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A suicide intervention course. During the two-day interactive course, participants learn to intervene and help prevent the immediate risk of suicide.

Asian Pastoral Institute offers three programmes in Counselling and Community Work: Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Master of Arts in Counselling and Community Work, and Doctorate in Counselling. All three counselling programmes are listed in the International Registry of Counsellor Education Programs (IRCEP), an international affiliate of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The Master of Arts in Counselling and Community Work is recognised by the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC), while both the Graduate Diploma and the Master programmes are accredited by Asia Theological Association (ATA). API counselling programmes are also recognised by the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Guidance Unit; our graduates are eligible to apply as trained counsellors in its School Counsellor Programme. API counselling programmes uniquely integrate theology, spirituality, counselling, psychology, and community work with an emphasis on practice. The programmes are balanced and comprehensive. They equip and train students to work in diverse pastoral care, counselling, and community work contexts. Students are therefore ready to work in counselling and/or community services should they consider a career change. Graduands are also eligible to work towards professional recognition as a registered counsellor. The distinctiveness of the programmes, which integrates faith and spirituality with […]

Started in 2016, Integrated Home and Day Care Centre (IHDC) operates via a person-centric model that provides comprehensive home-based and centre-based care for seniors. It aims to delay the institutionalisation of seniors in nursing homes. By providing support in ageing at home, seniors can continue pursuing activities that they enjoy, allowing them to maintain their independence and autonomy within their communities. Key activities include: Case management and care coordination Day care services including social activities and maintenance rehabilitation Home care and support Dementia care like cognitive exercises and maintenance activities Caregiver training and support After-hours helpline

Aspire Counselling offers private face to face and online counselling service for individuals, couples, families and children. We also offer corporate services such as mental wellness talks, crisis counselling, and employee counselling packages. Our services cover areas including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, behaviour management/change, relationship issues, divorce, parenting issues, grief, relocation adjustment, life adjustment, stress management, couples counselling, work/life balance. Corporate services can be delivered in the form of seminars and talks, counselling packages for employees, one to one counselling, crisis counselling and redundancy counselling.

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Singapore General Hospital. A​/Prof Leslie Lim specialises in the treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders (which includes Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Phobic Disorder). He graduated MBBS (University of Singapore), trained in Psychiatry in London (St George’s Medical School, University of London), obtained Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). He was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He was visiting scholar at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA and at the Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, North Carolina, USA. He presently serves as council member of the College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He has trained numerous batches of undergraduate and post graduate students in Psychiatry and has mentored many trainees who have since become accomplished psychiatrists in Singapore. He served as chief examiner in Psychiatry for the Master in Psychiatry Examinations, and is presently an examiner with the NUS and Duke- NUS medical school  and an examiner with the Psychiatry residency programme in Singapore, as well as  an examiner with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom.

The Association for Music Therapy (Singapore), AMTS, (UEN T07SS0236E) is the professional association for music therapists in Singapore. AMTS was formally registered with Singapore Registry of Societies on 19 September 2007. AMTS is also an organisational member of the World Federation of Music Therapy since 2009. Our Vision All people to have access to quality Music Therapy Services in Singapore. Our Mission To lead the nation in the progress of Music Therapy as a Regulated Allied Health Profession through education and advocacy. Our History The Association for Music Therapy Singapore (AMTS) was founded on 19 September 2007, with eleven members. They were Audrey Ruyters, Chen Hsueh-Lien, Clara Chong, Daphne Phua, Loi Wei Ming (Treasurer), May Clulee, Melanie Kwan (Secretary), Ng Wang Feng (President), Pamela Fisher, Patsy Tan, and Tan Xueli. During the first decade, the initial task was to educate the Singapore public about music therapy and to clear up misconceptions about the field. AMTS also aimed then, and continues to serve as an organisational agency for music therapists based in Singapore. In 2017, AMTS reached its first decade-milestone, and celebrated with a timeline commemorating this achievement!

– To position and profile Christian counselling profession in Singapore – To gather and identify Christian counsellors and Christian practitioners – To establish core competencies and training programs  in Christian counselling – To connect the Christian community and general public to Christian counselling services

About ACCS 1. To position and profile Christian counselling profession in Singapore 2. To gather and identify Christian counsellors and Christian practitioners 3. To establish core competencies and training programs in Christian counselling 4. To connect the Christian community and general public to Christian counselling services