Hyunji completed clinical psychology training in Korea and obtained certification as a clinical psychologist from the Korean Clinical Psychology Association. Drawing on her training and clinical experience at a major hospital in Seoul, she specialises in psychological assessments and counselling.
Karyen is a dedicated therapist, counsellor, and coach who is committed to helping individuals thrive and live their best lives. With a compassionate approach, she provides support and guidance to navigate life's challenges, empowering clients to achieve personal growth and well-being.
As a practicing counselling psychologist, Dr Kit is the co-author of the book, “The Undefeated Parent: A Guide to Managing Children’s Stress”. Her current clinical work includes the provision of both face-to-face and online psychotherapy and psycho-education assessment and intervention services to adults, adolescents and child clients in clinical and corporate settings. In particular, she has worked on custody cases with divorcing families for the family court, and counselled at-risk and delinquent adolescents.
Caroline believes the decision to seek counselling is a courageous one and sees counselling as part of a self-care journey. In her counselling sessions, she seeks to hold space and provide a safe, non-judgemental space for her clients to freely express themselves and manoeuvre their life challenges. In her practice, she has experiences working with young adults, adults, LGBTQIA+ community and elders.
JT, a licensed practicing Counselling psychologist works with individuals facing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Focuses on improving internal regulations and resilience while developing the external supportive resources, changes are made to bring client's life to a state of peaceful, calming state of satisfaction.
Adeline is a licensed and registered counsellor who is a keen listener and want to journey and support clients in their life journeys. She hopes to provide a safe space and help each discover their strengths. Her areas of speciality are stress management, anxiety, depression and family issues.
Fadzilah is a licensed and registered counsellor with diverse counselling experiences focusing on Mindfulness & Self-Care, Parenting Skills, Stress Management, Anxiety & Depression, Trauma, Interpersonal Conflict, Grief & Loss, Self-growth & Development, Addiction & Substance-abuse, LGBTQ, Same Gender Attraction and matters relating to Marriage & Divorce.
Krish is a registered Counsellor, Psychotherapist, a certified Clinical Supervisor and an Adjunct Faculty (Lecturer), specialising in Relationships (Individual, Couple, Family), Life Transitions and Confrontations, Mental Health, Substance and Behavioural Addictions, as well as, Gender and Sexuality. Since 2013, he has served in counselling centres, recovery centres, clinic and therapy centres, hospitals, prisons, halfway houses, special schools, and educational institutions.
Cindy is a counsellor registered with the Singapore Association of Counselling (SAC). She is an Existential-Humanistic therapist who supports her clients with life-stage transitions, effects of childhood trauma and caregiver burnout. She includes amongst her therapy approaches existential, psychodynamic, narrative and interpersonal, to prepare her clients gain increased functionality and wellness, enabling a journey of personal growth and self-improvement.
Hyunji completed clinical psychology training in Korea and obtained certification as a clinical psychologist from the Korean Clinical Psychology Association. Drawing on her training and clinical experience at a major hospital in Seoul, she specialises in psychological assessments and counselling.
Karyen is a dedicated therapist, counsellor, and coach who is committed to helping individuals thrive and live their best lives. With a compassionate approach, she provides support and guidance to navigate life's challenges, empowering clients to achieve personal growth and well-being.
As a practicing counselling psychologist, Dr Kit is the co-author of the book, “The Undefeated Parent: A Guide to Managing Children’s Stress”. Her current clinical work includes the provision of both face-to-face and online psychotherapy and psycho-education assessment and intervention services to adults, adolescents and child clients in clinical and corporate settings. In particular, she has worked on custody cases with divorcing families for the family court, and counselled at-risk and delinquent adolescents.
Caroline believes the decision to seek counselling is a courageous one and sees counselling as part of a self-care journey. In her counselling sessions, she seeks to hold space and provide a safe, non-judgemental space for her clients to freely express themselves and manoeuvre their life challenges. In her practice, she has experiences working with young adults, adults, LGBTQIA+ community and elders.
JT, a licensed practicing Counselling psychologist works with individuals facing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Focuses on improving internal regulations and resilience while developing the external supportive resources, changes are made to bring client's life to a state of peaceful, calming state of satisfaction.
