Talking therapies are psychological treatments for mental and emotional problems like stress, anxiety and depression. With more than 50 years of collective experience in caring for clients who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or relationship challenges, we pride ourselves in providing you with the very highest standards of ethical practice in Singapore, serving and supporting you in the most effective and empowering manner.
Carolyn Spring, author of ‘Recovery is my best revenge: my experience of trauma, abuse and dissociative identity disorder’, documents in this, her second book, her journey through psychotherapy depression treatment singapore to heal and resolve trauma-based shame, which had resulted in a catastrophic mental breakdown in her early thirties and an eventual diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID).
Our professional staff are trained to use different approaches – cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), choice theory and reality therapy (CTRT), schema therapy, existential psychotherapy or a combination of these to help clients develop and understand their feelings.
In the same year Professor Jan Scott (Cognitive Therapy Centre, Newcastle), who was sent by the Royal College of Psychiatrists as one of the external examiners for candidates of the Masters of Medicine in Psychiatry, met with the same core group of more experienced psychotherapy practitioners to discuss psychotherapy training.
The chapter falls into three main parts: (a) summary of different aspects emphasized by research, such as the general efficacy of different therapeutic models; the therapeutic alliance and the repair of therapeutic ruptures; the common factors and the specific techniques; expectations, goals and level of collaboration between the client and the therapist; (b) feedback systems in psychotherapy; and (c) therapist factors.
I am not only referring to people with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, severe anxiety or depression It also applies to people who are just struggling with a certain area of their life and want to understand more about how they can cope with these challenges, for example learning to manage work stress or dealing with a breakup.
Counselling provides an emotionally safe space to explore many aspects of our life, it can also be an opportunity, to express difficult feelings such as anger, resentment, guilt and fear by talking openly and freely in a supportive, non-judgemental environment.