Counseling at DoctorPsychology
Life is a beautiful yet complex journey filled with joys, challenges, and uncertainties. At times, even the strongest among us can feel overwhelmed by stress, emotional pain, or life's many demands. Whether you’re navigating personal struggles, relationship conflicts, or work and academic pressures, counseling provides a safe, supportive space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences—helping you to heal, grow, and reclaim your sense of purpose.
At DoctorPsychology, our counseling services are designed to empower you to face life’s challenges with confidence and resilience. We focus on the big picture: your holistic well-being. Together, we’ll work to untangle the knots of emotional turmoil, foster clarity, and build a stronger, more confident version of you.
Life can throw unexpected curveballs:
Emotional Turmoil: Stress, anxiety, depression, feelings of hopelessness, grief, anger, helplessness
Relationship Challenges: Miscommunication, trust issues, or navigating family dynamics.
Self-Confidence Struggles: Battling self-doubt or overcoming past failures.
Stressful Seasons: Balancing demanding work schedules, academic pressures, or life transitions.
No matter what you’re facing, counseling offers a chance to pause, reflect, and find a way forward with renewed hope and purpose
At DoctorPsychology, we take a compassionate, strengths-based approach to counseling. We start by understanding your unique challenges, stressors, and risk factors within your environment and yourself. Whether it’s workplace stress, family expectations, or societal pressures, we help you uncover how these factors affect your well-being. Then, we focus on building your strengths, resilience, and inner resources to create lasting positive change.
Our toolbox includes evidence-based approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Humanistic Therapy, Psycho-educational, Mindfulness, Creative Expression, Positive Psychology, Resilience-Building, Pastoral Support - all of which helps nurture self-acceptance, identify issues and stressors, develop strategies in moving forward, and practice skills to build resilience.
A counseling journey may look something like this:
Session 1: Getting to Know You: We start by understanding your story, struggles, and goals.
Session 2: Identifying Key Challenges: Together, we’ll pinpoint the issues holding you back.
Session 3: Exploring Emotions and Patterns: Gaining insight into your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Session 4: Building Your Strengths: Developing coping strategies and resilience.
Session 5 – 8: Making Progress: Applying techniques like CBT to manage stressors and transform patterns.
Session 9: Consolidating Growth: Reflecting on progress and reinforcing new skills.
Session 10: Looking Ahead: Preparing for future challenges with confidence and self-assurance.
Note: The journey for each individual is often different given the different circumstances. The example above is provided to help you visualize what one could expect. It will be customized to your needs. This includes frequency of meets and duration of therapy across the year - based on what we work out together.
We recognize that challenges evolve throughout life. Whether you’re a teen facing peer pressure, a young adult managing career or relationship transitions, or an older adult adjusting to life changes, we’re here to support you at every stage.
We also understand that no one exists in isolation. Family dynamics, workplace culture, societal expectations, and community networks shape your experiences. That’s why our approach considers the broader system you live in, ensuring our support is holistic and sustainable.
Every individual has unique strengths, even in their most difficult moments. Our role is to help you uncover those strengths and harness them to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals. Counseling is not just about addressing problems; it’s about unlocking your potential to thrive.
Building on Your Strengths: A New Start
Light at the End of the Tunnel
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Compassionate Understanding
Healing the Pain: How We Help
Beginning the Journey
A Lifespan and Systems Perspective
We want to work with all clients who are struggling. We use the term "counseling" broadly to encompass therapy and/or personal consulting based on the expertise of our team.
At the same time, every therapist/psychologist/counselor has their specialization and limitations.
In order to best serve clients, we will refer clients to other therapists who have the expertise when it comes to the following where the primary concern / challenge is:
Eating Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Substance Use Disorders
Severe Cognitive Impairments, Severe neurodiversity issues such as major autism, severe ADHD
Severe Developmental / Educational issues
Severe phobias, traumas, and abuse
Severe Personality Disorders, Sexual Disorders
LGBTQ
Sex Therapy
Infant & Young Child Issues
Assessment required for Court-related matters
We work collaboratively with other practitioners outside of DoctorPsychology to provide you with the best care in the event we are not able to take you on as a client. Please note that we have no control on costs, mode of therapy, etc when doing a referral.
We may be able to accommodate clients where the above is not their primary concern, and rather a secondary issue that can be managed within our expertise of working with mild to moderate psychological issues that fall within the lifespan of the general population.
The above list will be updated as we grow our team of experts.
Our Limitations:
What We Currently are Limited in or Do Not Specialize In
We do not provide emergency or 24-hour crisis services.
If you or someone you know are in a life-threatening situation, please call Emergency Services in your Country.
For US:
Emergency: 911
24-hour hotline: 988
For Malaysia:
Emergency: 999
24-hour hotlines: HEAL at 15555, Talian Kasih at 15999, Befrienders at 03-79568145
Other countries:
Led by Dr. Brendan Gomez, with over 20 years of experience and a team of compassionate associate therapists, we’ve helped over 200 individuals navigate life’s challenges. DoctorPsychology offers a warm, empathetic space for youth and adults alike to feel heard, valued, and empowered.
No matter where you are in the world, we invite you to take that first step toward a brighter future. Counseling can transform your life. Let’s walk this journey together.
Your Partner in Healing
Maria, 50+, Medical Staff
"After losing my child to health issues, I felt empty. My days were long, and I didn’t know who I was without my child and a full-time job. Brendan helped me rediscover myself. He listened to my stories with genuine care and gently encouraged me to explore the strengths I still had within me. With his guidance, I found new purpose through volunteering and even started a small women’s group, where we gather to sell pre-loved items. Brendan reminded me that life isn’t over—it’s just a new chapter. I feel alive again, and I owe it to his patience, kindness, and belief in me."
"Starting university was supposed to be exciting, but instead, I felt lost, isolated, and unmotivated. I struggled to get out of bed and keep up with my studies. Working with Dr B changed everything. He never rushed me or made me feel judged. Instead, he walked alongside me, helping me rediscover what truly matters to me. Dr B taught me to challenge the negative thoughts that held me back and to celebrate even my smallest victories. Now, I’m back on track with my studies and making new friends. He gave me hope when I thought I had none. I’ll forever be grateful for his kindness and wisdom."