The Counselling Place LLP

31/12/2025

As we approach the end of the year, let's celebrate achievements, address challenges, and approach ourselves with compassion. Reflect on your 2025 to identify successes, personal growth, and areas of development for 2026.

29/12/2025

In a world that rarely slows down, many of us crave a moment of quiet—time to breathe, feel grounded, and reconnect with ourselves. Vipassana meditation offers exactly that. Through simple, steady awareness, it helps you clear mental noise, regulate emotions, and rediscover the parts of yourself that stress has overshadowed. If you are longing for inner stillness, psychotherapist & counsellor, Shifan discusses how it may be the doorway home.

Discover how Vipassana meditation reduces stress, rewires the brain, and supports emotional healing. Learn how to start and build stillness in daily life with psychotherapist & counsellor, Shifan Hu-couble.

26/12/2025

Let’s explore the psychology behind why Christmas feels so powerful for children, how to support their emotional needs during the holidays, and how to create that Christmas magic to make this season more meaningful (and manageable) for your whole family.

Let’s explore the psychology behind why Christmas feels so powerful for children, how to support their emotional needs during the holidays, and how to create that Christmas magic to make this season more meaningful (and manageable) for your whole family.

24/12/2025

Take a moment in the hustle and bustle to let your loved ones know you care for them. Send this to a friend that needs to hear this!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

22/12/2025

The best gift this season? Your well-being! Learn a few simple strategies to manage your physical, emotional, financial and travel self-care.

17/12/2025

It’s common for one partner to feel ready for couples therapy while the other feels unsure, anxious, or defensive. This doesn’t mean they don’t care — often, it means they are afraid of being blamed, judged, or misunderstood. Explore where that fear comes from and how couples can approach therapy together in a way that feels safer, more respectful, and collaborative.

Resistance to couples therapy is common. Learn how to understand fear, build emotional safety, and invite your partner into therapy with compassion with Counsellor Lim Swee Chen.

12/12/2025

Feeling overwhelmed by the holiday hustle? We've got 5 tips to help you manage the holiday stress like a pro.

10/12/2025

Love sustains caregiving—but without boundaries, love alone can’t prevent burnout. This guide by our Counsellor, Soolin, shows how to set kind, practical limits that protect your health and the relationship you’re caring for, with scripts, small steps, and guilt-taming reframes.

Caregiving without boundaries leads to burnout. Learn kind, practical ways to set limits, reduce guilt, and protect the bond you cherish with Counsellor, Soolin Choi.

03/12/2025

You may know what gaslighting looks like in romantic relationships — but what happens when it starts in childhood, from the people meant to protect you? Learn the subtle signs of gaslighting parents and how to reclaim your reality.

You may know what gaslighting looks like in romantic relationships — but what happens when it starts in childhood, from the people meant to protect you? Learn the subtle signs of gaslighting parents and how to reclaim your reality with this blog post.