Why & How To Foster A Healthy Relationship With Oneself

December 29, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

Your relationship with oneself involves self-care, self-acceptance, and self-awareness, among other aspects of your life. It impacts your emotional and mental health, as well as your relationship with others around you.

Best Tips To Help You Overcome & Manage Burnout At Work

December 22, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

If you find that you are starting to dread going to work, getting overwhelmed, or are hatching an escape plan in the immediate future – you might be experiencing burnout.

5 Things To Remind Yourself When You Cannot Cope With Life

December 14, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

Life can be demanding. At times, so much so that it feels like we can’t cope.
When this happens, we feel heavy with emotions, as though we are barely hanging on by a thread.

Life can be demanding. At times, so much so that it significantly overwhelms our ability we cope and manage. When this happens, we may feel heavy with emotions, as though we are barely hanging on by a thread. This experience physical and mental exhaustion can takes a great toll on us.

A Fundamental Guide To Understanding Emotional Dysregulation

December 7, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

Do you find it hard to control your emotions? Do you find yourself getting angry, anxious, or sad at the drop of a hat? If your answer is yes, chances are you might be experiencing emotional dysregulation. While unpleasant and intense emotions are part and parcel of life, emotional dysregulation occurs when you are unable to manage your emotions adaptively or appropriately, to the point where it interferes with your quality of life, social interactions, and relationships at home, work, or school.

The Importance Of Creating A Healthy Working Environment

November 30, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

man with hands to forehead looking at tablet — Mental health has never been a more crucial aspect of the workplace, especially since the pandemic.

Mental health has never been a more crucial aspect of the workplace, especially since the pandemic. As such, the workplace plays a vital role in fostering and building such an environment. Just this year, Singapore was ranked the top four most overworked cities in the world, just after Dubai, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur.

Holding Space: An Effective Therapy Method You Can Practise

November 23, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

holding space for someone — A therapeutic space without judgement, for you.

Similar to being in a community, therapeutic spaces, too, have their own set of languages and terminologies. While some of them may be more clinal terms that you might come across, often describing mental health-related abbreviations or diagnoses, others are much more general and are not just limited to therapeutic spaces.

Talking To A Therapist Before A Mental & Emotional Breakdown

November 17, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

image for talk to therapist before a mental and emotional breakdown — Emotions are at the heart of what it is to be human. Emotions connect us to every object, person, and event we have come across in our lives.
The lack of emotion would mean that we would not be able to develop relationships and connect with others or have sympathy or empathy.

Emotions are at the heart of what it is to be human. Emotions connect us to every object, person, and event we have come across in our lives. The lack of emotion would mean that we would not be able to develop relationships and connect with others or have sympathy or empathy.

Build Mastery: A DBT Technique To Achieve Good Mental Health

November 9, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

In Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), building mastery refers to doing things that are slightly difficult in nature to build an individual’s sense of achievement and competence. When we were younger, we all had a natural drive to build mastery. We would push our way through to learn to talk, walk, run, or do the things that we see older children do. We would accept that while it was not easy to pick up, we would always get back on our feet when we fell.

How To Work Through Depression & Anxiety In Your Marriage

October 26, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

In every relationship, a couple will go through their fair share of ups and downs. However, when a partner is going through depression or anxiety, both partners face a new set of challenges.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Children Self-Discovery

October 20, 2022 Annabelle Psychology

At a time when cognitive, emotional, and social development is rapid, enabling children to be aware that their thoughts can influence their behaviour and emotions is one of the critical lessons we can pass on.
Reframing unproductive, maladaptive thinking and the assumptions that underpin it is essential for navigating the personal and emotional challenges of growing up.

Children grow quickly, and learning how thoughts shape feelings and behaviour can be a powerful life skill. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps children and teens recognise unhelpful thinking patterns, practise healthier coping strategies, and feel more in control of their emotions and actions. In child-focused CBT, therapists adapt methods to a child’s developmental stage, often involving parents more heavily for younger children and working collaboratively with both parents and the young person as they mature. CBT can support a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, low self-esteem, bullying experiences, self-harm, trauma-related difficulties, and more, using practical tools such as gradual exposure, cognitive restructuring, and modelling.