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The Most Reassuring Thing You Can Say To Someone Experiencing Fear And Anxiety - PsyBlog Fear and anxiety are emotions that can trap you, but facing them can help, explains a clinical psychologist.

Depression does not only affect the person suffering from it, but family members too.

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How depression affects couples – in their own words

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How The Most Distracted People Can Boost Their Attention - PsyBlog Heavily distracted people benefited most from the simple task.

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CBT Skills Can Help Unemployed With Job Search | Psych Central News New research discovers skills commonly taught as part of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression can help unemployed people find a job. Ohio State University researchers found that becoming skilled in identifying negative thoughts and countering them with more positive responses, and then planni...

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Pain: The Two Best Psychological Techniques For Coping - PsyBlog The short-term strategies that are best for tolerating and reducing pain.

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Mindfulness May Be the Secret to Staying Healthy | Brain Blogger Health & Healthcare 0 Mindfulness May Be the Secret to Staying Healthy by Jennifer Gibson, PharmD | May 21, 2016 Mindfulness is the act of paying attention – in an intentional and nonjudgmental way – to your own thoughts and feelings. Being more aware of your own self leads to reduced stress and inc...

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Anxiety: 7 Subtle Signs That Someone Is Suffering - PsyBlog People experiencing anxiety may want to hide what is happening to them.

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The Weird Thing Depression Does To The Brain - PsyBlog Finding could be linked to depressive symptoms such as loss of appetite and sleep problems.

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Psych-Hub Psych-Hub: Pathway to a better Well-Being I provide psychological assessments and psychotherapy in Singapore to locals and expats. I typically provide face to face short term therapy sessions to adults who are suffering from depression, anxiety or stress. I specialise in using Cognitive Behavioural…

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Depression on the rise as Malaysians burn out from stress, expert warns PETALING JAYA, March 24 — Depression will be a major mental health illness Malaysians will suffer from by 2020. Malaysian Psychiatric Association president Prof Dr Nor Zuraida Zainal said this was because more people are expected to experience

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How to Listen to Your Emotions | World of Psychology Listening to our emotions is vital. Emotions “seek to serve and empower us to explore the world safely and make meaning of our experience in it,” said Deb Hannaford, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Pasadena and Monrovia, Calif. Emotions are valuable sources of information. “hey give us d...

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What stops people with mental health issues from seeking treatment? Worldwide, a large majority of those with mental illness fail to receive adequate treatment and hence undergo unnecessary suffering. Arguably as tragic is the suffering experienced by the family members who agonize about the inexplicable and seemingly never ending mental anguish of their loved one.…

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Let’s end stigma of mental illness With the recent highlight of mental illness in our society, we need to start asking if we are doing enough to understand and treat mental illness in Singapore. Perhaps the first step would be to address the stigma against mental illness. With one in six people in Singapore suffering from some form o...

'SUPPORT', whether from family/friends or professionals, is a very important ingredient to a healthy mental well-being.

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Be Positive Wondering what being positive is all about? Does it merely involve thinking positive thoughts or hoping for bad things to go away, without doing anything on your part? Or does it require us to take action to act on our positive thoughts?

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Mental Wellbeing Mental wellbeing relates to our ability to positively experience life, effectively manage life challenges, realize our potential and make a meaningful contribution within our community.

Stress

Stress affects all of us and is a completely normal reaction that all human beings experience from time to time when we are faced with situations that put us under pressure. People react to stress differently, it can be overwhelming that it affects our ability to function on a daily basis. When we have been experiencing too much stress, we tend to lose the ability to cope and feel that we are losing control over our lives.

There are many things that can trigger stress:

• Pressure/Changes at work
• Financial difficulties
• Loss of a loved one/work
• Physical health problems
• Relationship difficulties
• Lack of support/Isolation
• Getting married
• Pregnancy/Birth in the family
• Housing issues
• Moving house

Common symptoms that people report:

• Tiredness
• Poor memory/concentration
• Lack of motivation/energy
• Disturbed sleep
• Irritability
• Overwhelmed/Helpless
• Tearful/unhappy
• Anxious
• Tensed
• Procrastinating
• Over/under activity
• Excessive worrying
• Dwelling on negative aspects of ourselves and/or lives.
• Avoiding people/situations

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Trouble with Sleep

Sleep problems can occur to people of all ages and to both women and men. It is very common that people report having poor sleep once in a while and this is normal. However, when sleep problem becomes frequent and persistent then professional help may be required.

There are different types of sleep problems; sleeping for too long, not sleeping enough, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, poor quality sleep, and waking up too early in the morning. People can experience only one of the above, a few or sometimes all of them.

When people experience poor sleep it can affect them in many ways:
• Lack concentration/poor memory
• Irritable/snappy
• overwhelmed
• Tiredness
• Lack energy
• Problems at work
• Problems in relationships
• Under activity

Poor sleep is often a result of:
• Stressful life events
• Working shifts
• Travelling
• Physical health problems
• Mental health problems
• Poor bedtime routine
• Environmental factors
• Unhealthy lifestyles
• Medication

Persistent insomnia can lead to depression and anxiety.