Adeline is a licensed and registered counsellor who is a keen listener and want to journey and support clients in their life journeys. She hopes to provide a safe space and help each discover their strengths. Her areas of speciality are stress management, anxiety, depression and family issues.
Fadzilah is a licensed and registered counsellor with diverse counselling experiences focusing on Mindfulness & Self-Care, Parenting Skills, Stress Management, Anxiety & Depression, Trauma, Interpersonal Conflict, Grief & Loss, Self-growth & Development, Addiction & Substance-abuse, LGBTQ, Same Gender Attraction and matters relating to Marriage & Divorce.
Krish is a registered Counsellor, Psychotherapist, a certified Clinical Supervisor and an Adjunct Faculty (Lecturer), specialising in Relationships (Individual, Couple, Family), Life Transitions and Confrontations, Mental Health, Substance and Behavioural Addictions, as well as, Gender and Sexuality. Since 2013, he has served in counselling centres, recovery centres, clinic and therapy centres, hospitals, prisons, halfway houses, special schools, and educational institutions.
Cindy is a counsellor registered with the Singapore Association of Counselling (SAC). She is an Existential-Humanistic therapist who supports her clients with life-stage transitions, effects of childhood trauma and caregiver burnout. She includes amongst her therapy approaches existential, psychodynamic, narrative and interpersonal, to prepare her clients gain increased functionality and wellness, enabling a journey of personal growth and self-improvement.
Gerald Boh is a Registered Psychologist and Approved Supervisor with the Singapore Register of Psychologists (Singapore Psychological Society). He has extensive experience in private practice, healthcare, special needs and educational settings supporting young people, adults, couples and families on a wide range of psychosocial and special needs issues.
Miranda is a registered psychologist with the SPS and SRP in Singapore. She works towards bringing out not only the best version of her clients and encouraging them to display their intentions in a productive way. She believes that at the core, people strive to feel purposeful and find a place of meaningful existence whether, at work or any relationship they are in.
May is an experienced counsellor with interest in assisting clients going through different life stages including career transition, relationship breakdown, coping with a medical diagnosis, trauma and insomnia. Her specialisation is in helping build self esteem, recognising strengths and managing symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Lee became a counsellor after years in Engineering and understands the stress that professionals face. His strengths are in marriage and family counselling, anger and stress management and depression. He has completed Malaysia MA. in Counselling from Monash University, Australia.
Babara is a freelance counsellor who works with individuals, couples and families. She believes that communications can resolve issues and situations. She works with individuals to discover more about themselves and works with couples and families to improve their relationships with each other.
Megala is a licensed and registered counsellor with years of experience in dealing with teenagers, youth and young adults. She believes that every individual has the potential to shine. Her experience focuses on issues related to individuals, family, relationships, career/academic, goal setting, finding meaning in life and personal development. She also has experience working in crisis situations and with high-risk clients. She also a Mental Health First Aider under MMHA.
Syuhadah is a licensed and registered counsellor and she has been helping to improve the community well-being for over three years. She believes that every individual has unique power to change, and aims to guide her clients to improving their wellbeing.
Car-Men is a licensed and registered counselor under Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia. Being a counselor is significant to her as she is able to help people improve their psychological well-being, and seeing them able to live in a better way is part of her greatest achievement. She values harmony and happiness in her life. For Car-Men, she views harmony as the way of living and a state of balance between all things.
Martin is a registered Clinical Psychologist who is experienced in working with adults with individual, relationship, and career issues, as well as individuals who are struggling with mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, and stress-related issues. He utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as his main therapeutic approach, but also adopts different techniques from other therapy approaches to address the needs of his clients.
Reen is a licensed and registered counselor who aims to inspire her clients to attain the personal growth they’re striving for. She is equipped with various experiences focusing on individual issues, family, relationships, and career. Some of the emotional issues she specialises in are depression, suicidality, and self-esteem.
SK is a clinical psychologist with diverse psychotherapy experience focusing on individuals, careers, and relationships. He believes people might fall into pit holes or get into the darkness somewhere in their life, and that can be extremely scary and lost. He aims to be the light to people in need by using his expertise and skills to help people regain their shine and grow.
