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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Why Emotional Regulation Is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child
Parents! Put your utmost priority in guiding your children to regulate their emotions because these will be their assets. Help your child build resilience, empathy, and emotional intelligence—because emotional regulation is their most valuable lifelong asset.
Parenting Empathy in Children: A Guide to Raising Compassionate and Understanding Kids
Want to raise kind, emotionally intelligent kids? It starts with empathy.
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, teaching children empathy is one of the most powerful gifts a parent can give. Empathy helps kids connect with others, manage their emotions, and build stronger relationships—skills that shape success in life, school, and friendships. In this guide, Psychologist & Parenting Coach, Stacey Lee Henderson, explores how to raise empathetic children using practical, science-backed parenting strategies rooted in emotional intelligence, perspective-taking, and compassionate discipline.
Breathing Easy: Role-Modelling Stress Relief for Your Kids
Discover the secret to a calmer, happier family life with counsellor Nicholas Smith. By practicing breathing techniques as a family, you'll empower your kids to manage stress and anxiety while strengthening your bond and creating a more peaceful home environment. Learn how to role-model stress relief and transform your family's well-being today!
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child: Accompanying
Do you know what is the greatest gift you can give your child/teen? Are you spending your time and effort on the wrong things? Learn through counselling how to provide the best love for your child/teen – accompanying.
Effective Parenting Strategies for Supporting Your Child During Exam Season
Do you find it stressful during the exam season even though it’s your child / teen who’s taking the exam? Are you wanting to support your child / teen but not sure what to do? Learn tips for creating a conducive study environment at home, strategies for effective communication with your child about their study needs and feelings, and techniques for helping children manage stress and anxiety related to exams with our Director & Registered Psychologist, Ho Shee Wai.
Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age Group
Anxiety in children can be hidden behind smiles, tantrums, or perfect grades. But what lies beneath? 1 in 5 children suffer from anxiety disorders, affecting their relationships, academics, and future. Learn to recognize the signs and discover effective strategies to support your child's mental well-being.
Understanding Theraplay: A Powerful Tool for Child and Family Therapy
Do you know the benefits of using therapy in help your parent-child relationship? Learn the what is theraplay and how it can work to improve your parenting.
Parenting Angry Children Through Divorce: A Guide to Nurturing Resilience and Emotional Health
For children, anger is one of the most difficult emotions to manage during a divorce. Find out how you can best support your child through this difficult transition.
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.
Step Parenting across the Ages
Are you a step parent? Do you find it challenging to parent kids/teens not your own? Find out what are the key points in step parenting with children of different ages.
Handling Your Child’s Sleep Issues
Is your child struggling with sleep or sleep related behaviours? Learn what to do in common sleep related scenario and strategies to have successful sleep.
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.
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.
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.