Our Staff

Noor Sida bte Abdullah

Counsellor

Noor Sida Abdullah is an addiction counsellor at WE CARE, with close to 10 years of counselling experience. She was a co-lead in the SAFE 1.1 (Support for Recovering Addicts and Families through Empowerment) programme, which treats persons with incarceration experience, and supports their families and significant others. This programme was piloted with Singapore Prison and NCSS and has been proven beneficial to former offenders and their loved ones.

Noor Sida holds a Graduate Diploma in Solution Focused Practice and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Counselling) from the American University of Hawaii. She is a Certified Substance Abuse Counsellor registered with The Association of Professionals Specialising in Addiction Counselling (APSAC) and is also a Certified Self-Management Recovery Training (SMART) Facilitator. Additionally, Noor Sida is a member of the Association of Professionals Specialising in Addiction Counselling (APSAC).

Before her journey with WE CARE, Noor Sida was a Senior Counsellor in AMKFSC Pte Ltd as well as in Singapore Children’s Society where, besides providing emotional support and counselling, she managed social care for vulnerable individuals and families.

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Family & Friends Support Group

WE CARE has a support group called “Family and Friends Support Group”. Facilitated by WE CARE counsellors, this group is meant for caregivers, spouses, partners, family members or friends affected by an addicted loved one.

 

"Family & Friends" teaches effective strategies for self-care and how to cope with the recovering addict. The support group focuses on changing the way you interact with the recovering loved one.  Using the CRAFT Model and SMART Recovery tools, we will touch on important topics that family members and friends experience, including:

  • Self-Care & Self-Rewards
  • Safety plan & Support
  • Coping with Lapses
  • Enabling behaviours
  • Effective supportive behaviour
  • Healthy Boundaries
  • Positive communication

 

The goals for "Family & Friends" are

  • To help you move your loved one towards treatment
  • To help reduce the loved one’s use of alcohol and drugs
  • To improve the lives of concerned family members and friends

 

"Family & Friends" takes place twice a month. For details, check out the schedule here.

If you are an affected caregiver. family member or friend and you wish to attend "Family & Friends", call: 3165 8017 or email to: help@wecare.org.sg to register. 

 

SMART Recovery

SMART stands for Self-Management & Recovery Training. Participants learn tools for addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups. All facilitators are registered SMART Recovery Facilitators.

SMART is an ongoing closed group and caters to individuals with a history of addiction. Interested participants are required to undergo a clinical intake before attending SMART Recovery. 

If interested, please email help@wecare.org.sg 

 

Details of the schedule for SMART can be found here 

 

Mindfulness For Recovery

Mindfulness for Recovery is an open group to learn and practice mindfulness. Mindfulness helps participants to break away from their own destructive habitual patterns. All facilitators have personal experience practising mindfulness. This group is catered for people with a history of addictions, reactive behaviours and/or mood disorders. 

Programme Details

 

Details of the schedule for Mindfulness can be found here

To register: call 3165 8017 or email admin@wecare.org.sg 

 

 

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