About Us

About Neighbourhood Times

Based in Singapore, Neighbourhood Times is a professional counselling and educational organisation dedicated to nurturing personal growth, strengthening marriages, restoring family harmony, and uplifting community well‑being — through counselling, training, supervision, curriculum development, and community outreach.

Grounded in professional counselling theories, enriched by practical experience, and strengthened through collaborative partnerships, we offer both physical and online services for Chinese‑speaking communities in Singapore and across Asia.

Our Vision

To be a trusted sanctuary of counsel, teaching, and family nurture — a place where Chinese‑speaking hearts across Asia find understanding, strength, and hope. We envision a future where every individual, marriage, and household flourishes, and where no one walks alone. This is our calling: to be a platform of trust, a wellspring of growth, and a steadfast companion on the journey of life.

Our mission

To provide counselling that honours every person, upholds the highest standards of professionalism, and places the individual at the heart of all we do.

To raise up counsellors and helping professionals who blend excellence in skill with a deep and genuine heart for those they serve.

To create courses, learning materials, and counselling resources that are thoughtfully designed for the unique cultural context of Chinese‑speaking communities.

To actively foster partnerships that link scholarly inquiry, professional practice, and community life — so that knowledge serves real needs and healing reaches every doorstep.

To extend professional support to a wider community through both in‑person and digital platforms.

Core Values

Professionalism

We are grounded in professional expertise, guided by strong ethics, and committed to growing through continuous learning.

Compassionate Care

We hold in deep respect the journey each person has walked and the distinct needs they carry — meeting them with openness, humility, and care.

Journeying Together

We believe that lasting change does not happen in isolation — it takes root in relationships of safety, unfolds through patient companionship, and flourishes when we grow together.

Integrity

We hold ourselves to the highest standards of openness, truthfulness, and accountability — not only in our direct services, but in all our collaborations and in the way we grow as an institution.

Cooperation

We build bridges across institutions, professions, and regions — weaving a wider network of care that reaches further and serves more.

Our Journey

Our early focus has been on laying a solid professional foundation, including:

Begin offering professional counselling services to the community.

Develop training programmes designed to equip and empower.

Forge partnerships with universities and institutions to strengthen our professional network.

Actively promote training and supervision opportunities for practitioners.

Develop culturally relevant counselling texts and learning resources for those we serve.

Build our capacity for online counselling and digital education — to reach further and serve more.

We take a measured and sustainable approach to growth — building steadily on a foundation of professional competence and strong institutional partnerships.