Dr Richard Lim
Clinical Psychologist
- Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Professional School of Psychology, Sacramento, USA
- Master in Social Science, University of South Australia
- APA Accredited Supervisor for Addiction, SAC Clinical Supervisor
- Past President, Psychotherapy Association of Singapore (PAS)
- Professional Member, American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) (APA)
Dr Richard Lim, PsyD USA, is the Senior Consultant Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor for Connect Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a Senior Mental Health Consultant in Singapore and has worked extensively in the region and beyond. He has been working with clients with difficult anxiety, depression and other concerns following varying degrees of trauma for many years.
Dr Lim’s speciality in psychotherapy and counselling is the focus on relationship wellbeing and repair. He has worked for more than 22 years with families, couples and singles in enhancing communication, emotional intimacy and sexual wellness.
He uses relational psychodynamic approaches with mindfulness based cognitive behavioural approaches and somatic experiencing in the work with clients. He also provides sex coaching and sex therapy-informed relationship counselling with an emphasis in overcoming barriers and inhibitions to effect authentic wellness in intimate relationships and self-care.
Personal Approach
Dr Lim is committed to creating a safe, secure, and warm space for his clients to get access to expert-driven information, professional resources, and an inclusive community in which to learn how mental health, relationships and sexuality are integrated. He conducts support groups and psychoeducation seminars regularly. He is also qualified Group Psychotherapist trained in the USA.
He is dedicated to the co-creating of insights and understanding with his clients in the growth journey. The excitement is in the change clients enjoy when adjustments are made in thinking, feeling, and acting. These are the breakthroughs via steady work that he prefers.
Dr Lim is open to all cultures and backgrounds; in fact, it is diversity that energizes his empathetic work with individuals and couples in relational and emotion-based therapy.
Testimonials
His fundamental approach in therapy is to co-create the vision that the clients wish to achieve. This is done in a respectful and open-minded manner. Deeper bonding in therapeutic relationships is the key to bringing about deeper awareness and effectiveness for all clients.
Dr Lim is a Clinical Supervisor with the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC) and has been guiding and training mental health professionals for many years. His specialty in professional supervision and education is in intersubjectivity and relational psychotherapy work.
