Adoption is a lifelong journey with its unique experiences and challenges. Just as no two children are the same, no two adoptions are the same,...
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Marital Counselling for Stronger Relationships
In 2021, Singapore saw 7,890 couples dissolve their marriage, and the median duration of marriage was 10.7 years (Tan & Toh, 2022). As a...
How to Help Children Cope with Grief
For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in...
Self-Care: The Journey to Mental Wellness
Have you ever been pressured or stressed out by something at work and, upon coming home, took it out on your family members? Or had something on...
Minimising Sibling Rivalry (Part 2 of a 2-Part Article)
Sibling rivalry can be frustrating and exhausting. However, sibling conflict can help children acquire essential social, interpersonal and cognitive...
Help for Those Contemplating Divorce
The decision to divorce is rarely easy. The sense of ambivalence and uncertainty can linger for a long time, even when a divorce decision has been...
Feeling Seen and Heard: Becoming a Better Listener and Turning Towards Your Partner
Turning towards your partner represents the everyday efforts you make in a relationship to reach out to your partner and accept their ‘bids’ for...
Oh, great. The kids are fighting again. (Part 1 of a 2-Part Article)
The wails. The screeching. “Mommy!!!” You hear. You sigh. Great, yet another sibling conflict that makes you want to pull your hair out. “Weren’t...
Cultivating Emotional Intimacy in Your Marriage
John Gottman once said, "The critical dimension in understanding whether a marriage will work or not, becomes the extent to which the male can...
Reaching Parenting Consensus
If you and your partner have different ideas about raising your child, you are in good company. Perhaps you insist on your child finishing their...