Recess Psychology and Coaching Centre

10/11/2025

When you get into work and you have to solve a mystery of the single fingernail!

Happy Monday everyone. Have a wonderful week ahead and if you are struggling, keep looking for little things that bring relief and joy. Keep showing up. One little step at a time.

B r e a t h e through it.

05/11/2025

Our good friends Alliance Counselling is running this monthly support group for those who have experienced sexual trauma. This is a wonderful and much needed initiative run by skilled professionals. And it is for FREE. So anyone who needs it can attend and benefit from this without worry about not being able to afford fees. Please share this with anyone in need.

05/11/2025

Struggling with behaviours such as big emotions? Having problems with friendships?
Unmotivated?
Low self-esteem?

Suitable for all including those with ADHD or those on the autism spectrum.

Contact us at 88584153 for more information about our coaching sessions. All sessions are individualised and the number of sessions will be recommended based on your needs.

This year-end holiday, make use of our SPRINT packages for extra savings.

Conveniently located at East Coast, Orchard, and Bukit Timah.

04/11/2025

If you are a Nexus parent, come join psychologist, Dr Penny Tok, as she speaks at next week's event on Supportive Parenting, a Delicate Balacing Act.
Nexus International School, Singapore

Registration is in the link! Note that this is only open to parents of children attending Nexus.

xx

03/11/2025

A beautiful video explaining some autistic behaviours that people may not understand and could be fearful of and frustrated by.

By St. Andrew's Autism Centre

03/11/2025

Note: I have permission to share this.

Why drawing it out helps, especially with younger children.

When discussing why they were unwilling to speak up during class, an 8-year-old drew this and frowned. When previously asked verbally, they just shook their heads and said , "I don't know".

Draw it out is an often effective non-confrontational way to help younger children process and talk about big emotions. It alsp reduces their cognitive load as they do not have to recall, organise their thoughts, and put it all into words.

Now that we have identified the underlying worry, we can start reframing the situation, help them tolerate distress, and build their confidence!

Try this at home to see what information you can get from your child to identify what is on their mind.

Contact us if your child needs to speak to our counsellors and coaches who are experienced and trained in working with typically developing and neurodiverse children.

02/11/2025

Early bird EXTENDED to 10 November!!

For children AND teens.

Year-end group sessions for those struggling with big emotions, low confidence, social- relationship problems, executive function difficulites and more.

All SPRINT sessions and Seasonal Programmes will help participants build essential skills to ready them for 2026.

Conveniently located in East Coast, Orchard, and Bukit Timah. Contact 8858 4153 or admin@recesspsychsg.com for more details.

31/10/2025

We have lowered our SPRINT rates so that more people can be supported. With a discount of up to 25%, this will be a good opportunity to build some important skills before the next school year begins.

Skills include executive functioning, self-confidence, social relationship skills, and more. Contact us for more information.

Available at Orchard, East Coast, and at Joyful Seeds Joyful Seeds Paediatric & Development Clinic in Bukit Timah.

30/10/2025

End of Day 2 of the OCD Symposium 2025 in Singapore. In addition to learning about the Bergen 4 Day Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, we also caught up with old friends and made new ones.

Thank you ocdnetwork and Institute of Mental Health Singapore for organising

29/10/2025

East Coast will always be special!

East side, best side 😉 But our Orchard centre is pretty sweet too!

29/10/2025

Day 1 of 2025 OCD Symposium in Singapore focusing on the Bergen 4-Day OCD treatment.

Psychologists Marisa Lin and Dr Penny Tok together with Counsellor Austin Leong are attending this event together so we apologise for then not being at the centres these 2 days.

27/10/2025

A brilliant session on Saturday morning when we chatted about Too Much Information (TMI)- what it looks like, what other people may look like when you share TMI in a social conversation.

We also combined observing and interpreting others body language to help us know when we might be sharing too much or sharing for too long.

Our session is run by Counsellor, Austin, and uses a self-awareness, behavioural and mental flexibility, and self-confidence as the underlying skills emphasised in the sessions. Contact us if you want to join the group or find out more.

We also run seasonal programmes (shorter runs) over the holidays so reach out to us on 88584153 for more information.