Codependency Trap & Relationship Patterns Counselling in Singapore
When love starts to hurt — it’s time to unlearn the patterns and break the cycle.
Healing from Unhealthy Dynamics and Reclaiming Your Emotional Independence
What Is Codependency?
Codependency is not just about “caring too much” — it’s a pattern of losing yourself while trying to fix, rescue, or save others, often at the expense of your own emotional health. It frequently appears in relationships marked by addiction, trauma, or emotional neglect — but it can also arise in romantic partnerships, parent-child bonds, friendships, or even work relationships.
At Listening Ear Counselling & Consultancy Pte. Ltd., we help individuals recognise and break free from codependent patterns, rebuild their self-worth, and form healthier, more balanced connections.
The Codependency Trap: What It Looks Like
Do you:
Constantly prioritise someone else’s needs over your own?
Feel guilty when setting boundaries?
Stay in toxic or one-sided relationships to avoid abandonment?
Believe you need to “fix” or “save” people to feel worthy of love?
Struggle to define who you are outside of your relationship roles?
These are hallmarks of codependency, often rooted in early attachment wounds, childhood trauma, or enmeshment with a parent or partner.
Common Relationship Struggles We Address
Codepedency
Explore and address codependency in relationships, including issues of control, enabling behaviors, and setting healthy boundaries, in a caring and supportive environment.
Broken Promises
Explore and address the impact of broken promises on trust and communication in relationships. Focus on restoring hope, overcoming learned helplessness & despair.
Loss of Intimacy
Emotional distance, avoidance of vulnerability, or over-reliance on sex as a substitute for connection. We guide you in rebuilding emotional safety and closeness.
Burden of Care
Manage the shifting roles and responsibilities within a family affected by parentification, loss of childhood and impact of attachment wounds from unavailable parents.
Communication Breakdown
Address communication breakdowns and trust issues within families dealing with addiction, focusing on rebuilding honest and open relationships through new tools like NVC.
A Therapist’s Role in Recovery
Karl provides a safe, non-judgmental space for deep work in the following areas:
Help clients understand how codependency has shaped their identity, relationships, and boundaries
Normalise the need for help and validate their lived experiences
Conduct a full assessment of relationship dynamics, emotional health, and personal history
Co-create therapy goals: from developing independence to rebuilding self-esteem
Use trauma-informed and evidence-based techniques (e.g., inner child work, CBT, emotion-focused therapy)
Address related issues such as anxiety, people-pleasing, or low self-worth
Prevent relapse into old patterns by developing emotional resilience
Teach assertiveness, self-soothing, and healthy communication
Encourage building a fulfilling life beyond the relationship
Support for Couples & Families
If you’re navigating these patterns with a loved one, we also offer:
Couples Therapy: Focused on breaking codependent dynamics and restoring mutual support
Family Therapy: Especially helpful for parent-child codependency, emotional enmeshment, or caregiving burnout
Infidelity and Addiction Counselling: When the root of codependency lies in betrayal or substance use
Our Counselling Fees
| Session Type | Investment | Additional Charges | Cancellation Policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-Person Sessions | SGD 250 | – SGD 50 after-hours surcharge -Transportation fees for out-of-office sessions or different venues | Reschedule or cancel with 36+ hours’ notice. Late changes or no-shows incur full session investment. |
| Virtual Sessions (Zoom) | SGD 200 (PayNow) SGD 250 (Other Methods) | – SGD 50 after-hours surcharge | Same as above. |
What Clients say about our Counselling in Singapore
Professionally Trained, Trauma-Informed & Culturally Attuned
Evidence-Based & Grounded in Real Life
Culturally Sensitive & Globally Informed
Respectful of Complex, Delicate Issues
Neutral, Non-Judgemental & Confidential Space
You Deserve More Than Survival
You deserve relationships where love is mutual, boundaries are respected, and you feel whole even when alone. At Listening Ear, we don’t just help you let go of unhealthy relationships — we help you rebuild a relationship with yourself.
Contact us today for a confidential consultation. Whether you’re just recognising these patterns or have spent years trapped in them, it’s never too late to start healing. Let’s help you move from self-sacrifice to self-worth — and create the kind of relationships you truly deserve.