About Gloriousruin

Gloriousruin© was inspired by a thoughtful client from my early years as a psychotherapist. She described her personal growth and renewed sense of self after therapy as akin to broken pottery being artfully restored—transformed into something even more beautiful than before. Her words left a lasting impression and have since shaped my perspective on counselling and psychotherapy: that every individual, holds the potential to be made whole, to soar high and live life to its fullest, being restored to your best once more.

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Founder & Lead Psychotherapist

CMSAC RegCLR
Principal Psychotherapist
Counselling Psychologist

PhD (Education-Psychology); MA Counselling; MSc Cognitive Science; Postgraduate Dip Psychology; BA (Hons) Education

Dr Gloria Kong

Dr Gloria Kong is passionate about empowering individuals to live an adaptive, effective, and contented life. She has a lot of experience in teaching, training, and coaching youths and adults, especially those in education, human resource, and social services. As psychotherapist, she works with individuals of different ages and social backgrounds. She employs a wide range of therapeutic modalities, particularly attuned to Brainspotting Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Person-Focused Therapy. She is a certified practitioner for Cogmed Working Memory Training, Prepare-Enrich (for couples), Life Coaching, and a Certified Brainspotting practitioner and Consultant.

A trauma-informed practitioner, Gloria offers counselling on various mental health issues - psychological (e.g., stress, anger management, anxiety, depression, OCD); psychosocial (e.g., self- concept/self-esteem development and repair, growth mind set, assertiveness, etc); and life events (e.g., role adjustment, transitional issues, adolescence related issues, parenting, loss and trauma, etc). She customises clients’ intervention according to their needs, by helping them discover their resources and motivating them to meet life’s challenges with fortitude and resilience. Gloria employs a client-centred, collaborative therapeutic approach; believing therapy should empower clients to create the life they aspire. She sees herself as an active guide, helping and supporting clients through issues they face, focusing on their past, present and future, believing all these have a part to play in clients’ present self.

As an avid lifelong learner, she continues to change and impact life in and outside the counselling room. She published a book entitled “Critical Thinking for Effective Teaching and Learning” and has many years’ experience supervising and training educators. She lectures part time at a local university on “Human Life-span Development.” Her areas of interest include motivation, cognitive restructuring, optimising potential in human beings throughout their lifespan, and application of neuro plasticity into daily life.

Selected Publications:

Kong, G. (2023). Let us ride on inter-generational wisdom! Witness – A Publication of Christ Methodist Church: What Makes Us Human, (Issue 2), 10–11.
Kong, S. L. G. (2010). Critical thinking for effective teaching and learning. Singapore: Research Publishing Services.
Kong, S. L. (2007). Cultivating critical and creative thinking skills. In A. G. Tan (Ed.), Creativity: Handbook for teachers (pp. 303–326). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Kong, S. L. (2006). Using thinking skills to intrinsically motivate effective learning: An observation from a teacher education classroom. The Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 16(1), 75–90.
Kong, S. L., & Seng, S. H. (2004). Enhancing the critical thinking skills and dispositions of pre-service teachers. The Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 14(2), 41–56.

“Who you are with affect how you process”

- Dr Gloria Kong

Our Mission

To empower individuals by putting in order the unconscious core essence to enable them to
GrowWell© again to make the world a better place.

Like the starfish story – restoring one individual at a time, piecing together life’s perceived ruins to make them glorious again; and this Gloriousruin© individual will in turn enrich his/her circle of influence.

Our Vision

Our Values

Honouring every individual by seeing each person as worthy and with integrity according to each unique innate and learnt trait.

Rewire Your Mind, Transform Your Life

Trauma-informed & evidence-informed psychotherapy grounded in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroexperiential re-association to support deep emotional release and sustainable change.

Counselling

Counselling draws on evidence-based strategies from the psychosocial dynamic to enhance executive functioning and empower personal growth in everyday life.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy integrates evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies to access deep seated psychological disturbance to strengthen emotional resilience and empower personal functioning and growth.

Clinical Supervision

Supporting therapists with reflective, growth-oriented supervision to enhance clinical insight, ethical practice, and professional development.

Couple Therapy

Journeying with couples toward deeper partnership, clearer communication, healthy conflict resolution, and stronger emotional connection through evidence-based principles.

Workshop | Psychoeducation Talk

Engaging, research-informed, with lived experiences – designed to psychoeducate, equip, and inspire—tailored for both professionals and the wider community.

Brainspotting Consultant | Certification

Accredited consultation for Brainspotting practitioners pursuing certification—offering guidance, case conceptualisation, and skill refinement.

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My son was having difficulties coping with his studies and life away from home; after 4 sessions of psychotherapy with Gloria, he is coping well in his study and life in school.

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Mother of a 14 year old teenage boy

Gloria has been incredible in my journey towards understanding myself. She helped me ascribe words to feelings which overwhelmed me, and in doing so, helped me understand the problems I went through. With her help, I have learnt to stay grounded even in times of trouble. It is truly Godsent to have met her and I am ever so grateful.

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Male in his early 20s

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Upcoming Events

Stay tuned—this space will feature upcoming workshops, certification opportunities, and professional development events. Check back regularly for new dates and details.

Some past workshops:

• Understanding Trauma and How It Affects Our Daily Functioning

• Brainspotting - A Body-brain based therapeutic approach: An Introduction

• Riding on the Inter-Generational Strength and Wisdom for a Wholesome Family Interaction

• Knowing your Teens from the Developmental and Neuroscience perspective

• Understanding and Relating to your Teenagers: Theory, Practice and Lived Experience

• Understanding
  Yourself & Your Students:
  A Psychosocial Developmental Perspective

Get in Touch with Us

Reach out for trauma-informed therapy and support today.

Get in touch

+65 88935486
gloriousruin.counseling@gmail.com

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