Boey is a licensed and registered counselor with diverse counseling experience focusing on individuals, career, relationship and mental health issues. She also volunteered in a community-based organization which provides mental health services to the underprivileged community. Boey is passionate about taking an integrative and holistic approach to help individuals and ensure that what is done in therapy is personalised, collaborative and unique.
Xin Qi is a clinical psychologist committed in providing psychotherapy, working with individuals from diverse backgrounds experiencing various mental health concerns. She is passionate in journeying with individuals to explore, build resilience and witness growth. Her areas of interest include depression, anxiety, stress management, adjustment issues, trauma, grief and loss. She has experience working in NGO, private psychology centre and hospital settings.
Jackie has been working with adolescents for more than eleven years now. He started his journey in counselling after completing his bachelor degree. He enjoys working with adolescents as he would like to journey with adolescents in their growing up journey. Nonetheless, his clients flow consists but not limited to adolescents, young adults and couples.
Sobana believes in providing a safe space for her clients to process and ease past and current challenges. This helps them to comfortably make helpful changes to bring about the positive improvements that they desire.
Ammar is a licensed and registered counsellor with diverse counselling experience on personal development, career, relationship and family. He believes that everyone has authority to make a change for better life. His focus areas including stress management, communication and behaviour modification.
Kelly is a practicing Clinical Psychologist & Wellness Coach, registered with the Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychology (MSCP) & American Psychological Association (APA). Through mental health services like psychotherapy, Kelly helps clients to deal with a range of mental health issues (e.g., depression, suicidality, anxiety, trauma).
E. Laine is a licensed & registered counselor with over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health. She is passionate in journeying alongside individuals in the course of empowerment towards a wholistic well-being. She believes that every individual has the innate ability and resources in reaching to his/her full potential with the right support. She enjoys a good company over a cup of coffee!
Kindaichi is both a counsellor/ coach and sees himself as the connector that unlock hidden potentials and eliminate limiting beliefs in his clients. His mission of life is to be the message to change the world through healing and connection so that people can achieve fulfilling lifestyle bringing values to themselves, friends and their loved ones. He has worked with individuals and families since 2005.
Nik has experience in working with clients of all ages from various backgrounds dealing with a variety of concerns.
Hui Yean is a licensed and registered counsellor experience working with diverse population including differently-abled individuals. It is Hui Yean's belief that having the safe space to explore and process, clients can move towards living a more grounded and fulfilling life. In using a strength based and collaborative approach she believes that every person has within them the capacity to heal and move through challenging times.
Priya holds a Master in Psychology (Clinical) degree from Mumbai University, India. She has completed her 1st & 2nd level of Gottman & EFT training. She has 13+ years of extensive experience working with adolescents and adults dealing with concerns like Depression, Anxiety, OCD, low self-esteem, and family relationship counselling etc. She uses a combination of CBT, REBT, EFT, client centered approach and positive psychology in her therapy.
Catt is a professional counsellor with diverse counselling experience focusing on individual issues such as sleep, anxiety, depression, procrastination, academic, and career. She aims to provide a safe and inclusive space with an open-minded and curious nature for individuals to share about their lives.
Jessica helps people find freedom from anxiety and to find new ways of looking at challenges or conflicts. Her main focus as a counsellor is to build strong therapeutic relationships with her clients. As a counsellor and professional musician and teacher, she brings a creative approach to evidence-based counselling.
Janice is a certified psychotherapist, counsellor and motherhood coach. She specialises in helping people deal with issues that affect their quality of life, including dissatisfaction in work, relationships, family and sense of self-worth. As a registered practitioner in play therapy, Janice also has extensive experience working with children and parents.
Suzy is a registered counsellor with over 20 years’ experience in mental health. Her integrative approach is strengths based and trauma-informed. She aims to foster personal growth and healing, and the development of self awareness, agency and resilience in each client she works with. She works with a wide range of issues but with particular focus on anxiety and stress management, grief and loss, relationships and life transitions.
Yolina specialises in counselling for children, young people and adults.
