Dr. Nicole Chew-Helbig, PhD

Psychotherapist · Couples Therapist · Author · Researcher

Nicole Chew-Helbig holds a Doctorate in Psychotherapy Science from Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the National University of Singapore. She is a certified Integrative Gestalt Psychotherapist and Counsellor, and a Registered Counsellor with the Singapore Association for Counselling.

Clinical practice

Based in Singapore, Nicole provides individual psychotherapy and counselling for adults, adolescents, and couples. Her integrative, experiential Gestalt approach emphasises presence, field theory, and relational contact. Clinical areas include anxiety and stress-related conditions, trauma and PTSD, relationship difficulties, compulsive behaviours, identity exploration and life transitions, burnout, depression, dissociation, and somatic symptom presentations.

Sessions are offered both in-person and online.

Research

Nicole developed an original Therapeutic Autoethnography methodology, integrating autoethnographic qualitative research with psychotherapy practice for deep phenomenological understanding of therapy situations. Her research interests include psychotherapy theory and practice, relational dynamics in therapy, shame, affect, and embodied experience, phenomenology and field theory in clinical practice, and psychotherapy in the context of technological change.

Publications

Her book A Gestalt Approach to Couples Therapy: The Dance of Difference was published by Routledge in 2026. She has published in the British Gestalt Journal, the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, and the Geštalt Zbornik, among others. A full list of publications is available in the Theses & Publications section.

Professional memberships

  • Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC)
  • Singapore Psychological Society (SPS)
  • Association for Psychotherapists and Counsellors Singapore (APACS)