Professional Psychotherapy and Counseling Services in Singapore
EMDR Certified Psychotherapist - Francsica Chiang
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy aims to provide us with a safe space to feel and embrace the hidden and vulnerable self with compassion and acceptance.
By exploring our present and past experiences, psychotherapy will help us to make sense of why we feel the way we do. We will begin to understand why certain situations trigger specific and/or undesirable responses. This process will enhance self-knowledge, self-awareness, and develop better understanding of experiences and events in your life which have shaped us.
By exploring our present and past experiences, psychotherapy will help us to make sense of why we feel the way we do. We will begin to understand why certain situations trigger specific and/or undesirable responses. This process will enhance self-knowledge, self-awareness, and develop better understanding of experiences and events in your life which have shaped us.
When Should you Consider Adult Counselling and Psychotherapy?
- You are going through a tough season and it’s overwhelming to overcome by yourself.
- You constantly feel an unfounded feeling that something terrible might happen
- None of your usual strategies is working or helping to ease the situation
- You notice you do not have the motivation or energy to do the things you generally enjoy doing
- You notice it is hard to communicate with the people around you about your struggles
- You feel like you are stuck and helpless and not able to get out of a sticky situation
- Your struggles have a huge effect on your family, relationships, and work
- You notice yourself feeling some level of depression for a long time
- You receive feedback from your closed ones that you have been behaving differently
It can help with some of these issues and more:
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by exploring unconscious conflicts and patterns contributing to emotional distress.
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by exploring early attachment experiences to manage current relationship dynamics differently.
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by addressing deep-seated beliefs and emotional wounds that affect our self-esteem.
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Addictions
by exploring unconscious drivers and unresolved emotional pain that maintain our addictive behaviours
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Identity Issues
by navigating questions we have of our identity, self-perception, and life direction.
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Anger and Emotional Dysregulation
by examining the underlying causes of intense or suppressed emotions.
Professional Supervision
Supervision Services For All Professions
I offer contemplative supervision for all professions.
Professional Supervision attends to the impact of work on the worker and the worker on the work. It offers a neutral, confidential and safe space for the worker to do in depth reflection of himself/herself at work and develop autonomy as a practitioner in his/her own field of work. It aims to provide space for reflection, not reporting, as is typically done in work supervision focused on work appraisal and the enhancement of work performance.
Who may Benefit
Supervision will benefit people who hope to foster their own growth and the growth of those they work with in terms of duty of care in the quality of duty of care. Those who yearn to have a contemplative space to wonder and explore will also gain new perspectives.
Approach of Supervision
The approach aims to foster an intentional dialogue between the individual’s inner motivation (soul) as he/she meets the demands in their professional field of work (role) and the everyday realities (context) which inhibit the person from finding harmony between his/her motivation and role.
It takes a soulful and inclusive approach to life and work and invites participating supervisees to engage with their own practices and traditions. Creativity features strongly in this supervisory process – colour, sound, imagery and poetry may be employed. More information on supervision can be found here.
It takes a soulful and inclusive approach to life and work and invites participating supervisees to engage with their own practices and traditions. Creativity features strongly in this supervisory process – colour, sound, imagery and poetry may be employed. More information on supervision can be found here.
Individual Adult Therapy & Trauma Work
I offer EMDR psychotherapy and counselling for individuals working with anxiety, depression, burnout, work stress, trauma, and relationship difficulties. My practice also includes work with compulsive behaviours, questions around gender and identity, dissociation and sleep problems etc.
Frequently Asked Questions About Psychotherapy
How can Psychotherapy help me?
Psychotherapy is a place to slow down and look at what's actually happening within and without — self beliefs, thought patterns, emotions, body sensations, relationships and patterns that keep recurring. People come to gain clarity and footing, to make better decisions, to recover from something that's left a scar, or to understand themselves better.
What happens in a Psychotherapy session?
A session feels like a conversation in a cosy and comfortable room which is natural and grounded, with the quiet presence of Ollie, of my little daschund dog. We sit with what's actually happening for you. The conversation will be paced with yours. Psychotherapy begins with the unfolding with self and heartfelt matters.
How do I start therapy?
Read the information on this website. Book an appointment via email or what’s app. Fill up the form using the link in the website. Arrive 10-15 minutes before the first appointment to fill out a short form.
How many sessions do I need?
The number of sessions usually depends on the issues you hope to work on and most clients would know and decide when to continue or end therapy as they feel the effects of the therapeutic work in their life and overall functioning. For symptoms that seriously interfere with daily functioning, effective work can span over months.
What's the difference between Psychotherapy and Counselling?
In practice the two can overlap -what begins as counselling can become psychotherapy when something deeper surfaces that may require psychotherapy to address them.
How is EMDR therapy different from CBT?
CBT essentially identifies patterns of thoughts/beliefs and how they affect emotions and behaviour. EMDR therapy focuses on helping the brain process traumatic memories that have become “stuck,” which can cause ongoing emotional distress, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, or negative beliefs about oneself— which is why behaviour change alone is not sustainable. CBT concepts are incorporated in the works of EMDR in terms of understanding how our thought patterns/self-beliefs have an impact on how we feel and act and EMDR therapy helps to identify the origins and work toward helping the brain to reprocess them to provide relief and permanent change.