Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore, Asia and Online
Shouldn’t I be able to “deal” with change by now?
Find peace and growth amidst uncertainties in life’s transitions.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore starts with recognising your needs. What’s on your mind today?
Going through a life transition that isn’t here? Explore how we could help here.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for Adulting
You thought you’d have the answers by now.
How is it that some people seem to be so happy and productive and you still struggle with basic adult responsibilities?
From managing finances, running errands, maintaining relationships, coping with work, to making big decisions – adulting can feel like a constant struggle.
It’s not like these life skills were taught in school. And you’re exhausted and tired of pretending to have everything figured out.
Let’s change this together.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling offers new perspectives by breaking down life’s challenges into manageable pieces.
You’ll get to address the meaning behind each piece and build new perspectives to become a grown-up on your terms.
Life Transitions Counseling can help you:
- Manage your finances
- Build your career
- Nurture connections with family and friends
- Prioritise self-care
- Manage time better
- Improve decision making
The next best time to start is now.
Create your path to adulting and find meaning in this life transition with Existential Therapy.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for Fresh Graduates
You should be grateful for life’s opportunities after graduation, but all you feel is panic and uncertainty.
Graduating from school is exciting but daunting – especially when you’re unsure about your next steps in life.
For all its possibilities, the future can feel like a black hole.
The pressure to figure out your career goals and make a successful life transition into the workforce can feel overwhelming.
You’re afraid of making the wrong decision or not living up to expectations.
It’s perfectly okay to take your time and explore your options. You don’t have to do it alone.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling helps you sit with discomfort and uncertainty.
You’ll work through and reframe any anxiety with our support. By examining your values, goals and motivations, you can take the steps towards a meaningful future.
Life Transitions Counseling can help you:
- Find your motivation and direction for the future
- Prioritise aspects of your life such as your career and relationships
- Take on a more active role in your life
- Embrace the opportunities available to you
- Discover the paths best suited to your knowledge and skills
You’re just beginning to create your future.
Discover new paths in this life transition today.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for a Meaningful Career
What does it mean to be authentic at work?
You’ve been assigned to take on work that is, for lack of a better word, lame.
You’re tired of spending time on illogical tasks but hey – it is what it is, right? This job offers a beneficial means to an end. It’s a trade-off you chose.
Still, you struggle when work that doesn’t make sense to you comes your way. There is a hierarchy to observe. There are only so many ways to relay objections politely.
So you pick your battles and stay silent. You want to respect power structures and play the part.
But you wonder if there may be a way to be a top performer and still feel like yourself.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling invites you to consider that we have multiple selves, rather than one True Self.
Our sessions will guide you to navigate the tensions of your different selves and having (and using) your voice in collectivistic Asian workplace cultures.
Life Transitions Counseling can support you with:
- Navigating challenges with more intentional awareness
- Understanding work-induced anxiety
- Identifying the next steps forward amidst uncertain futures
- Holding and unpacking paradoxical emotions
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy for Starting Over in a New Country
Was it a mistake to leave everything behind?
Migrating to a foreign land can be physically and emotionally exhausting.
Leaving behind everything you’ve known – your family, friends, the familiar comforts of your home – is a painful and difficult process. Starting from scratch in new cultures and ways of life can be scary and isolating.
Even with the freedom and opportunities for growth through migration, it takes courage to make the decision to migrate and strength to navigate the challenges that come with it.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling helps unpack why you, like so many others, have chosen to be foreigners.
Learn to navigate the human needs for both a familiar home environment and the desire for new experiences beyond economic migration and simple wanderlust.
Life Transitions Counseling can help you:
- Fulfill your individual potential in a foreign land
- Renew your relationship with freedom and independence
- Be open to new experiences in the mystery that is life
- Develop personal awareness and new perspectives
- Make new connections and deepen existing ones.
Create paths for self-discovery in this life transition and adventure of migration.
Embrace discomfort
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for Quarter or Mid-Life Crisis
Life is too short to continue on autopilot. So now what?
You feel like a Britney Spears song. You don’t feel as young as you used to. But not quite old enough to have everything figured out.
You’re stuck in a confusing state of limbo, questioning everything you’ve ever known, from your career to your relationships to your purpose in life.
You’re not lost, you’re just on a detour. It’s time to explore new paths to fulfilment and joy.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling provides a safe space to examine your purpose, direction, and meaning in life.
Learn how to use your anxiety as a tool for personal growth and creating the life you truly desire.
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Mid-life is one of the biggest life transitions you’ll face. It doesn’t have to be a crisis.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for Serious Illness or the Disability of a Loved One
It’s tiring and frustrating being the only one who cares enough.
Everyone around you is living their own lives. But you’re stuck in this rut as a caregiver without any relief in sight.
Days pass in slow motion. At night, you’re tired of being tired. You’re tired of feeling like your life has been on hold.
You’re ready for this phase of your life to end but aren’t prepared for what this actually means. Life without your loved one remains unimaginable.
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling helps you hold space for the present – even as you mourn what’s been lost and avoid thinking of what lies ahead.
Life Transitions Counseling can help you:
- Make sense of the situation
- Balance multiple responsibilities
- Cope with caregiver burnout
- Foster communication and connection
- Find agency and purpose
Airline safety videos have a point.
