Integrative Approach
I believe there is no one single approach that can treat a person in all situations because each person is unique and whole. I thus tailor my counselling approach to each individual’s needs and personal circumstances. My approach helps clients learnt more deeply about their personality system, deepen their awareness of their innermost motivation and belief system that drive their habitual thinking, feeling and behavioural patterns.
I am using an integrative approach by combining the most powerful and profound human psychology system such as the Enneagram, a personality system based on our neurobiology and evolution; the Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy, a therapy that provides new possibilities and opportunities for human growth and wholeness; the Internal Family System, a therapy that focuses on individual’s inner system of Self and parts; with the most effective and cutting edge couple counselling technologies such as Relational Life Therapy, Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couple Counselling and The Gottman Method to help clients understand themselves and their partner better to address the following questions:
- What are their habitual patterns and how do these hinder their relationship?
- How can they deepen and heal their relationship?
- How can they rebuild trust?
- What are the key ingredients for healthy intimacy?
- How to integrate passion and compassion?
- What is the role of presence in sustaining loving relationship?
Begin with 2 Separate Individual Session
I will begin with two separate 2-hr individual session with each partner first before the couple sessions. The purpose of the individual session is to identify the issues and establish goals from each partner’s perspective of their relationship difficulties.
Personality Tests
You are required to take the following free online tests before your individual session:
- Enneagram personality test (only classical enneagram test)
- Instintual Variant test
- Quick Sorting Test.
After you are done with all the above 3 tests, please submit your Case Intake Form at least 3 days before your individual session. The objective of the personality tests is to identify the possible relationship difficulties that may be related to differences in personality.