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Panic

Panic attack is a sudden intense rush of anxiety accompanied by extremely uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms. Panic attacks usually last for a short period of time and can occur out of the blue or can be predicted. It is common that people mistaken panic attacks for heart attacks. Many people experience panic attack once or twice only which is little reason to worry about. However repeated panic attacks can go on to develop as Panic Disorders. Panic disorder is a type of anxiety. It is characterised by repeated panic attacks, combined with behavioural changes and fear of future anxiety attacks.

Common symptoms of panic disorder:
• Rapid breathing/shortness of breathe
• Fast heartbeat/palpitations
• Chest pain/discomfort
• Dizzy/lightheaded
• Fear of dying/losing control
• Scared
• Anxious
• Avoidance in situations/places
• Escaping situations/places
• Socially withdrawn/staying at home more

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Anxiety

Anxiety affects all of us and it is very normal in a range of situations for us to feel anxious. Anxiety can in fact be very helpful, however when it can be a problem when anxiety becomes very severe and we find ourselves being anxious for no reason.

Anxiety can develop as a result of stressful life events such as:
• Pressure/Changes at work
• Financial difficulties
• Physical health problems
• Death or illness of a loved one
• Relationship difficulties
• Pregnancy/Birth in the family
• Housing issues
• Moving house

Common symptoms:
• Sweaty
• Shaky
• Fidgety
• Difficulty with sleep
• Tensed
• Irritable
• Frustrated/fed up
• Sad
• Avoid people/situations/ places
• Escape from situations or places

Depression

It is common for us to feel low or down at some point in our lives, especially when life is stressful. However when low moods become persistent and severe to the point that it affects our daily life then professional help may be required.

What can cause low moods/depression?
• Financial difficulties
• Loss of a loved one/work
• Physical health problems
• Relationship difficulties
• Pregnancy/Birth in the family
• Housing issues
• Retirement
• Pressure/changes at work

Common symptoms people report:
• Low or sad in mood
• Guilty
• Lack of enjoyment in activities
• Difficulty with sleep
• Weight gain/loss
• Lack of energy
• Socially withdrawn
• Lack of appetite/over eating
• Lack of activity
• Socially withdrawn

I provide psychological assessments and psychotherapy in Singapore to locals and expats.

I typically provide face to face short term therapy sessions to adults who are suffering from depression, anxiety or stress. Therapy sessions would typically be between 6-12 sessions weekly depending on the individual. The first assessment session would be 1 hour 30 minutes and subsequent treatment sessions 1 hour. I specialise in using Cognitive Behavioural Interventions to help clients manage their problems in order to continue with/return to their daily life.

Cognitive Behavioural intervention is an evidenced based intervention and has been widely researched to have a high recovery rates. It focuses on the present and challenges unhelpful thoughts and/or behaviours by using skills and tools you will learn in the sessions to help you manage the problems that are disrupting your daily life.

In addition, I also offer online therapy sessions over Skype or Telephone which are suitable for those who have a busy schedule and unable to travel to attend appointments. However for those interested in telephone appointments, I highly suggest we have a face to face (In person or over Skype) assessment session before starting telephone treatment sessions as this will help us have a more in-depth understanding of your problem and also allows us to build the initial practitioner-client therapeutic relationship.

I provide support to clients with common mental health problems listed below:

Low moods
Depression
Anxiety
Depression/Anxiety as a result of Chronic illnesses/Long term conditions
Post-natal Depression
Panic
Stress
Lack of Assertiveness
Lack of motivation
Low self-esteem
Sleep Problems
Loss and Grief

About me:

Alice Man – Psychologist specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions.

BSc Psychology, PG Cert Cognitive Behavioural Interventions.

I have had over 10 years of professional experience working in the psychological setting in London, United Kingdom. I have achieved an upper second class honour in my Bachelor degree in Psychology at the University of Westminster and then specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions at the University College of London (UCL). I have experience working in National Health Service inpatient hospital dealing with clients with psychosis such as schizophrenia, bipolar and depression as well as experience in the community and primary care setting dealing with clients with common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.

I have recently moved from the UK to Singapore with my husband and wanted to pursue the dream of providing psychological therapy privately at an affordable price so that it can be available to everyone in the public.

Fees:
S$125 Psychological Assessment (1 hour 30 minutes)
S$100 Treatment Session (1 hour)

How to set up an appointment:
If you are interested in making an appointment then you can arrange one by contacting me on:
Tel: +65 81937857

or

Email: [email protected] (Please provided a short sentence on your general problem i.e. depression)

Once I have spoken to you or received your email and feel that I can help you, I will send you an initial screening questionnaire to complete. This is necessary and will help towards our first assessment session.

If you have any questions or you are unsure if I can help, you can email me at the above email address.