Services

  • Psychotherapy & Counselling
      • Individual/Couple Therapy & Counselling
  • Professional Development
      • Coaching, Supervision, & Assessment
  • Mindfulness & Psychology
      • Mindfulness Individual, Group, & Corporate

Psychotherapy & Counselling (Adults & Couples)

Therapy is about a journey within you that opens you to a whole new way of living and experiencing your world.  It helps you reflect and regain perspective, thereby giving you more control over your emotions.

At some stage in life, we may face commonly experienced concerns or a particular unique challenge.  Sometimes it is about long-standing psychological issues while other times it is in response to unexpected changes in one’s life such as adjustment issues.  From time to time, it is about seeking extra support and guidance as we pursue our personal growth.

We employ a variety of therapeutic approaches to ensure that therapy is taiilored to the individual/s.  These include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), and motivational-interviewing (MI).

We see individual adults and couples from a diverse range of backgrounds to facilitate realistic means of addressing problems and finding solutions. Some of the behaviours and symptoms may be related to

  • anxiety, worry, or stress
  • depression, postpartum depression
  • bipolar
  • panic attack, fear or, phobias
  • anger and irritability
  • addiction
  • obsessive-compulsive-disorder (OCD)
  • bereavement and grief
  • self-esteem and confidence
  • body image
  • couple counselling/pre-marriage counselling
  • marriage, divorce, separation, or infidelity
  • fertility or infertility counselling
  • relating and relationship difficulties
  • emotional management
  • parenthood difficulties
  • communication skills
  • conflict management
  • social skills training
  • codependence
  • shyness and social anxiety
  • problems of desire and motivation
  • sleep problems
  • retirement refocus
  • career change/adjustment
  • relocation (expat) – adjustment, transition, and cultural challenges
  • being a carer
  • health and chronic illness
  • sports/athletic counselling

Sessions are conducted in English.

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About Dr. Koh Jessie

Professional Development

Coaching

If there is a gap between where you are and where you would like to be, there is room for coaching.

​In traditional therapy,  mental-health professional with master/doctorate-degree diagnose and treat emotional (eg. anxiety or depression) and psychological disorders to achieve ‘wellness’.

​In professional coaching, certified coaches identify current behavior and thought patterns, and predominantly use powerful questioning for change and move forward.  This process helps gain clarity and motivation to create action plan to achieve desired ‘goal’.

​According to session feedback, it is reported that one may find alot of coaching in therapy, but not the reverse (Hart, Blattner, and Leipsic, 2001).  Consulting Psychology Journal-Practice & Research on American Psychological Association (APA) web.

Therapy is about uncovering and recovery. Coaching is about discovery (Williams, P,  Therapy Alliance, Vol 2, Issue 1)

Supervision

Structured and supportive supervision for trainee counsellors, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals as well as qualified practitioners.  Only external supervisions are available (no internship).

Psychological Assessments

Please enquire.

Mindfulness & Psychology

The Mindfulness Way

From time to time, we are faced with worrying situations and difficulties.  While trying to make sense of these happenings around us, we may experience stress, anxiety, fear, or sadness.  Whether it is about your job, personal or family life, sometimes we just need some support in moving forward or simply want to enhance our sense of wellbeing, performance, resilience, and creativity.  When we apply mindfulness in our daily life, we will be less likely to be caught up with our thoughts, feelings and emotions, thus allowing our minds to have greater clarity, to be calmer and more focused.

Mindfulness is both practice and a way of life.  One of the most effective method in which we can develop mindfulness is through formal practice of meditation and through daily complementing activities such as walking and eating.  It is a way of engaging in the present with awareness and clarity so that you can cope with your stress and challenges.  It is a practice of paying attention to whatever is happening in the present moment.  Thus, it helps you recognise and step away from habitual, often unconscious reactions to everyday events.

What are the Benefits?

  • √   Recognise, slow down or stop automatic and habitual reactions.
  • √  Respond more effectively to complex or difficult situations.
  • √   See situations more clearly.
  • √   Develop greater self-awareness.
  • √   Achieve balance and resilience at work and at home.

​Mindfulness is based on the pioneering work of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and is backed up by 30 years of published research. Research suggests that mindfulness confers significant benefits for general wellbeing, health, and quality of life. Practising mindfulness is helpful for coping with anxiety, work or family stress, relationship issues, life transitions, emotional and psychological challenges, and managing chronic pain or physical illness.  Learning mindfulness skills provides a way of freeing oneself from the habitual and unhelpful ways of thinking and responding.  Mindfulness gives us tools by noticing and appreciating the good and the interesting things that happen in our day-to-day lives.  

Mindfulness is an evidence-based self-management technique.  Mindfulness can be developed in many ways.  We  can start by placing attention on an activity, being aware when our minds are distracted, and refocusing on the activity.  One of the most effective method is by meditation and practising daily activities such as walking and eating.

Through a set of specific practices, you will learn life-enhancing skills that you can apply in your daily life whenever you may need them. Mindfulness is an active moment-to-moment observation of our mental process (mind) thereby allowing us to be aware of what is happening in our mind and body.  It is about being here and now instead of dwelling in the past or worrying over the future.  Some of the core skills you will learn in mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your mind, body, and the environment around you.  One of the most effective method in which we can develop mindfulness is through formal practice of meditation and through daily complementing activities such as walking and eating.

Learn how to incorporate mindfulness into your busy daily work and personal life.