Letao is a licensed and registered counsellor with diverse counselling experience focusing on individuals, career and relationships. He is passionate about helping his clients to find ways to embrace and lead an authentic and meaningful life. His areas of specialty includes anxiety, addiction, and stress management and self-empowerment.
Dr. Andrew is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Certified Counsellor with diverse health counselling experience focusing on individuals, academic/career, and family relationships. He is passionate about helping you to find your optimal wellness and authentic life. His specialty includes wellness empowerment, stress managment and anxiety/depression related problems.
Mark Romero is a registered psychologist (RPsy) in the Philippines who provides psychotherapy and counseling services to those experiencing psychological distress or mental health concerns. He applies a biopsychosocial approach to his therapeutic processes and treatment recommendations.
Shareena a Registered Guidance Counselor and a Licensed Professional Teacher. Her decade-long counseling practice is focused in helping people with personal, academic, and career issues. She helps her clients anchor healthy thoughts and behaviors through self-awareness which will result in committing to make better life choices consistently.
Liza has been a practicing Registered Guidance Counselor for 10 years. She specialises in gender confusion, anxieties (social, panic etc.), mood disorder, bipolar disorder, anger management and depression.
Daisy is a Registered Counselor with more than 15 years of experience in the field of counseling and small group processing. She mostly work with clients who are adolescents and those in early adulthood, but she is also open to handling clients from different developmental stages. As a counselor, her strengths are her compassion, empathy and excellent listening skills. These important traits allow her to have a deeper understanding of her client's concerns. In her practice, she often use the Person-Centered Approach and CBT.
Karen is a registered psychologist and a university Assistant Professor in Psychology. A highly adaptable and dedicated professional who constantly aim for effective outcomes. An advocate of diversity and inclusion practice as well as mental healthcare in the workplace that strives to improve the overall quality of individual wellbeing. Specializes in career coaching and counseling, change management, stress management, and disability management.
Individual issues (i.e. sleep, anger, stress & anxiety management, childhood, spiritual), Career and/or Academics (i.e. issues at work/school, career change, coping with work), Relationship issues (i.e. divorce/separation, unfaithfulness, individual differences), Family issues (i.e. domestic conflicts, moving homes, caring for the elderly/ill, death)
Hylene is a Filipino licensed counselor and has been providing mental health services among adolescents, youth and working professionals. She aims to assist client in embracing self-awareness and achieving holistic healing and growth.
Minh is a dedicated mental health practitioner with over 8 years of professional experience across various esteemed settings spanning the United States, Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Central to his approach is a deep understanding of the intersectionality of race, multiculturalism, identity, family dynamics, relationships, and relational trauma.
Oanh aims to help others live a meaningful life with joy. She is interested in working with people who find themselves at a challenging point in their life and are looking for someone they trust to help them move forwards.
Viphawee is a licensed clinical psychologist with counselling experiences focusing on individuals, career, and relationship.
Lora is a licensed clinical social worker with diverse counselling experience focusing on individuals, relationship issues and social anxiety challenges. Her areas of specialty including depression, social anxiety, generalized anxiety and stress management. She is dedicated to helping others live fulfilling lives with more joy and less stress.
Jonathan is an approachable and compassionate counselor with experience in individual adult and emerging adult issues including identity, purpose, career and personal aspirations and coping mechanisms. He works with clients to help them make sense of life experience and find meaning in how they cope with distress and maximize their personal assets.
Janne is an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy counselor. With the use of creative techniques, mindfulness and a bit of humour, she supports her clients to find their true values in life.
Cecilia is an experienced Clinical Psychologist in Australia and Hong Kong. She has worked with adults, children, adolescents, couples and families in areas of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, work stress and relationship conflict. She helps clients to heal and rebuild themselves regardless of what their current circumstances are.
Van Nguyen is Vietnamese psychologist with over nine years of experience. She supported employee in both personal life and related working. She builds her personalised orientation to diagnosing, treating and counseling, which is based on what she considers to be the best features of several theories. Besides considering her own personality, she thinks about what concepts and techniques work best with a range of clients.
Erin is a licensed and registered counselor with various counseling experiences and diverse client backgrounds. As a therapist, she believes that therapy is a process to facilitate clients toward self-empowerment and healing from emotional injury. Utilising her experiential approach in therapy, she aims to foster the development of self-awareness, and compassion-based self-understanding for clients to achieve their therapy goals.
