Family Healing & Intergenerational Impact in Singapore
Break the cycle. Restore trust. Reclaim your family story.
How Does Addiction Affect Families Across Generations?
Addiction’s impact extends far beyond one individual—its emotional reverberations often echo through families, reshaping neural wiring, attachment patterns, and relational dynamics across generations. Children growing up in homes where addiction, chaos, or neglect was present often carry unprocessed trauma into adulthood, impacting their sense of identity, self-worth, and ability to form healthy relationships.
At Listening Ear Counselling & Consultancy Pte. Ltd., we offer a trauma-informed, systemic approach designed to:
Heal adult children of addicts (ACOA) from early attachment wounds
Support families dealing with emotional turmoil experienced by children
Navigate the delicate balance between safety and care in environments where abuse and addiction intersect
How Addiction Shapes Children and Familial Patterns
Emotional Turmoil in Childhood: Children living with addiction often experience shame, fear, confusion, and emotional instability. The unpredictable environment affects their developing brains and attachment systems, leading to symptoms like anxiety, anger, or emotional shutdowns in adolescence and adulthood.
Attachment Disruption and ACOA Patterns: Adult Children of Addicts often develop maladaptive patterns such as:
Hypervigilance or emotional numbness
Difficulty trusting others or setting boundaries
Strong fear of abandonment or perfectionism driven by low self-worth.
Without intervention, these relational wounds can become unconscious behaviours that perpetuate trauma across generations.
Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Trauma is passed not just through experience, but through relational patterns, emotional templates, and even epigenetic influences across generations. Addressing this family legacy requires intentional therapy and transformation, not passive hope.
Our Intergenerational Addiction & Trauma Counselling Services
Healing Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
Heal the lasting impact of growing up with addiction. Understand how early family dynamics shape adult relationships, emotional patterns, and how to break the cycle for future generations.
A Child’s Experience of Addiction
Explore how children experience fear, shame, and emotional instability when a parent struggles with addiction, and how safe, supportive therapy helps restore security and trust.
Addiction’s Impact on Family Roles
Address parentification, role reversal, and emotional neglect in families affected by addiction, and rebuild healthier boundaries, stability, and family dynamics.
What Happens When Addiction and Abuse Exist in the Same Family System?
When addiction co-occurs with coercive or abusive dynamics, safety becomes the foundational issue.
Signs to take seriously include:
Physical aggression or emotional manipulation
Control over finances, isolation from support networks
Threats, intimidation, or emotional distancing
Families often struggle with shock, loyalty conflict, or fear—especially when addiction impairs empathy or self-control. Establishing boundaries and a robust safety plan is essential before meaningful healing can begin.
Our Counselling Fees in Singapore
| 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 – SGD 50 administrative fee may apply where additional insurance coordination or documentation is required | Reschedule or cancel with 36+ hours’ notice. Late changes or no-shows incur full session investment. |
| Virtual Sessions (Zoom) | SGD 250 (Advance PayNow Preferred Rate of SGD 200 may be offered on a case-by-case basis when payment is made using PayNow or direct Bank transfer at least 3 days in advance and no administrative work is required.) | – Same as above (where applicable) | Same as above. |
*For more information on session rates, cancellation policy, accepted payment methods, and other related details, please refer to our Fees and Payment Page*
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
How Can We Help Your Family Break the Cycle of Addiction and Trauma?
Addiction’s shadow does not have to define your family’s future. With intentional therapy, education, and mutual accountability, families can:
Break the cycle of emotional inheritance and inequality
Build relationships grounded in safety and mutual respect
Support adult children to step into identity free from past roles
Contact Listening Ear Counselling & Consultancy Pte. Ltd. today to learn how you can begin the journey toward healing—both individually and as a family.