ADDICTION THERAPY
Recovery & Relapse PreventionSubstance Addiction
Promises provides a range of clinical services to treat addiction to substances such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco and others. As a premier clinic in Singapore for addiction therapy, our clinicians are equipped to tackle the gamut of mental health issues that occur along the recovery journey, as well address the nuances of factors relating to addiction.
Sexual Addiction
Sexual addiction is characterised by compulsive sexual thoughts and acts. It is a condition in which an individual cannot manage their sexual behaviour, despite the negative consequences to themselves or others…
Pornography Addiction
The increasing ease-of-access of pornographic material online has led to an increasing prevalence of porn addiction. Porn addiction shares similar traits with other addictions such as sex, gaming, drugs and alcohol…
Articles about Addictions:
The link between Anxiety and Alcohol Use; and Implications for Treatment and Early Intervention Especially In Youths
Alcohol. A beverage that many people enjoy drinking; be it for socialisation or as an escape from reality. However, it is also a beverage that can harm your health and adversely affect many lives. Indeed, alcohol abuse has become increasingly rampant, where it is one...
Managing Grief
There isn’t consensus in the scientific community about whether Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief is rooted in empiricism. Although much vaunted in popular culture, if you’ve experienced grief and resolved it in your own way, you’ll know that grief is an organic...
Straits Times Interview: “Drug Syndicates Get Crafty As Supply Disrupted, Prices Spike”
In an article titled “Drug syndicates get crafty as supply disrupted, prices spike”, Andrew da Roza, addictions therapist at Promises Healthcare, told Straits Times reporter Zaihan Mohamed Yusof that “anecdotally”, the costs of illegally imported prescription...
Overcoming The Fear of Failure
At its most elemental level, people avoid the risk of failure for one simple reason – it hurts. Every single person has experienced failure. If you were to interpret failure by its definition in the dictionary, “the neglect or omission of expected or required action”,...
An interview about Alcohol Addiction on Vasantham’s En Ullae S2 with Dr Rajesh Jacob
Vasantham (Mediacorp’s Tamil & Hindi TV Channel) studios reached out to Promises Healthcare’s Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Rajesh Jacob, in the name of bringing greater mental health awareness to the Indian community in Singapore. Episode 7 of En Ullae S2 is...
Dear Caregiver, You are not alone in this Circuit Breaker: Anger Management Tips
by Sharmini Winslow, Psychodramatist / Therapist Anger is a response most of us have when we feel our territory is being threatened. This is a primitive reaction from our days as cavemen (and cavewomen) when a wild animal was nearby! This reaction has not quite...
Auteurs, thespians, and emotions. Except it’s all truly heartfelt. Psychodrama!
Written by an anonymous contributor I am a self-confessed introvert. And I’m also an addict. I was recently cajoled into attending a Psychodrama session. I’d heard things about it - years earlier, my then significant other lauded the raw emotional exploration her...
COVID-19 AND ADDICTION – RECOVERY USING ONLINE THERAPY
Author : Andrew da Roza COVID-19 has posed a challenge to everyone, and those more physically vulnerable in our community clearly need our care and attention. There are also people whose mental vulnerability deserves equal care. Mental illnesses such as...
ONLINE SEX ADDICTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT
Online Sex Addictions Recovery Support can help those hiding in shame and find staying in recovery difficult, right from the comfort of their own home.
Dual Diagnosis: Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder
Anxiety, stress, and fear are common emotions people experience through the course of everyday life. Anxiety disorders, on the other hand, go beyond our daily worries and fears. Stress and pressure is subjective to each person - anxiety disorders can induce heavy...
Our Addictions Team includes:
Dr Munidasa Winslow
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO
MMED (Psych), MBBS, CMAC, CCS, FAMS
Sharmini Winslow
Psychodrama Therapist, Executive Director
MA (Couns), BFA (Dance)
Joachim Lee, PBM
Senior Psychotherapist
MSocSc (Couns), SAC Member & Supervisor, APNA Neurofeedback Therapist, IACT Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, ICBCH Certified Clinical Hypnotherapy Trainer
Elizabeth Pang
Principal Clinical Psychologist
MSc (Clinical Psych), BA (Hons) Clinical Psych
Dr Ivan Lau
Family Physician
MBBS, GDFM
Certified Addiction Recovery Coach
Andrew Da Roza
Addictions Therapist, Sex Addiction Specialist
M.Couns (Monash), MSc (Addictions), MBA, LLM, LLB, Certified Substance Abuse Therapist, Substance Abuse Counsellor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist
Philip Ang
Consultant Psychologist
MSc (Psych), BSocSc (Applied Psych), Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified Autogenic Training Practitioner, Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist
Therapist
M.A. in Applied Psychology
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