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About Me

Hi, I’m Durga Arivan

Integrative Psychotherapist

A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.
I’m not perfect… But I’m enough.
– Carl Rogers

In my clinical practice, I come across people from all walks of life, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic populations across the lifespan presenting various mental health concerns. Despite the vast range of theoretical knowledge, I don’t follow a template, or ‘one size fits all’. We start where you are & we work towards your goals.
My counselling style is energetic, direct, integrative, and empowering with one basic motto that
"different folks need different strokes".
My personal and professional view in mental health professional allows for some interesting and sometimes uncomfortable insights into the mental health system in the Singapore.
The current generation can access wide range of treatments and good understanding of mental and emotional health, therapy and counselling under their thumb. Despite the fact on growing population with mental health conditions, there is still lack of awareness, acceptance and the sense of fear around the topic till date.

Why mental health matters? Honestly educating on mental health or challenging the stigma of concerns related to mental health is a mission as difficult as removing Thanos’s gloves. We need a collaborative approach that helps us not only think progressively but build a world for sustained and balanced healthy living.

Let your hope stroke your life, Join me!

Bachelor of Physiotherapy (B.PT), India
Pranic Psychotherapy (Advanced), AIPHFT
Masters of Counselling (Advanced), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Advanced Training in Cognitive Behavioural Interventions (CBT)
Advanced Training in Family Therapy Interventions (MFBT)
Certified Transactional Analysis Practitioner (TAP), Berne TA Centre
Certified ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, Living work
Mindfulness and Mindfulness based CBT Practitioner
Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers, Yale University
Mental Health First Aid, SSI
Motivational Interviewing (Advanced) for SS Practice
Member of Indian association of Physiotherapy (IAP)
Provisional Member of Singapore Association of Counselling (SAC)
Member of United States of America Transactional Analysis Association (USATAA)
Member of Transactional Analysis Association Singapore (TAAS)
Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)

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Psychotherapy

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Integrative approach

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Diverse Clients

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Testimonials

Strokes from my valuable clients. With regard to confidentiality and privacy policy, Pseudo names are used in the description .

Meeting Durga has deﬁnitely been a game changer for me. Her perspective on things is so clear and she's so knowledgable that she taught me and showed me a totally new way to view myself and my own capabilities, and now I'm reaching goals within weeks that I thought would take me years.

Ruth WilliamsSales Executive

Durga provided me some invaluable guidance in my self-discovery journey. I am very satisfied with how I was attended. Her mentorship has truly helped me to increase my sales. If you want to see your business growing and move towards the right direction then I highly recommend you to try Durga's services.

Nadia AbidinEntrepreneur

I have worked with Durga for several months now. She has helped me with a particularly difficult period in my life, and helped me find my way back. Most of all she taught me to embrace all of my life, and to delight in the things that matter most, and not to be consumed by the things that matter less.

Anthony SmithPhotographer

I was very apprehensive about counselling and unsure about the therapy session. I am thankful to Durga, she made me feel safe and gave me space to voice my concerns and issues. She guided me throughout and now I feel very confident to face my issues and also able to plan a better life and future.

Murugan KandasamyMigrant Worker

I had never thought I was someone who would need counselling or therapy, as I had always been very strong. However when my marriage broke, life wasn’t going quite as I had planned it. I found I was becoming very negative, angry and hopeless about life. I was haunted with self-doubts, no confidence and no hope for future. However Durga helped me bringing control over life. I’m still not there yet, but can sure be happy and proud to be in the right track.

Clara FongMarketing Executive