Karla is a licensed counselor with almost 10 years of experience in the education field. She has handled clients of different age groups from preschool to young professionals. She believes that every person is unique and has the potential for self-growth and development. Her areas of specialty includes individual, career, relationships and family issues.
Annisa is a licensed and registered Adult Clinical Psychologist. She has been practicing since 2014, and has dealt with wide varieties of issues; such as anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress, motivational issue, etc. During her practice, she often uses CBT, Solution-focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Based Therapy.
ThoughtFull Professionals (TFPs) are certified and experienced mental health therapists (professional counsellors, psychologists, and psychiatrists) who can support you across a range of issues including anxiety, depression, work-related stress, relationships, trauma, grief, and more.
Finding a therapist who is a good fit can help you feel comfortable and develop the confidence to deal with mental health matters.
All ThoughtFull Professionals are required a comprehensive application and onboarding process. This includes thorough due diligence on their identity, certification, licensure, and other qualifications before they are accepted onto our platform.
We ensure that all Professionals at ThoughtFull are certified mental health professionals (counsellors, psychologists, or psychiatrists) who have completed the required academic and practicum hours to obtain their relevant certifications and credentials.
All ThoughtFull Professionals have been carefully vetted and trained to use ThoughtFullChat to ensure the quality of services provided. Where feasible, we also show the licensing information for each provider to make it easy for anyone to do their due diligence.
Each of our online mental health therapists brings specific areas of expertise and experience. We ensure that each therapist is deeply committed to providing our clients with effective therapy.
Safeguarding your data and privacy is of utmost importance to us and ThoughtFull app goes to great lengths to protect client data and privacy.
ThoughtFull mobile app requires two-factor authentication to provide extra security for customer and professional accounts. ThoughtFull's Users also have the option to be identified only by their nickname on the App for an added layer of confidentiality.
All messages between clients and their mental health professionals are secured and encrypted with banking-grade 256-bit encryption. Our databases are encrypted, rendering any data meaningless in the highly unlikely event that it gets stolen. All data connections between mobile apps, websites, and servers are encrypted with SSL and follow best practices
At ThoughtFull World, we understand that convenience is key to effective mental health therapy. That’s why we offer a variety of therapy options tailored to fit into your busy life seamlessly. Whether you prefer online asynchronous text, online video sessions, or face-to-face meetings, we have you covered.
Our goal is to provide you with the flexibility to choose the method that works best for you, ensuring that accessing mental health support is as easy and stress-free as possible. With ThoughtFull World, you can engage in therapy at your own pace, in your own space, and on your own schedule. We believe in making therapy in Singapore affordable and accessible to anyone.
Mental Health and Wellness encompasses a range of fields and can be broadly viewed from a Bio+Psycho+Social aspect. Therefore, some professionals (Psychiatrists) focus more on the biochemical part (balancing brain chemicals and medication), while others (Psychologists and Counselors) focus on the psychosocial part (psychotherapy, social support, and rehabilitation).
While it is beneficial for every user to understand the BioPsychoSocial aspects of mental wellness, it’s important to note that some aspects will be more relevant to some users than others.
Our Mental Health Professionals at ThoughtFull World offer support for mental health issues such as:
Common interventions our Therapists may use include:
Mental health and stress are healthcare priorities among Singaporeans
Individuals show an increased willingness to seek help for mental health issues
Therapy—also called psychotherapy or talk therapy—refers to the process where an individual undergoes sessions with a therapist to talk through issues or problems they are facing. Over time, therapy can help the individual identify and change negative thoughts and behavioural patterns, and develop tools to better manage their mental health.
Therapy can be an effective treatment for mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD or eating disorders. It can also help you address problems you may be currently facing—such as workplace challenges or relationship problems—or to make sense of past experiences and trauma.
Keep in mind that you don’t always need to have a specific issue to go to therapy. It also serves as a safe space for you to process your thoughts and emotions, and explore other areas of your life.
If you’re looking to make positive changes in your life, a therapist can help you with aspects like developing wellness goals, reframing your thinking, or creating more structure and stability in your daily routines.
