Relationship / Marriage Counselling (Couples Therapy)
Relationship / Marriage Counselling (Couples Therapy)
Research has shown that human beings have an innate need to belong. We would seek out and connect with other people through building relationships. However, unsatisfied and disconnected relationships would bring us rejection, disappointment and sadness.
The Relationship Room is conceived out of a desire to help individuals heal from the pain experienced through rejection and disappointment in their relationships and empower them to build everlasting healthy relationships throughout their lives.
At The Relationship Room, we offer counselling and coaching services not only to individuals, but also couples and families. We promise to journey together with you and your loved ones through the various challenges and disappointments in life.
At every step of your journey, we will help you heal from your pain as we search for a solution that will not only best suit your experiences, but will also empower you to move forward to where you want to be in your life, building everlasting relationships along the way.
Available on Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat
As a young adult, Theresa experienced numerous rejections and disappointments in all manners of relationships, causing her self-esteem to plummet, and for her to develop a negative outlook on life. This downward trajectory continued until she experienced the healing power of counselling firsthand. Short
Available on Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat
As a young adult, Theresa experienced numerous rejections and disappointments in all manners of relationships, causing her self-esteem to plummet, and for her to develop a negative outlook on life. This downward trajectory continued until she experienced the healing power of counselling firsthand. Shortly after, Theresa made a leap of faith to pursue the field of counselling and therapy full-time. It was a decision she has never regretted.
A registered counsellor and clinical supervisor with the Singapore Association for Counselling, Theresa is also registered as a social worker with the Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW). Although she deals with a broad spectrum of concerns, such as depression and conflict management, her main area of expertise lies in aiding couples recover from affairs and infidelity.
For Theresa, learning never stops: she prides herself on constantly striving to do better, both personally and professionally. To stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the relationship counselling and couples therapy space, Theresa regularly attends seminars hosted by key marriage experts in the US and Australia. In the professional sense, she is well-versed in family systems approach and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy. Additionally, she is trained in Gottman Couples Therapy (Level 1 & 2).
An industry leader in marital counselling, she has been featured in the newspapers on more than one occasion: media outlets with the likes of The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia, TODAY and CNA938 have sought her opinions on relationship and marriage matters. Previously, Theresa held leadership positions at Lakeside Family Services and Focus on the Family Singapore. She is currently Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology and Counselling at the Singapore University of Social Sciences and the College of Allied Educators. Besides counselling and teaching, she also provides clinical supervision for counsellors and social workers to cultivate their skills and knowledge.
As a certified therapist in relationship and marriage counselling, Theresa finds joy in helping others not merely recover from their issues, but ultimately thrive and blossom into who they were meant to be. Over the past decade, she has journeyed alongside many hurting individuals, couples and families, empowering them to turn disappointments to hope, enabling them to build positive connections with other people, and helping them to live their lives to the fullest every day. Today, she is happily married with a school-going daughter, and spends her free time travelling, reading and jogging.
Available on Mon & Thu
Having someone who is experienced and empathic to journey with you in your difficult moments in life is such a relief. It is enabling and healing. With this personal experience, coupled with intrigue about human relationships, and affirmations from friends, Soh Hiang ventured into counseling.
She comes with 18 year
Available on Mon & Thu
Having someone who is experienced and empathic to journey with you in your difficult moments in life is such a relief. It is enabling and healing. With this personal experience, coupled with intrigue about human relationships, and affirmations from friends, Soh Hiang ventured into counseling.
She comes with 18 years of counseling experience, majoring in marriage and family counselling. Besides completed a Master in Psychology, she is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Approach, then continued to get certification for Choice Theory and Reality Therapy. She has also completed Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1 and 2; Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1 to 4 and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. Her diverse exposures also include Gestalt and Systemic approach. Recognizing human being is an integrated whole, her approach is integrative.
Having used Prepare-Enrich assessment with many couples, she was accorded seminar director (trainer) for Prepare-Enrich (an assessment and counselling tool for preparing couples for marriage and for enriching marriages). She has also championed marriage mentoring and compiled a program for that purpose. To address specific issue of Extra Marital Affair (EMA) and recovery, she was trained in Torn Asunder and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EMA).
Having worked as a work life consultant and a wellness coach for multinational companies, Soh Hiang has counselled many expatriates. Her stay in India and China, equipped her with personal experience of transitioning into a new culture and working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Besides counselling, she has done many talks and workshops on youth, marriage and family, parenting, relationship matters and other psycho-social topics.
She is blissfully married for more than 3 decades with 2 grown up daughters.
Available on Weekdays
Seo Lay completed her postgraduate diploma in counselling psychology with the College of Allied Educators. A Psychology major from NUS, she went on to explore other interests after graduation.
After over 20 years of professional work spanning academia, private and public sectors where she held research and policy port
Available on Weekdays
Seo Lay completed her postgraduate diploma in counselling psychology with the College of Allied Educators. A Psychology major from NUS, she went on to explore other interests after graduation.
After over 20 years of professional work spanning academia, private and public sectors where she held research and policy portfolios, Seo Lay finds herself revisiting her first interest and now hopes to help others work through their mental health issues and find personal fulfilment in life. Her decision to retrain as a counsellor is also encouraged by friends and ex colleagues who often confide in her and find her easy to talk to.
Seo Lay believes strongly in client empowerment, through helping the client harness his/her own inner resource and strengths.
In working with her clients, she mainly draws concepts from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Family Systems Therapy.
Besides counselling, she completed the Professional Coaching Development Programme with the Collective Change Institute in 2019
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I was all ready to quit after seven years of marriage. The endless communication breakdowns, deep seated misunderstandings and growing resentment in me has taken its toll.
I was pretty indifferent in the first couple of counselling sessions but gradually found myself opening up to the counsellor and then eventually, to the problems we faced on hand. For the first time in my marriage, I actually felt that my views were truly heard and taken into consideration without the conversation ending up in yet another ugly fight.
I attribute this to our counsellor, Theresa, whose kindness and empathy and excellent psychotherapy skills created a safe environment where we could air our grievances constructively. By the third or fourth session, I had a change in mindset and decided within myself to put in effort into the marriage to make it work.
Jo
We are a couple who has been married for almost a decade, with a young family. Challenges came as kids arrived, though they're such blessing, the demands they placed on time and the differences it raised caused frictions and arguments. Over time, these started to eat into our relationship. We were on the verge of giving up as emotions rose frequently and things do not seem to get better no matter how hard we tried.
At the suggestion of a church elder, we started going for counselling. I was sceptical at first as I have never experienced or tried counselling. We met Theresa, she is warm, attentive and neutral. These attributes put us at ease and helped us open up.
Looking back, what a blessing it has been. Six months later, we found ourselves easier with each other, able to resolve conflicts better. Specifically, we learnt to recognize and deal with patterns in our behaviours.
James
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