This post was originally published on Evelyn Lee’s Substack on March 4, 2025. I am taking a week off work to immerse myself in learning about group dynamics and group psychotherapy at a conference in San Francisco. I wanted to understand how people interact, how unspoken hierarchies emerge, and how inclusion and exclusion take shape. […]| Encompassing Therapy in Singapore
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. […]| Encompassing Therapy in Singapore
Many Singaporeans and I are compelled to recite a cultural script that prescribes a standard life trajectory: one pursues a university education, finds a job and a partner, marries, applies for government housing, has kids, and works till retirement. This script is not unique to Singapore, though, it manifests in forms idiosyncratic to Singapore’s culture. […]| Encompassing Therapy in Singapore
What does it mean to be a friend, much less a good friend? Not that I’m not surrounded by good friends, but I’ve noticed my incapacity to be truly vulnerable with them, even the closest ones. It’s hard to reveal my inner concerns without being prompted first. In this sense, my unsatisfied cravings for intimacy […]| Encompassing Therapy in Singapore