Adolescent Counselling in Singapore
Adolescence, spanning from thirteen to nineteen years old, is a transformative phase marked by significant growth and self-discovery. During this time, individuals grapple with questions about their identity, beliefs, and existence. Adolescent Counselling in Singapore plays a crucial role in supporting them through this challenging journey, offering guidance, coping strategies, and a safe space to explore their inner world.
Adolescent counselling is a therapy that helps teenagers deal with the challenges they face while growing up. This therapy addresses emotional, behavioural, and psychological issues. A trained counsellor works with teenagers to explore their thoughts and feelings. They provide tools and strategies to manage emotions, build resilience, and develop healthy coping skills.
Adolescent counselling offers many benefits, including:
- Emotional Support: Provides a safe space for teenagers to express their feelings and concerns without judgment.
- Improved Communication: Helps teenagers develop better communication skills, enabling them to share their needs and feelings more effectively.
- Coping Strategies: Provides teenagers with practical methods to manage stress, anxiety, and various emotional challenges.
- Enhanced Self-Esteem: Encourages self-awareness and self-acceptance, fostering a positive self-image.
- Conflict Resolution: Teaches problem-solving skills and ways to manage conflicts with peers, family, and others.
Parents and guardians should watch for these signs, which may indicate an adolescent could benefit from counselling:
- Persistent Sadness or Withdrawal: Long periods of sadness, isolation, or withdrawal from social activities.
- Changes in Behaviour: Sudden behavioural changes, such as aggression, defiance, or significant mood swings.
- Academic Decline: Noticeable drop in academic performance or lack of interest in schoolwork.
- Substance Abuse: Experimenting with drugs, alcohol, or other harmful substances.
- Physical Symptoms: Unexplained headaches or stomach aches could be connected to emotional stress.
- Risky behaviors: Engaging in high-risk, self-destructive activities.
Insightful offers customised adolescent counselling services to meet each teenager’s needs. Our experienced counsellors connect with adolescents, creating a trusting and supportive environment. We use evidence-based approaches to help teenagers:
– Identify and understand their emotions
– Develop healthy coping mechanisms
– Improve their relationships with family and peers
– Build resilience and self-esteem
At Insightful Counselling, we believe in meeting each teenager where they are. No two teens are the same, so we tailor our therapy approaches to match their individual needs, personalities, and goals. Our therapists are trained in a range of evidence-based and creative therapies to support adolescents through emotional ups and downs, trauma, anxiety, identity issues, and more.
Here are some of the therapy approaches we use at Insightful Counselling to support teens:
– Transactional Analysis (TA)
This approach helps teens understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. At Insightful Counselling, we use Transactional Analysis therapy to help adolescents explore how they relate to themselves and others, and to develop healthier patterns in communication and decision-making.
– EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
EMDR is especially helpful for teens who have gone through stressful or traumatic experiences. It supports the brain’s natural ability to heal by safely processing distressing memories. We use EMDR to help teens feel less overwhelmed and more in control.
– Brainspotting Therapy
Brainspotting is a powerful way to access emotions that are “stuck” in the body. This therapy is used with teens who may not always have the words for what they’re feeling. It helps process deep emotional pain gently and effectively.
– Talk Therapy with Teens
We offer a warm, non-judgmental space where teens feel safe to express themselves. Talk therapy may include creative tools like drawing, journaling, or storytelling—whatever helps the teen open up and grow emotionally.
– Clinical Hypnotherapy for Teenagers
For teens dealing with anxiety, phobias, sleep difficulties, or low self-confidence, clinical hypnotherapy can be a gentle yet powerful tool. We use it to support deeper healing and behavioural change—always with the teen’s comfort and readiness in mind.
At Insightful Counselling, every therapy journey is personalised. We work closely with both teens and (when appropriate) their parents to choose the right mix of therapies that best support your teenager’s mental and emotional wellbeing.
Why Choose Insightful?
Our counsellors like Adeeti and Huay Khem have experience working with young people. They believe in empowering your teen with individualised and tailored made therapies sessions to ensure faster results. Adeeti and Huay Khem make assessments to identify how a problem may impact each unique adolescent who steps in for therapy. They help identify the strengths that boost self-confidence and recovery. They help to empower your teen’s confidence, emotional regulation and boost their self-esteem.
