Discover Your ABCs of Working with Young People!
As helping professionals who may not be that used and comfortable in working with young people, we often find ourselves struggling in connecting and much less been helpful to them. In this session, we hope to identify some simple handles where you can take a small step forward in working ...
APACS 8th Annual General Meeting
The 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors (Singapore) will be held on 06 March 2021, Saturday, 10.00am. In light of the current COVID-19 situation, the meeting will be conducted online via zoom. Hence, confirmation of attendance via registration is necessary. The agenda for the ...
Implementing Trauma-informed Care for Youth with Adverse Childhood Experiences
Workshop Content This workshop will be covering the unseen presentations of trauma, particularly in trauma and youth, how we measure them and how we are catering to support these youth more effectively. Learning Outcome To illustrate the practical applications of TIC To highlight how presenting behaviour in at-risk youth may ...
Everything Your Need to Know About Positive Psychology and More
Positive Psychology is a relatively new approach to mental healthcare and coaching which looks at what is right with people, it identifies when people are at their best and generates individual and group flourishing. Workshop Content You will be introduced to the leading thinkers and practitioners in the fields of ...
Membership Development Day
Greetings to all fellow members! There is so much more to art therapy than colouring books! An evidence-based discipline adapted to clients of all ages, art psychotherapy can address a wide range of clinical presentations and life challenges. On October 17th, Annelaure Vuillermoz, Phylaine Toh and Alex Koen, all registered ...
Sleep: Why and How
Feeling irritable? Not present for your kids? Feeling overwhelmed? All of us would have experienced nights when we did not get enough sleep, or have been jet-lagged; we know the ‘fogginess’ and irritability that we suffer the next day as a consequence. Adequate sleep is as fundamental and neccessary to ...
Loneliness the Silent Ache. Therapy, the Knight in Shining Armour!
Global issues like COVID-19 can make one feel incredibly overwhelmed simply because there is so much uncertainty around it. While we maintain social distancing, we are miserable when it comes to self-isolation. Fear of the unknown along with external stressors like finance affect our relationships. Individuals react because they are ...
Counselling Domestic Abuse Cases: Discussions & Case Studies
Workshop Content Understanding abuse. What does the therapist experience in contact with a survivor of domestic abuse? How do we uncover experience of abuse in seemingly "okay" clients? What are the challenges in working with victims of abuse? Domestic abuse is a broad subject. This workshop will explore the perspectives, ...
Membership Development Day
Greetings to all fellow members! It's time for our quarterly Membership Development Day. The COVID-19 pandemic may have disrupted our lives, but it will not doused our passion to forge ahead. This Membership Development Day titled "Building Resilience From Within" will be centered on building resilience within members. It will be ...
Working with the Disease of Addiction
Our speaker, Mr Andy Leach, the Clinical Lead of the Cabin, an addiction treatment centre based in Chiang Mai will be giving an overview of the Disease of Addiction, looking at the American Society of Addiction Medicine's public policy statement that defines the disease. He will also discuss how to recognise addiction in ...