When you seek therapy in Singapore, you will often come across 5 common types of therapy. Understanding the differences can help decision-making when finding the right therapist.
Therapists help clients recognise these hidden patterns by exploring past experiences. This understanding can often lead to profound personal growth and improved self-awareness.
Sessions involve open conversations between both the therapist and the client. Through these dialogues & sessions, the client can gain insights into their unconscious thoughts and develop healthier coping mechanisms over time.
Psychodynamic therapy can:
Behavioural therapy aims to identify and replace negative behaviours with positive ones. ‘Negative’ actions refer to habits that cause harm or discomfort to oneself. Behavioural Therapists believe that all and any learned behaviour can be unlearned over time with the right guidance and tools.
Therapists may employ techniques such as positive reinforcement, to assist the client. Through unconditional positive regard, clients can be trained to reduce or overcome negative behaviours.
By gaining a better understanding of the relationship between environment, behaviour, and consequences, a person can modify their reactions over time.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychological treatment that has proven effective for a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital difficulties, eating disorders, and severe mental illnesses (mental health disorders, and mental health conditions).
CBT treatment typically involves efforts to change behavioural patterns. These strategies may include:
Traumatic and painful experiences from childhood often shape our automatic negative thoughts, leading us to believe in these patterns without appropriate mental health support.
Individuals from various age groups and backgrounds can benefit from CBT. Common issues that CBT can help with include depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, communication difficulties, trust issues, people-pleasing, and habit changes.
Therapists in Singapore might tailor their approach to address specific presenting problems.
Behavioural therapy can help address:
Related to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (Act), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).
Therapists help clients recognise these hidden patterns by exploring past experiences. This understanding can often lead to profound personal growth and improved selIn cognitive therapy, therapists and clients often work together to develop skills that identify and counteract unhelpful thoughts and beliefs.
This technique aims to shift the fixed behaviours associated with them, with an emphasis predominantly on the present. At its core, Cognitive Therapy adopts a pragmatic, solution-focused approach.
Furthermore, Cognitive Therapy emphasises skill acquisition. Therapists help clients learn and apply these techniques independently, resulting in sustained benefits long after therapy ends.
This theory posits that individuals already possess the necessary resources to overcome their difficulties. They simply require professional guidance to identify and access these tools.
For this intervention, therapists in Singapore focus on the present moment and the current problems a person may be experiencing.
Postmodern Therapy is rooted in the idea that reality is not fixed but is shaped by our personal and shared experiences.
In this form of therapy, each person’s story is unique and valid and influenced by many factors. Postmodern Therapy helps people rewrite their stories, challenge societal narratives and allow for exploration and growth.
In Singapore, you can find a variety of therapy services offered by counsellors and counselling centres in Singapore.
At ThoughtFull, our qualified therapists can offer different types of therapy services. We help you manage and overcome issues in the different aspects of your life.
Need someone to talk to? At ThoughtFull, we have counsellors and therapists standing by to support you through our private and secure mental health chat app (online chat therapy). With our ThoughtFullChat App, you can easily schedule a time to chat with qualified mental healthcare professionals.
Care Corner Singapore is a non-profit organisation that supports the community through social and health care services. They offer a wide range of mental health and counselling services, including a Mandarin helpline, mental health screening for youths, play therapy, counselling, and more.
Calvary Community Care is a non-profit voluntary welfare organisation offering counselling services to youths between 12 - 25 years of age. You may make an appointment via their website, or reach out to the organisation via phone or email for a mental health assessment.
Reach Community Service is a social service organisation that offers counselling, as well as care services for youths, families and seniors. The organisation provides counselling services for individuals, couples and families facing mental health issues, caregiving stress, relationship issues, and other personal issues.
The Singapore Counselling Centre offers counselling, psychotherapy and psychological services to help individuals cope with personal, work or relationship issues. The organisation also offers a variety of workshops on Psychological First Aid, art therapy, music therapy and more.
Kingsmead Centre offers a range of programmes and services—including retreats, seminars, workshops and counselling—based on Ignatian spirituality. The centre has a team of trained counsellors to provide counselling sessions for individuals, couples and families. You may make an appointment via their website, or by phone or email.
