Family Counselling & Therapy in Singapore

All in the Family Counselling offers a collaborative and supportive space where you can improve communication, manage challenges, and strengthen relationships with your loved ones. Our experienced family counsellor works with families of all shapes and sizes, addressing a range of concerns from conflict resolution to life transitions.

We also understand the unique dynamics of Singaporean families and tailor our approach to your specific needs. At the same time, our goal is to empower families to build resilience, foster understanding, and create a more harmonious home environment.

Whether you’re seeking family therapy in Singapore to address long-standing issues or simply looking to enhance your family’s well-being, we provide a safe and confidential space for growth and healing.

When to Seek Family Therapy

Families in Singapore face a unique set of challenges in today’s fast-paced and dynamic society. However, family therapy can provide valuable support and guidance during times of stress, conflict, or transition. And there are some common scenarios where seeking family counselling can be beneficial.

Parenting Challenges

Raising children presents several challenges, and seeking guidance from a family therapist can equip parents with effective strategies and tools.

Parent-Child Conflict: Learn communication approaches and discipline strategies to manage challenging behaviours and foster positive relationships.
Separation or Divorce: Navigate the emotional impact of separation or divorce on children and develop co-parenting strategies that prioritise their well-being.
Blended Families: Address challenges like adjustment issues, step-parenting dynamics, and creating a cohesive family unit.
Grief and Loss: Support children and families in coping with the loss of a loved one, providing a safe space to process grief and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
Co-Parenting Issues: Develop communication and conflict resolution strategies for co-parents to ensure a stable and supportive environment for children.

Marital Problems

Relationship difficulties can significantly impact the entire family system, but a family therapist can provide a supportive space for couples to address these challenges.

Communication Breakdowns: Through marriage counselling sessions, you can learn healthy communication skills, active listening techniques, and conflict resolution strategies to improve understanding and connection.
Infidelity: Navigate the complex emotions and challenges associated with infidelity, working towards healing, forgiveness, and rebuilding trust.
Divorce: Explore options for separation or divorce, focusing on minimising conflict and supporting children through the process.
Financial Issues: Address disagreements about finances, budgeting, spending habits, and financial goals to reduce conflict and create a shared understanding.
Sex and Intimacy Differences and Issues: Explore challenges related to sexual intimacy, desire discrepancies, and other intimacy-related concerns in a safe and supportive environment.

Life Transitions

Life transitions, whether positive or negative, can disrupt family dynamics and create stress, but counselling can help families navigate these concerns.

Relocation: Learn how to adjust to a new environment, manage cultural differences, and maintain family cohesion during relocation.
Loss of a Family Member: Discover ways to cope with grief, process emotions, and support each other through the grieving process.
Personal Challenges: Through individual counselling, you can learn coping strategies for various mental health concerns while discovering their impact on the family system.

Newborn, Babies, and Toddlers

While the birth of a baby is exciting, for new parents, it can also present challenges that family counselling services can help address.

Adjusting to Parenthood: Navigate the transition to parenthood, manage expectations, and create healthy coping mechanisms for sleep deprivation and stress.
Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: Address mental health concerns related to childbirth and early parenthood, providing support and guidance for both parents.
Infant Sleep Challenges: Through baby sleep training solutions, you can develop strategies for managing infant sleep issues, reducing parental stress and promoting healthy development.

Our Family Counselling Approach

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

At our family therapy centre, we often utilise emotionally focused therapy (EFT) as an approach to family counselling. EFT is a structured and research-based model that focuses on understanding and transforming the emotional patterns within family relationships. It also emphasises the importance of secure emotional bonds and views emotional distress as often stemming from insecure or strained attachment bonds.

EFT can be used to address concerns such as parent-child conflict, marital distress, and challenges within blended families. At the same time, it helps families create a more secure and loving environment where each member feels understood, valued, and supported.

Why Choose Our Family Therapy Centre

At All in the Family Counselling, we understand that every family is unique, with its own set of strengths, challenges, and dynamics. That’s why we use different family therapy approaches to customise our services to your particular needs. Our family therapist is experienced in various modalities, including:

Structural Family Therapy: Through this approach, we’ll focus on the organisational structure of the family, examining roles, hierarchies, and boundaries. We help families establish clear communication patterns and healthy boundaries to improve interaction and reduce conflict.
Intergenerational Family Therapy: We explore how past family patterns and beliefs may be influencing current relationships. By understanding these intergenerational dynamics, families can create new, more positive ways of interacting.
Strategic Family Therapy: This solution-focused approach involves developing targeted strategies to address specific family issues. We also work collaboratively with families to identify and shift problematic interaction patterns, leading to tangible and lasting change.
Systemic Family Therapy: We view the family as a complex system, recognising the interconnectedness of each member and the influence of external factors. At the same time, this approach helps families understand the broader context of their challenges and develop strategies to navigate them effectively.
Narrative Family Therapy: We help families re-author their narratives, shifting the focus from problems to strengths and resilience.

Experienced Family Therapist in Singapore

Tammy Fontana

M.S., NCC, CTRT, USA Sex Therapist, Hypnotherapist

I am a USA Certified Sex Therapist and Hypnotherapist who offers family counselling services in Singapore. With an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University, I bring my clinical training and understanding of family dynamics to her practice at our therapy centre. And as a family counsellor, I’ve helped numerous families in Singapore navigate challenges, improve communication, and strengthen their bonds.

My compassionate and insightful approach creates a safe environment where families can explore their concerns and work towards positive change. I am also committed to providing culturally sensitive and evidence-based family therapy services, enabling families to build resilience and thrive.