About 简介

The service: 'FloWell' is a secular counselling service inspired by the Buddhist values of Zhi Hui Guang Monastery. It provides individual, couples, family, and group counselling for people of all ages facing relational, physical, and mental health challenges. It also provides counsellors, therapists, and social workers clinical supervision, professional consultation, and training.

Our services are currently delivered by a professional therapist, supported by interns and volunteers. During counselling sessions, interns, volunteers, and where appropriate, clients' family and friends may be invited to participate as a 'reflecting team' or as an 'outsider-witnesses', offering different perspectives and insights. Through the collaborative approach, we hope to help clients gain clarity to their thinking, regulate their emotions more effectively, develop fresh perspectives on their challenges, and strengthen their relationships with their loved ones. 

Zhi Hui Guang Monastery, located in Singapore, is a Buddhist temple founded in 2014 under the compassionate guidance and support of H.H. Yisie Vorle · Kunsang Jigme Dorje. Integrating the Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, the Monastery centres its practices on chanting, cultivating compassion, and meditation. 

Venerable Dr Kunsang Yang Yang

Relationship Therapist, FloWell Relationship Counselling

As a third generation Singaporean-Chinese, I am a qualified relationship therapist, counsellor, and social worker with over 20 years of experience helping individuals of all age groups, couples, and families. 

My career began in Singapore as a social worker in social policy and service development for people with  disabilities. I later served as an aftercare officer, supporting incarcerated youths and those deemed 'beyond parental control' through residential rehabilitation and aftercare, helping them to reintegrate back with their families and communities. Alongside my full-time job, I also volunteered as an honorary programme director and volunteer counsellor at a charitable organisation serving LGBTQ+ communities in Singapore. 

I subsequently relocated to London for 13 years, became a qualified systemic family psychotherapist, working in various child, adolescent, and adult mental health services, while also maintained a small private practice. I later moved to Thailand for three years,  where I completed a doctorate in Buddhist Studies and undertook a short-term ordination at a Thai Mahayana Buddhist monastery. 

In 2024, I returned to Singapore and was ordained as a Buddhist monk in both the Vajrayana and Mahayana traditions. As a resident monk of Zhi Hui Guang Monastery, I continued to offer counselling, psychotherapy, and clinical supervision through a private practice. In 2026, I established the FloWell relationship counselling service, through which I provide relationship counselling for clients, alongside clinical supervision support for professionals and trainees.