Taking care of yourself is part of caring for others.
Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy in Singapore for Loss of a Loved One
How can you continue living when your other half is gone?
You knew his cancer was terminal but never imagined it would end like this. You feel so empty. So lost. Living has stopped and now you only exist. You never got to say goodbye.
You keep thinking he’s going to walk through the door any minute. You cry at random moments when you think of him… in fact, everything reminds you of him and you don’t know how to be okay.
You ask yourself every day, “Will I ever get over missing him?”
You don’t expect to live forever. You’re well aware endings in life, including our physical death, are inevitable.
Yet, you’re consumed by loss – of your spouse, of having a home to belong. What is your purpose? What is anyone’s?
Through Existential Therapy, our life transitions counseling guides you to recognise and accept that endings are a necessary and natural part of the human experience.
It may not feel like it now, but they can be opportunities for growth, transformation, and learning.
Life Transitions Counseling can help you:
- Know what it means to say goodbyes with no what-ifs after
- Explore our human existence, including death, meaning, and freedom
- Find an authentic emotional expression
- Develop resilience
You’re not alone during this painful period.
Every ending is a new beginning with life transitions.
How Life Transitions Counseling in Singapore Can Help You Navigate Uncertainty
When your world gets shaken up, it’s natural to be scared and overwhelmed by the disruption, even if the change is something you chose.
These changes are difficult and might seem impossible to work through. Even if it doesn’t feel like this now – they can also be catalysts for personal growth and transformation.
Through the tools and guidance of Existential Therapy, you can take charge of your life and use these experiences to create a life that aligns with your goals and values.
Through Existential Therapy, you’ll have a safe space to unpack your beliefs, habits and values and emerge with greater clarity and purpose on how you want to live your life during your short time on this earth.
Together, we’ll help you navigate life transitions with ease.
Change is inevitable.
Let’s make sense of life transitions and transform uncertainty into self-discovery together.
Making Meaning in Uncertain Times with Dr. Mag
Hi! I’m Dr. Magdalen Cheng and most people, including my clients, call me Mag. I am a UKCP-accredited counseling psychologist with a Doctorate in Existential Psychology from the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling in London, U.K.
As an existential therapist, I’m here to facilitate your search for meaning in life through honest dialogue.
In addition to my clinical credentials, I am equally an Asian, Chinese, female, heterosexual, daughter, wife, mother, career woman, and academic.
These different roles grant me perspectives that allow me to resonate with your lived experiences and guide you in reflecting on your journey through life transitions.
Whether you’re struggling to embrace new beginnings, unsettling middles or loss in this increasingly complex world, I’m here to support you.
FAQs About Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy
- This is a really great question and I encourage you to read my FAQs in full to understand how we would work together.
- A super summarised answer: We’ll start with a Chemistry Session for both of us to see if we might be the right fit for each other.
If you choose to start Life Transitions Counseling and Therapy, we’ll start our journey together. You may share specific challenges and motivations – it’s really up to you. I’ll guide you to process and, if relevant, uncover insights through the experiences you’ve shared.
Yes, change and uncertainty are constants. But it doesn’t make them less challenging or scary to navigate. Recognising this and seeking support shows strength and I hope you take a moment to acknowledge this.
Also, therapy is one of your many options for support. Reflect on your current needs and consider why you chose to explore therapy at all. It might help you get a step closer to deciding what support looks like for this life transition.
Dr. Mag (that’s me) offers:
- In-person sessions at Encompassing Therapy in Singapore:
16 Mohamed Sultan Rd, #06-02, Singapore 238965 (Nearest MRT: Fort Canning) or - Online therapy
How We Can Work Together
Starting counseling for life transitions is a big step. Having the right guide for you is essential. If you’re still unsure, that’s okay.
Get to know us better here – we’ll be here when you’re ready to begin.
If you’re ready to start your journey of change, here are some practical notes to help you make time for our sessions:
- Book a Chemistry Session
- If we’re a good fit, let’s work together in person or virtually here.
- Block time beyond our sessions* to reflect or practice what we unearthed.
*Small, consistent steps help you build new perspectives and mental muscles to navigate uncertainty
A warning: Encompassing Therapy is not for everyone.
Encompassing Therapy Life Transitions Counseling is not for you if:
- You’re looking for magic tips and tools or quick wins
- You aren’t able to commit at least 1-2 hours a week to this journey of change
- You aren’t ready to show up consistently
Encompassing Therapy Life Transitions Counseling is for you if:
- You’re open to honest conversations, even if they’re uncomfortable and scary
- You’re ready for change and have gotten as far as you can on your own and need support
- You’re committed to exploring the process (even if you’re not sure about it just yet)
- You’re willing to invest at least 10 minutes a day beyond each session to practise or reflect on what you’ve learned
Get started with a Chemistry Session
Existential Therapy is a long-term partnership. And it’s essential that we’re a good match for each other.
So think of the Chemistry Session as a first date.
If we’re aligned, we can start building the partnership.
If you’re still unsure, take your time to decide. We’re here when you’re ready.
If we’re not a good match, you’ll get alternative options to explore.
Whatever the outcome, the investment has brought you closer to deciding the next step on your journey. So let’s begin.