—and the small changes that can help.
My Partner Refuses Couples Counselling: What Can I Do If I’m the Only One Trying?
You've asked your partner to attend couples counselling, but they refuse. Does that mean you're stuck with the relationship as it is? Drawing on 28 years of counselling experience, Registered Psychologist Ho Shee Wai explains how working on your own responses can change relationship patterns, how to invite a reluctant partner into the process, and how to recognise the limits of what one person can achieve.
What Happens in a Child Custody Evaluation in Singapore? What Parents Should Expect
A child custody evaluation can feel intimidating, particularly when you do not know what the psychologist is looking for or how your child will be involved. Psychologist Ho Shee Wai explains what custody evaluations in Singapore are designed to assess, what parents and children can expect, and how to prepare without trying to influence the outcome.
ADHD and Autism: Why Hyperfocus, Interruptions and Mental Exhaustion Can Be So Draining
Many people with ADHD or autism recognise the strange mismatch between time spent doing something and how much mental energy it seems to consume. Hyperfocus can make hours disappear. A two-minute interruption can derail concentration. Meetings, social interaction or sensory overload can leave you exhausted long after the day is over. Counsellor & Parenting Coach Lim Swee Chen explores why ADHD and autism can affect attention, task-switching and mental energy differently — and how understanding these patterns can help you work with your brain rather than constantly fighting against it.
Break-Up Sex and the Fear of Ending
Why can sexual desire suddenly return just as a relationship is ending? Sex Therapist & Relationship Counsellor, Dr Martha Tara Lee, explores the psychology of break-up sex — from attachment and emotional regulation to closure, consent and the difficulty of letting go.
When Your Child’s Friend Moves Away: Helping Them Cope With Goodbye
When a close friend moves away, the child who stays behind can experience a loss that adults do not always see. This is particularly common for expatriate and Third Culture Kids, whose friendships may repeatedly change as families relocate. Counsellor & Parenting Coach Paula Brunning shares the R.A.K.E. framework — four practical ways to help children and teenagers navigate friendship changes, goodbyes and new beginnings.
How to Build Resilience: Finding Hope and Asking for Help
What does it really mean to be resilient when life feels overwhelming? Clinical Psychologist Stacey Lee Henderson explores why resilience isn't about never struggling, how hope and connection help us through difficult times, and why asking for help can be an act of strength.
How to Reconnect After a Fight: Finding Your Way Back to Each Other
The argument may be over, but you still feel distant. Psychologist Stacey Lee Henderson explains how couples can repair after a fight, reconnect emotionally and understand when a relationship can be rebuilt — and when it may be time to let go.
Does Your Baby Need You All the Time? Parental Burnout, Attachment and What the Research Says
Many mothers worry that time away from their baby could affect attachment. But does being constantly available actually lead to better outcomes? Director & Psychologist, Ho Shee Wai, shares research across 42 countries, together with studies on secure attachment, offers a different way to think about what babies—and mothers—really need.
Does Online Counselling Work? Is It Right for You?
Could online counselling work for you? Psychologist & Supervised Counsellor Ewelina Sawicka explores the evidence, the connection with your therapist and practical questions to help you choose between online and in-person sessions.
Financial Stress and Intimacy: Are You Living to Work — and Losing Touch?
Financial stress doesn't stay in your bank account. It can follow you into your relationship, changing how you experience rest, pleasure, sexual desire and connection. When life becomes organised around earning, saving and staying afloat, intimacy can quietly start to feel like something that can wait. Relationship Counsellor and Sex Therapist Dr Martha Tara Lee explores why money pressure can affect desire — and what happens when survival mode becomes a way of life.
My Child Is Struggling to Make Friends: How Parents Can Help
Your child says they have no friends—or seems increasingly left out. Should you intervene or let them work it out? Counsellor & Parenting Coach, Paula Brunning explains how parents can support healthy friendships, belonging and social confidence, and the signs that a child may need more help.
Burnout at Work: Why Capable People Still Struggle
You can be good at your job and still feel exhausted, anxious or unsure of yourself. Discover why capable professionals get caught in cycles of overthinking, imposter syndrome and burnout—and practical ways to interrupt them before work stress takes over with Supervised Marriage & Family Therapist.
What Are We Really Fighting About? Understanding Conflict in Relationships
Why do couples keep having the same arguments about money, parenting, chores or everyday decisions? Often, what you are fighting about on the surface is only part of the story. Discover what recurring relationship conflicts may really mean — and how understanding the needs underneath them can help couples communicate differently with Clinical & Organizational Psychologist, Stacey Lee Henderson.
When a Parent Has Cancer: Supporting Your Child Through the Journey
When a parent has cancer, one of the hardest questions can be how to support your child through the uncertainty. What should you tell them, how much can they understand, and how might they respond? Counsellor & Parenting Coach, Lim Swee Chen, explores how children and teenagers at different developmental stages may experience a parent’s cancer diagnosis, with practical guidance for helping them feel informed, secure and supported.
When Words Aren't Enough: How Expressive Arts Therapy Can Help
When words cannot quite capture what you are feeling, creativity can offer another way in. Expressive arts therapy uses art, movement, imagery, writing and other forms of expression to explore emotions and experiences — and this work can be surprisingly powerful online. Find out with Integrative Therapist, Calista Goh-Therond.
When Your Partner Is Autistic: Why You May Feel Lonely or Unseen in Your Relationship
You can know that your autistic partner loves you and still feel lonely, disconnected or emotionally unseen in the relationship. When love is expressed and received in different ways, both partners can end up feeling misunderstood despite genuinely caring for each other. Learn why this happens in neurodiverse relationships with Counsellor, Lim Swee Chen, how to communicate your emotional needs more clearly, and what can help you build a stronger sense of connection.
Parenting with ADHD: Overcoming Burnout, Executive Dysfunction, and Parental Guilt
Feeling overwhelmed by routines, clutter, and sensory overload? You aren't failing, you're parenting with ADHD! Learn why masking fails after having kids, how to handle burnout, and where to find support.
Why Am I Overthinking Everything? How to Stop Overthinking and Quiet Your Mind
Can’t stop replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions or worrying about what might happen next? Overthinking can keep you awake at night, make simple decisions feel overwhelming and leave you unable to switch off. Learn why we get stuck overthinking, how it relates to anxiety, and practical ways to quiet your mind and break the cycle with Psychologist, Ho Shee Wai.