We're closed for the Chinese New Years holiday from 24/1/2020 (Friday) - 27/1/2020 (Monday). Have an auspicious Year of the Rat!

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Identifying Home : Third Culture KidsThird culture kid: A child who spends parts of developmental years in cultures outside of their parents’. The journey of a third culture kid involves constant transition, voyaging from one non-native culture to another. It may seem like a dream for some - to be able to spend years in different countries, soaking up traditions, watching different horizons, walking down streets resounding different foreign languages and the excitement of boarding a plane to a brand new, temporary home. As magical as it may sound, the real struggle occurs in “identifying” with a culture as one’s own. The struggle is in identifying “home”. Struggles of a TCK: 1. The most annoying question: Where are you from? -Providing in-depth explanations of each life-transition can be exhausting. 2. Long-Distance Friendships and Relationships - Goodbyes are frequent and painful. TCKs are forced to leave close friends to form new ones in a new place on a regular basis. 3. Competence -Adapting to different sets of spoken and unspoken rules and norms can influence competence. TCKs' behaviours and skill set could be acceptable in one culture and forbidden in another. Therefore, the sense of self and being good at something changes according to feedback acquired from different environments. 4. The Imposter Syndrome - Some TCKs face troubles accepting or acknowledging their own potentials and achievements, due to the underlying fear of not "really having what it takes" or "not belonging" Strategies to overcome these struggles:1. Avoid Generalization - Discard generalized statements or assumptions about a culture before entering it. Avoid statements like “They’re all good at math” or “They’re all materialistic”. Freely engage with people and be open to learning the ways of a new culture. You might just find great friends and a fulfilling temporary home. 2. Keeping an open mind – Focusing on the bright side of being a third culture kid could ease the process. Perks of being a TCK include; being able to speak multiple languages, broader assimilation of world views, and the ability to be flexible and adaptive in novel situations. 3. Finding Support - Parents and schools can work together to ensure smooth transition. A helping hand goes a long way in enabling TCKs to cope with major life changes. They can be isolated, withdrawn, anxious, angry or throw tantrums. Noticing these changes and addressing them is crucial.Sources: https://bit.ly/2QVZtRwhttps://bbc.in/2QXybKxhttps://bit.ly/30pGl1e - Juanita, Admin Intern.

Year end and farewell lunch for Marie Tang her last day of internship with ABRI Integrated Mental Health. Wishing you all the best and may success follow you wherever you go!

Toast 🍞 to the new year 🎉🥂!A whole year went by so quick, it feels like 2019 only began a few months ago. Once again, it’s time for new resolutions, a new haircut, that new fitness regime that you’d once again vow to follow, new financial plans, and brand new hopes and dreams for what 2020 can be. Woah.Now before you start pondering on that list – Take a moment to reflect on the things that you did and did not achieve in the past year. Think about instances of success and the times that you did not pass muster. Did the year turn out to be the way that you hoped for? If yes, great! If no, even better! Why? Because you survived! Through the hardship, pain, dwindling motivation and sleepless nights. You got out of bed 365 mornings, and you made it through each day at a time. Give yourself a pat on the back for the inner battles that you relentlessly fought. Encourage yourself with every one of your accomplishments, small and great. Be it for taking care of your family, for being kind, for being there for a friend, or for sticking to your diet plan by running away from that cake. Treat yourself as you would treat your best friend. Now, let that self-love flow over to this new year as you take one day at a time, with love and kindness to all, and mainly, to yourself. -Juanita, Admin Intern

We are closed on the 24th and 25th of December. Business will resume as usual on 26th. Merry Christmas! We wish you the warmest of holiday cheer🎄❤️

Happy Holidays to you from Abri! Remember to spend some quality time with your loved ones this year. Here are some things you can do together to make your holiday merrier <3 #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear #Family #Holiday

We're hosting an EMDR Peer Support Group which will be led by one of our practitioners, Sudha! Organized specifically for all EMDR therapy practitioners. Seats are limited, so sign up today! Find out more in our poster.

"I find in this generation, or even in the ones before, young women always have something about them that they feel inferior or less about. Curves, skin tone, face, nose, flabs, cellulite, freckles, old scars, and so many other physical characteristics that we wish were different. Then I look at women in their late 50's and 60's reminiscing upon their youth, wishing for their bodies to return just the way it was. Those extra lumps, freckles and scars would seem so small to them as they remember themselves in the dresses that they don’t or can’t wear anymore. They would wish that they had seen in the mirror then, what they see only in old photos now. It got me thinking, why is it so easy to point out our own flaws? Why do we only realise that we're beautiful when we've aged past it? One day, it will all be different. So why let it pass by when you can do a little more for yourself and appreciate your body in the moment."Wear that skirt, put on that eyeliner, eat that briyani, pay no attention to the people who point out your flaws and be PROUD of your body. Because. You. Are. Beautiful. And. You. Are. Young."-Juanita, Admin Intern