By turning towards yourself and the world, you create new possibilities for living with greater authenticity and deeper meaning.
My therapeutic philosophy draws from two ancient Greek wisdoms: “Know thyself,” and “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
I’m here to support those who are willing to reflect, curious about themselves, and open to meaningful dialogues as they navigate young adulthood.
All of my clinical work is closely supervised by Magdalen to ensure utmost safety and care.
Quick Background
- Yale-NUS College, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
- James Cook University, Masters in Guidance and Counselling
Hi, I’m Gary Wee, an Associate Therapist working toward full professional accreditation under Dr. Magdalen Cheng’s supervision.
I work with young adults who find themselves living with persistent tensions without clear answers: whether to remain in a stable job or risk pursuing something more meaningful; how to care for themselves while staying connected to others; and how to live in accordance with their values while navigating social expectations around career, marriage, and relationships.
Many young adults I work with feel the pressure to “have it figured out”. On the surface, they appear certain in their choices. However, beneath their mask hides quiet but heavy doubts about where their life is heading. They may feel disconnected from life, yet unsure how to re-engage.
In our dialogues, we’ll explore who you are, what matters to you, and how you might relate to these tensions with greater honesty and clarity. My approach is reflective, offering an open space to slow down and examine your concerns with depth and intention.
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Finding Your Own Way to Live
“Be yourself,” adults would advise me as I was growing up. Yet, throughout my childhood and adolescence, I was also constantly told what to do, who to be, and how to live.
As young adults, we continue to grapple with this absurd contradiction of Singaporean society. We charge ahead with youthful optimism, hoping that eventually we would get to live our lives by our own terms.
But somewhere along the way, we face a rude awakening: We might never stop living someone else’s life. We start to wonder, “Is this all there is to it? Is life still worth living if I’m not living as myself?”
Maybe despite your deep desire to “be yourself”, you don’t actually know how because you never had the space to discover who you are. Yet, somehow, you’re expected to suddenly “know yourself” simply because you’re an adult now.
Amidst these absurdities, I was flooded with feelings of disorientation, meaninglessness, and powerlessness as I struggled to find who I am, to establish my place in the world, and to create meaning in my life.
Then I stumbled upon existential therapy and I began to live with greater unapologetic authenticity, a clearer and deeper sense of direction and meaning, and a stronger inner power to write and live my own life’s story.
Living with Greater Authenticity and Deeper Meaning
My therapeutic philosophy draws from two ancient Greek wisdoms: “Know thyself,” and “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Here’s my existential reimagining: By turning towards yourself and the world, you create new possibilities for living with greater authenticity and deeper meaning.
As Carl Jung aptly puts it: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
As long as you’re unfamiliar with yourself, you give others more power over how you live. Rather than something you actively live, “life” happens to you—as if you’re a passive object without freedom, responsibility, and agency.
Importantly, self-examination does not focus solely on yourself, but must consider your experience of others in your world as well. Your sense of self is never formed in isolation but by default, always in relation to others.
The journey of self-discovery is not a process of condemnation and self-criticism, but of curiosity and self-acceptance—of attuning more deeply to your subjective experience, illuminating how you’re presently living, and how you wish to live moving forward.
My philosophy isn’t simply about reflection or self-knowledge. At its core is a sobering existential dilemma: whether you uncover the deeper truths within you that shape your life, or reach its end feeling like you never truly lived.
If you resonate with my philosophy, allow me to guide you in your journey of self-discovery—together, as fellow human beings making meaning of an often absurd life.
