The Relational
We live in a world where we find ourselves challenged and stressed daily. Sometimes these lead to emotional challenges which pervade thru all aspects of our life. At such times we need someone trained in understanding the nuances and subtilities of our individual and social needs to help create a pathway toward health and healing.
With the vast range of combined skills available, The Relational is in the unique position of being able to provide a one-stop-shop for individuals, couples and families struggling with emotional challenges.
The fast-paced modern world, while reaching to new heights of technology advancement and development, seems to be crushing the very thing created it—our HUMANITY. A lot of us find ourselves emotionally overwhelmed and challenged. If left unchecked, these threaten to leave us incapable of functioning and/or forming meaningful relationships. Working on oneself, understanding patterns of emotions and behaviours and being able to break create new functional paradigms, may hold the key to living a healthy and fulfilled life.
With are team of therapists, we have successfully worked with several individuals struggling with:
Couple problems do not occur overnight. They take time to develop. When you and your partner do not talk about hurt feelings, they eventually turn into resentment. The next stage is "emotional deadening." In this stage, you feel like roommates instead of intimate partners.
Once the stage is reached, a couple's ability to connect and be vulnerable with one another will deteriorate. It may then seem like there is little or no hope for the relationship. You may feel alone, even though you are still involved in an intimate relationship.
Couple therapy and marriage counselling can help change patterns in unhealthy relationships. Our trained therapists can help remove the blocks to intimacy and assist you in re-establishing the bonds of closeness. We can help couples deal effectively with:
Oxford Dictionary defines a crisis as a time of great danger, difficulty or doubt when problems must be solved, or important decisions must be made. These can be a single event or chronic ongoing crises. However, it is also one of the most overwhelming periods in one’s life and pushes our emotional and mental resources to the brink. The individual, couple and/or even family find themselves in an extremely unstable and unsafe space. Our team of well-trained professionals, help clients navigate this extremely sensitive and tricky space with empathy and skill. Some examples of situations are:
Group psychotherapy is an evidenced based form of psychotherapy that consists of a group of individuals, usually between 4 to 15, and 1 or 2 group therapists. Typically, the group meets for 1 to 2 hours for an agreed upon number of sessions.
Many groups are designed to target a specific problem, such as depression, obesity, panic disorder, social anxiety, chronic pain or substance abuse. Other groups focus more generally on improving social skills, helping people deal with a range of issues such as anger, shyness, loneliness and low self-esteem.
Dr Richard Lim is a qualified Group Psychotherapist. He is a professional member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) which is an affiliate organization of American Psychological Association (APA). Dr Lim practices his group therapy work in Singapore and Jakarta regularly. He conducts group process training for mental health professionals.