Shan You is a social service agency that provides mental health and social care services to the community, regardless of race or religion. The Shan You Counselling Centre offers counselling sessions in English and Mandarin for individuals, couples and families. You may request for a counselling session by filling in a form on their website.
Previously known as the Association of Muslim Professionals, AMP Singapore is a non-profit organisation serving the Muslim community in Singapore. The organisation offers a variety of counselling services for youths, married couples and individuals who face issues of family violence. They also operate a helpline to provide emotional support for individuals in distress.
ThoughtFull offers free online assessments to provide professional support for both individuals and employers.
We also operate a 24/7 wellness hotline to support individuals who require immediate intervention. Our hotline is manned by personnel who are trained with Psychological First Aid, and callers are also referred to ThoughtFullChat or therapy for post-call support. We provide employers with a dedicated phone-line for their organisation.
AWARE Women operates a helpline to offer emotional support to women. Callers may also obtain more information on AWARE, or to make an appointment with AWARE’s counsellors or lawyers through the helpline. Individuals who can’t get through the helpline, or are unable to find a safe space to speak may reach out through AWARE’s online text chat service.
Samaritans of Singapore offers crisis support services. The organisation operates a 24-hour hotline, as well as CareText, a WhatsApp messaging service. Individuals who require emotional support may also reach out via email.
There are advantages to both online and in-person therapy, and what is considered the right fit will vary from one individual to another. Below, we’ll dive into the details of how online and in-person therapy sessions are conducted. We’ll also outline key factors you need to consider when choosing your ideal therapy medium.
With in-person therapy sessions, you’ll meet your qualified therapist face-to-face at a designated location, such as a clinic or private office. During the session, your therapist is responsible for holding space and creating a safe environment where you can feel comfortable sharing your thoughts, feelings and issues.
Your therapist will also provide support and offer therapeutic interventions. These are actions or practices that can help individuals improve their well-being and may include identifying triggers, imagery training, mindfulness, gratitude intervention, and more.
In-person therapy sessions are typically conducted every week, but may also take place more or less frequently depending on your circumstances. An individual therapy session may have a duration of 45 - 60 minutes, while group therapy sessions usually last about 75 - 90 minutes.
The costs of in-person therapy sessions will vary, depending on your mental health provider, the qualifications of your therapist, and the type of therapy you choose.
Based on the list we’ve provided above, the average costs for an individual therapy session lies in the range of RM50 - 250. Your actual costs may fall outside of this range, depending on whether you’re able to access free or subsidised mental health care, or seek the services of a private healthcare provider.
Online therapy sessions, also known as teletherapy, are held remotely. You may opt for live sessions, whereby appointments with a therapist are scheduled in advance. This is similar to an in-person session, except that it is provided over the phone, through a video call, or via text messaging.
Online sessions can also take place primarily through messaging. With this option, you may send text, voice or video messages to a therapist via a platform. Your mental health professional will respond within a specified timeframe, which can be within 24 hours or up to a few days—depending on his or her schedule.
Accessibility
The first factor you need to consider is accessibility.
Start by assessing your circumstances and routines, including your work schedule, responsibilities, and how comfortable you feel when you communicate with someone new. This can help you decide on the type of therapy that works best for you.
For example, in-person therapy sessions may not be readily accessible for certain individuals—such as people with physical disabilities, employees juggling a hectic work schedule, or individuals who struggle with social anxiety. In such situations, online therapy can plug the gap by providing easier access to mental health support.
Effectiveness
Various studies point to the effectiveness of online therapy in providing effective mental health care:
It is important to keep in mind that crises should be navigated with care. As highlighted in a Forbes Health article, online therapy may not be as effective in cases where immediate intervention or physical assistance is needed.
Cost
Various factors can affect the cost of therapy, and whether it would fit into your budget. This includes your income level, whether your insurance provider covers the costs of therapy, and the type of therapy you opt for.
For instance, individual therapy sessions tend to cost more relative to group sessions.
In general, online options will be cheaper than in-person sessions. This can also vary, depending on the level of support that you require.
Expanding on the factors we’ve outlined above, the benefits to choosing online therapy in Singapore include:
