This young lady approached me around July last year, telling me that she didn’t think she has major psychological problems, but she needed help. When I first saw her, she said she’d like to resit some SPM papers, but really lack the motivation. And it’s been 2-3 years that she didn’t get this done.

I wasn’t used to taking clients/patients who are “well”. Normally my clients score really highly on any depression/anxiety or emotional distress scales. But at that time I thought I’d like a mixture of different clients, so we started to work together, on her problems like procrastination, handling negative emotions like anger and fear, handling worries and negative thoughts, setting up a routine and practice following it through, also some impulsive behaviour issues.

It didn’t take long or many sessions. Most of the therapy goals were achieved. I contacted her recently, she said she’s doing her barista work while waiting for the SPM results.

I realised this is like what I do with many clients towards the end of their treatment (when they are a lot more stable), or when they have been taking medication and are referred to me by the psychiatric consultants (so their symptoms had eased a lot when they first see me). I also think this is what a lot of people need, before they accumulate so many problems that they can’t solve, feeling worse and worse about themselves, and starting to fall into depression or other problems.

So I have decided to write this piece on “life coaching”, as it can work almost like a prevention, using hypnotherapy, mindfulness-based CBT and ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy).

Do leave a comment or get in touch (email hello@huibee.com or whatsapp 0172757813) if you’re hoping to achieve some of those:

• Becoming more confident generally
• Becoming more confident in a specific area/situation
• More motivation to study/work
• Clarifying your goals in life/career/future
• Tackling procrastination!
• Solving specific problems in your life
• Becoming a better problem solver generally
• Clarifying your life values/directions
• Starting to take actions towards your goals
• Becoming more emotional resilient
• Handling negative emotions and thoughts and worries
• More focus and better control on your attention (expanding your attention span)
• Better communication
• Better expression of emotions and feelings
• Being accountable to your fitness and diet plans to maintain or lose weight
• Tackling all sorts of fear (e.g. talking to boss/authority, darkness, height, dating etc)
• Speaking up your mind & defending your rights
• …and more