Relationships Counselling Singapore
Relationships can be challenging at times. Conflicts can arise when there are differences in points of view or when there are unresolved emotional hurts.
Sometimes, conflicts can be resolved easily, and the relationship can go back to calm and peace. However, when conflicts persist or when couples get stuck in a rut of negative communication cycle, negative feelings such as bitterness and resentment can start to breed, causing rupture and disharmony in the relationships.
Whether you are still dating, married or divorced, talking to a professional can help you work through those issues in your relationship. You will also gain a different perspective or develop better ways of relating to your partner.
We offer specialist divorce counselling services
At Sylvia Tan Psychology Consultancy, we have extensive experience working with divorcing or separated couples, helping them adjust to the new life after divorce, co-parenting issues, and helping them heal from the pain of divorce and separation.
Going through divorce and separation is a very traumatic and painful experience, especially if you have children. Many couples struggle with feelings of guilt, shame, confusion, anger, resentment, and hurt, as they worry for the children. However, studies have shown that when parents can co-parent well, and the children have a sound plan of when they can spend time with both parents, children can cope with the divorce better.
With a safe and confidential space, you will be supported emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as you undergo the divorce process.
Here at Sylvia Tan Psychology, we have specialized expertise in co-parenting counselling as we can help you craft a parenting plan that is suitable for your child’s developmental needs.
- When one or both parties are losing interest in sex with the other party
- Infidelity or multiple affairs
- Communication breakdown
- Ongoing feelings of hurt and resentment
- Feelings of contempt towards partner
- Conflict in parenting styles
- Conflict over finances
- Having conflict stemming from different cultural background
- Feeling the need to control or feeling controlled by the partner or spouse
Couples counselling or marriage counselling can help with
- Breakdown in communication
- Infidelity
- Disagreements and conflicts
- Misalignment of goals
- Depression and anxiety
- Issues surrounding infertility
- Conflicts involving in laws
- Differences in parenting
- Differences in values
Couples counselling starts off with an initial assessment. The first session is a joint session for the couple. The couple therapist will ask the couple to share what the problem has been for them. The therapist may give them a questionnaire to complete and ask them questions about the relationship or marriage.
After the initial joint session, the therapist will have separate individual sessions with each party. This is where the couple therapist will gather more information about past history and each party’s own family background and upbringing. After the individual sessions, the couple will come back together for joint sessions, and the couple therapist will work closely with the couple to identify the goals for therapy and map out areas of the relationship to focus on.
The duration for couples counselling can vary from couples to couples. Minimally, 6 sessions will be required for intervention to take place. Typically couples counselling can range from 6 to 12 sessions. You can discuss with your therapist the frequency of sessions and how many sessions will be required.
Our Counselling Psychologist
Sylvia Tan - Founder, Principal Counselling Psychologist, MPsych (SRP Registered)
Sylvia is a Counselling Psychologist practicing in Singapore. She holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from Curtin University of Technology ( Perth, Western Australia) and is currently a registered counselling psychologist and a clinical supervisor with the Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP).
After her graduation in 2002, Sylvia lived and worked in Australia for many years before her relocation back to her home country Singapore in 2014. To date, Sylvia has over 20 years of experience working in a range of settings both in Australia and Singapore.