We practice holistic management in our mental health care, support and solutions.
Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Model
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When we conduct our diagnostic interviews, we aim to understand a client’s problem by using a bio-psycho-social-spiritual formulation. This model is used throughout our psychiatric evaluation. We ultimately want to arrive at a wholesome formulation that allows for understanding and drive formation of the suitable treatment plan.
We believe that mental health practice that expands on the Biopsychosocial (BPS) Model, should also include the spiritual concerns of patients. In this healing profession, the needs of a client should be evaluated comprehensively.
Beyond the BPS Model, the spirituality component provides information on a person’s relationship with transcendence. Therefore, our holistic mental healthcare here addresses the client’s relational existence in terms of physical, psychological, social and spiritual.
Once we arrive at our conclusive diagnosis through psychological evaluations, we apply various combinations of interventions according to the psychological need of our clients:
Other interventions to support integrated psychological care and holistic mental health:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps us understand that our thoughts and emotions play a fundamental role in influencing our behaviours. Negative thoughts and feelings can trap us in a vicious cycle of fear, pain, panic, restlessness, anxiety and depression. During the course of CBT interventions, you will learn how to identify and transform destructive thoughts and emotions that negatively influences your behavior. Changing your thought process will positively impact the way you feel, think and behave.
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During the CBT sessions, you will work as a team with your therapist to break down your problems into smaller separate parts - your thoughts, emotions and actions. You and your therapist will analyse these areas to evaluate if they're unrealistic or unhelpful, and to determine the effect they have on each other and on you. Your therapist will then be able to help you work out practical ways to change these unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Your therapist will ask you to practise these changes in your daily life and you will discuss how you coped during the following session. By doing this, you will look at the thoughts and emotions that contribute to negative behaviours in a more objective and realistic way. By becoming aware of the negative and unrealistic thoughts that dampen our emotions, we will be able to engage in healthier thinking patterns.
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CBT is commonly used to treat a wide range of disorders, including phobias, panic-attacks, addictions, depression, alcoholism and anxiety. CBT has also proven to be an effective way of treating different mental health conditions including bipolar, borderline personality disorder, anorexia, bulimia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychosis, schizophrenia and insomnia. CBT is also sometimes used to help people with long-term health conditions to cope better with their pain or symptoms, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia. The aim of this intervention is to teach you practical application of learned CBT skills to help you manage problems and stop them from negatively affecting your life on a daily basis, even after your course of treatment ends.
Eclectic Approach Therapy
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Eclectic therapy is a therapeutic approach that therapists use to employ elements from a variety of therapeutic techniques in order to tailor-make the ideal treatment program to meet the specific and unique needs of the client. Therefore, eclectic therapy is a more flexible and multifaceted approach. The integrated treatment plan depends on the problem, the treatment goals, and the client's expectations and motivation. By personalising the therapeutic experience in order to best address and respond to the needs of the client, the eclectic therapist ensures that the most effective therapeutic techniques are integrated into treatment. Individuals with addictions, substance abuse disorders, eating disorders, behavior compulsions, mood disorders, and other forms of emotional or psychological issues may be effectively treated by a eclectic therapy. An eclectic approach can be used in both individual and group therapy settings.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
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Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) places focus on a person's present circumstances and future goals. Some individuals may need help in identifying and developing relevant skills using realistic solutions to achieve their goals. Similarly, some individuals are aware of the individual skills they possess, but needs help in clarifying their goal-setting. In this goal-oriented therapy, your therapist will encourage you to develop a vision of the future and offers support as they determine the skills, resources, and abilities needed for you to achieve that vision successfully with emphasis on clear, concise and realistic goal negotiations. The therapist will guide you to recognise what works best, how to continue practicing effective strategies, experiment new problem-solving approaches and encourage you to acknowledge and celebrate success. During the SFBT intervention, the clinician may ask the following types of questions to guide the session:
Coping questions
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to help you identify your skills, resilience, determination and coping mechanism against challenges / adversities
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looking for previous solutions of similar challenges
Miracle questions
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to help you picturise how different life would be if the current problem did not exist, which can to help you identify small, realistic and practical steps that you can take to change your life and find a solution
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looking for exceptions when a problem could occur, but does not
Scaling questions
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uses a scale from 0–10 to assess present circumstances, progress, or how you are viewed by others, to gain insight into your hopefulness, motivation, and confidence
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especially suitable for adult/children who are not verbal or who have impaired verbal skills
Principles of SFBT have been applied to a wide variety of environments including schools and workplaces - where people are eager to reach personal goals and improve interpersonal relationships. SFBT also acts as a helpful intervention for youth who are experiencing behavioural or academic concerns. It has also proven effective as an approach to family and couple therapy.
Clinical Hypnosis
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Hypnosis is a tool that helps facilitate various types of psychological treatments and therapies. During hypnosis, the therapist will guide you down a deep relaxation and focused state to calm and subdue the conscious mind - to access your subconscious mind and psychologically mediate responses to suggestions. In this state, clients can turn their attention completely inward to find and utilise the natural resources deep within themselves that can help them make changes or regain control in certain areas of their life. It helps to 'reprogram' the subconscious mind so that it takes on board new, better and positive ideas. Training and empowering your subconscious mind with positivity allows you to automatically feel, behave or act positively when you are conscious.