- Prioritize understanding the principal cause of the conflict
- Never judge one-way or with a biased outlook
- Help you reconcile with each other
- Comfort you to open up even with your private life
Get Back the Happy Family You Missed
Improving family relationships takes time and effort. By working together and seeking professional help when needed, you can create a happier, healthier family dynamic.
- Emotional support
- Improved communication skills
- Improved decision-making
- Improved family relationships
- Better academic performance
Our Counsellors for Adolescent Counselling
Reena Goenka, MSc (Counselling), SAC Master Clinical Member: Reena has over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and families using Transactional Analysis as her main modality to generate self-awareness or family dynamics and if there are any hurtful past memories, works with EMDR therapy, Brainspotting Therapy, or Flash Techniques.
Adeeti Jain, MSc (Counselling), SAC Associate Member: Adeeti brings a wealth of knowledge with her experience working with adolescent and has a strong background in helping teenagers navigate emotional and behavioural challenges.
Lily Ng, MSc (Counselling), SAC Associate Member: Lily has a deep understanding of adolescent issues and focuses on providing a supportive environment to help teenagers build resilience and develop healthy coping strategies.
Insightful Counselling Case Studies
Case Study 1: Identity Crisis
At Insightful, we worked with Sabrina (not their real name due to confidentiality), a 15-year-old who identified as “they” due to an identity crisis. Sabrina struggled with feelings of confusion about their gender identity and faced difficulties expressing themselves. Our counselling sessions provided a safe and supportive environment for Sabrina to explore her feelings and identity. Over time, Sabrina developed a stronger sense of self, improved their communication skills, and gained the confidence to express their identity at home and school.
Case Study 2: Cyberbullying
We helped Tarini (not her real name due to confidentiality), a 14-year-old dealing with severe cyberbullying. Tarini experienced anxiety, depression, and a significant drop in academic performance due to online harassment. Our counselling focused on building Tarini’s resilience, developing healthy coping mechanisms, and restoring her self-esteem. By working closely with Tarini and her parents, we created strategies to manage cyberbullying, including reporting the abuse and setting digital boundaries. As a result, Tarini regained her confidence, improved her mental well-being, and successfully re-engaged with her studies and social life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Adolescent counselling provides a safe and confidential space for teenagers to explore their thoughts, emotions, and challenges. Whether it’s anxiety, stress, peer pressure, identity struggles, or academic issues, therapy can help teens better understand themselves and develop healthier coping strategies.
Yes, counselling sessions are confidential. However, if there’s a risk to your teen’s safety or someone else’s, we will involve parents or guardians appropriately. We also encourage open communication and work with both teens and parents to build trust.
You may want to consider counselling if your teen shows signs like:
Ongoing anxiety or sadness
Sudden drop in school performance
Withdrawing from friends and family
Mood swings or emotional outbursts
Changes in sleep or eating habits
Risk-taking behaviour or self-harm
If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out for a quick consultation.
We support teens with a wide range of concerns, including:
Anxiety and exam stress
Low self-esteem and confidence
Identity and body image issues
Bullying or cyberbullying
Family or peer relationship problems
Trauma and past emotional pain
Self-harm and suicidal thoughts
Yes! We offer both face-to-face sessions in our Singapore office and secure, confidential online sessions. Teens often find online therapy convenient and less intimidating.
Every teen is unique. Some feel better in just a few sessions, while others benefit from longer-term support. After the first few sessions, we’ll discuss progress and recommend the best plan moving forward.
Yes. We believe in collaborative healing. While your teen’s privacy is respected, we keep parents informed (where appropriate) and may involve you in some sessions to strengthen family communication and understanding.
We work with teenagers aged 12 to 19 years old. If your child is younger or older, we can still explore suitable options or make recommendations.
This is common. We suggest starting with a casual, non-judgmental conversation about how therapy can help. Sometimes just one positive experience changes everything.
Look for counsellors who have completed their Masters in Counselling and are affiliated with reputable professional bodies like the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC). Our counsellors at Insightful are all highly qualified and members of SAC.
Ready to support your teen’s emotional well-being? Book a counselling session with our experienced therapists today.
