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Family Counseling (Singapore and Online)

While it's normal for families to have disagreements, leaving issues unresolved can lead to resentment, anger, and even estrangement. Family therapy offers a safe, mediated environment where family members can resolve conflict and find a better path forward.

What Are Family Counseling Services?

Family counseling is a type of therapy that focuses on family relationship issues. Family therapy sessions can help you and your family members to communicate more effectively, solve problems together, and better understand and support one another.


Family therapists are counselors trained to help resolve family conflicts, as well as to identify and treat mental health issues within the family unit. At Counseling Perspective, our therapists work with family members of all ages, from children as young as three to seniors in their eighties.


Family therapy may involve both individual and group sessions. Sometimes family counseling sessions might be between a parent and child, or between two or more siblings. Other times, the entire family may be at the same counseling session.


In most cases, family counseling is a short-term commitment. It usually takes place over a period of no more than twelve weeks, but this can be shorter or longer depending on the needs of your family.

Why Do People Go to Family Therapy Sessions?

The reasons why families might seek therapy are as diverse as families themselves.


Some of the most common family conflict scenarios we encounter include disagreements over money, child-rearing, in-laws, and differences in lifestyle.


Conflicts within couples and families can also commonly arise during times of transition or stress. Some examples include:


  • Children growing into teenagers
  • Adult children getting married or moving overseas
  • The arrival of new family members (e.g. babies or step-relatives)
  • Divorce, illness, or the death of a family member
  • A family member developing a mental health issue (e.g. depression)
  • "Trailing spouse" anxieties causing tension within expat families


Whatever the situation, a licensed therapist can provide counseling to help you and your family members strengthen relationships and achieve positive change.

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How Should We Prepare for Family Therapy?

Agree on Your Goals for Therapy

Before beginning family counseling, you and your family members should discuss together why you're seeking therapy and what you all hope to achieve. This can help everyone involved to feel that their opinions and feelings are respected, and create more openness to the idea of going to a family therapist.


Make sure that these goals are realistic. Family counseling is not a silver bullet for all your family's issues - especially if problems and resentment have been building up for years. What it can do is help family members to better understand one another, begin to heal from past wounds, and be better equipped to face future challenges.

Resolve to Be Honest with your Family

Being honest with your therapist will help them to tailor the course of therapy to you and your family's needs, giving you the greatest benefit from your counseling sessions. Whatever topics are discussed, your therapist will keep all conversations strictly confidential.


However, if a family member is unwilling to discuss a certain subject, then they should establish this boundary before therapy commences. Other members of the family should respect any boundaries set. While we don't recommend keeping back any relevant information during family counseling, we understand that some may be unwilling to attend therapy otherwise.

Be Ready to Actively Participate

Family therapy is a process and success comes from active participation. Great family counseling sessions happen when all attending family members come in with open minds, ready to work toward common goals that you have discussed together and agreed upon beforehand.


Be prepared that your family therapist may make requests that you may find uncomfortable or challenging. For example, you may be asked to engage in deep personal reflection, participate in roleplay exercises to help you understand the perspectives of other family members, and/or complete homework in between therapy sessions.

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Find a Family Therapist

Counseling Perspective's dedicated team of friendly therapists includes experienced in-house counsellors from diverse backgrounds, as well as local and international psychologists trained in a variety of family counselling options.

Dr Glenn Graves

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Chei Liang Sin

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Other Counseling Services for Family Members

Sometimes, the individual adults, teens and/or children who make up a family can benefit from other types of counselling, instead of or in addition to family therapy sessions. Read more about some of the other counselling services we offer below.

Individual Counseling

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Marriage Counseling

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Online Counseling

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PTSD Therapy

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Find a Singapore Counseling Centre Near You

Counseling Perspective at Raffles Place

9 Raffles Place

Republic Plaza I, 9th Floor

Singapore 048619

Counseling Perspective
at Oasis

87 Science Park Drive

#03-01 The Oasis

Singapore 118260

Counseling Perspective at Joo Chiat


291 Joo Chiat Road

#05-02

Singapore 427543

Not everyone can visit a counselling centre in person. We also offer online counselling sessions that allow you to speak to a bereavement counsellor from the privacy and comfort of home.

To make an appointment,

Call/WhatsApp us on +65 9853-7253, email us at admin@counselingperspective.com, or book online to get instant confirmation.

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