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Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy is "integrative" in at least two senses: First, it integrates the twin goals of acceptance and change as positive outcomes for couples in therapy. Couples who succeed in therapy usually make some concrete changes to accommodate the needs of the other but they also show greater emotional acceptance of the other.
Couples who are dissatisfied with their relationship may resort to a variety of sources for help including online courses, self-help books, retreats, workshops, and couples' counseling. [ 10 ] Before a relationship between individuals can be understood, it is important to recognize and acknowledge that each person, including the counselor, has ...
According to the Singapore Department of Statistics, there was only a slight increase in marriages from 22,561 in year 2000 to 22,992 in year 2005. In fact, for those aged 30–34, the proportion remaining single had increased significantly between 2000 and 2005, as more people chose to delay marriage.
In contrast, premarital education programs appear to be effective at improving couple communication, with studies that employed observational measures rather than self-report measures producing large effects. Still, given the mixed, modest results, there is ample room and a real need to improve the practice of premarital education." [5]
Johnson et al. (1999) conducted a meta-analysis of the four most rigorous outcome studies before 2000 and concluded that the original nine-step, three-stage emotionally focused therapy approach to couples therapy [9] had a larger effect size than any other couple intervention had achieved to date, but this meta-analysis was later harshly ...
The Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) was founded in 1979 [2] by a small group of psychologists, and has since grown to over 1,150 members (2020), [3] about 480 of which are registered psychologists in Singapore. [5] [6] During the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore, the SPS offered psychological counselling pro bono or at reduced rates. [7]
Systemic therapy seeks to address people not just individually, as is often the focus of other forms of therapy, but in relationship, dealing with the interactions of groups, their patterns and dynamics (includes family therapy and marriage counseling). Community psychology is a type of systemic psychology.
Singapore Association for Counselling; Singapore Association for Mental Health; Singapore Association for the Deaf; Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity; Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists; Singapore Association of Social Workers; Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators