Stepping into Uncertainty: An Existential Workshop
Uncertainty and anxiety. Most of us try to push them away. But what if they were not problems to fix, but part of what it means to be human? Our very first existential workshop is here: Stepping into Uncertainty! Through movement, play, and reflection, we will explore how anxiety and uncertainty show up in life […]
SOMETHING’S COMING UP FOR ME: A Process through Music, Movement, and Words (Info Night)
Ever feel like you have done the inner work… and then someone says something and boom a whole new side of you shows up? That is the magic of being with others. At Something’s Coming Up for Me: Info Night, we will share how movement, music, and group process can help you see yourself in […]
Existential Process Group {November 5}
Existential Process Group A funfair invites you to play, take risks, discover the fun side of yourself, test your limits, and try something new. As adults, we forget how to do this with ourselves and with others. We play it safe, hold back, and stay in roles we know too well. An Existentinal process group […]
My Therapist Passed Away — What I’m Learning About Endings
Endings are tricky. When does something actually end? Is it when we stop showing up? When conversations fade? Or only when we realize—deep down—that it won’t begin again? These are questions I’ve long sat with in therapy spaces. Lately, though, I’ve been sitting with them more personally. In 2025, I received the news that my […]
What an Existential Retreat Taught Me About Myself
For years, I’ve carried a quiet vision. It was a hope to grow existential therapy in Singapore beyond the therapy room. Not just as something that happens in weekly sessions, but as a way of living, relating, and becoming. A way of understanding ourselves not only by turning inward, but by stepping outward—into movement, into […]
Emerge and Evolve An Embodied Existential Retreat
Maybe you don’t always find the right words. Maybe reflecting alone hasn’t brought you closer to who you are. This retreat is for you. Emerge and Evolve is Singapore’s first embodied existential retreat—offered by Encompassing Therapy alongside professionals in movement, music, and group process work. Together, we’ll explore how you show up in the world—not […]
What My Dog Taught Me About Being in This World
Recently, I faced one of the hardest moments of my life. My beloved dog, Guinness—the first baby girl of our family—was diagnosed with cancer. The photo above is the last one we took together. Hearing the news was devastating. I was shocked. Then came the painful realization: Our time together will now be heartbreakingly short. […]
Saying “Yes, And”: Setting Boundaries Can Be More of a Dance Than a Stance
Are you ready for the lifelong waltz between discomfort and liberation? I recently started participating in Playback Theatre as a novice performer. In this form of improvisational theatre, the audience tells stories and watches them enacted on the spot, where most of the performance is spontaneous. As a general rule-of-thumb for the performers, we will […]
Starting Therapy: Why Weekly Sessions are 50 Minutes Long
Why are therapy sessions usually 50 minutes long? Why not longer, why not shorter? I get this question from clients all the time. Here’s how I explain it. Having a set session time allows clients to think intentionally about how they want to use those minutes. Do they want to touch on ten different topics, […]
I lived Through a Life-Enhancing Anxiety Moment.
It was my first time sharing about existential therapy to a large audience in Singapore at the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference 2023. I have shared my study on [authenticity and silence in the Asian society] multiple times before—in groups, one-on-one sessions, virtually, and in writing—but never in such a large setting, addressing an audience […]