Mental Health Counselling (Onsite) – Day Course

Posted by jaclyn on May 14, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Mental Health Counselling (Onsite)
EF535, 3 Credits
Tuesdays, 9.00 am – 11.30 am

This course seeks, from a biblical and psychological perspective, to address the range of problem issues that are likely to arise in the course of helping people in their struggles and needs. It will address the foundational areas of what constitute mental health, the place and value of emotions, sin, suffering and psychopathology. It will include personal, interpersonal and developmental issues such as grief and loss, stress, burnout and depression, anxiety and fears, low self-esteem and pride, guilt and shame, anger and addictions, marital conflicts, infidelity and divorce.

Danny Goh, PhD, has been in the full-time vocational ministry for over 40 years. He served as pastor in a couple of churches and as an associate professor in two seminaries. He officially retired from full-time vocational ministry in Dec 2020 and is currently doing a freelance ministry of counseling and mentoring, teaching and training. After receiving his theological training (BTh.Hons and MABS), he furthered his education by specializing in marriage and family, obtaining both an MA and PhD from the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA. He is married to Nancy for over 39 years, and they have two married daughters, and a grandson.

Registration deadline: Monday, 7 July 2025

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Mental Health Resources for Parents/Caregivers

Posted by eeyuing on August 14, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Mental health of young people is a key concern for Singapore with recent events throwing a spotlight on it. For this #SaturdayGoodRead, EAST News reproduces a set of resources originally compiled for parents of youths at Grace Baptist Church (GBC). We thank Ms Hannah Yeo of the GBC Youth Ministry for graciously allowing us to do so. May it be a timely and useful resource for parents or caregivers to engage in ongoing conversations with their teenagers, not only for those who have signs of mental health challenges.

According to the Straits Times, “more than half of the young people polled by the National Youth Council [NYC] in the second half of 2020 said that mental well-being was a challenge for them, with some citing anxiety over the future, stress over finances, and worries about academic or work performance.” Even before the onset of COVID-19, mental health for youths was an issue flagged by NYC (see its April 2019 issue of Y+).

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