Singapore students prefer their teachers to counsellors for mental health support

Teens might not feel comfortable sharing private details with counsellors. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, July 31 (The Straits Times/ANN): Teens may prefer to speak to a familiar teacher about what is troubling them, rather than a counsellor they have little contact with, even though there is at least one in every school.

Students at a forum organised by The Straits Times on Friday (July 30) also told Education Minister Chan Chun Sing that the lingering stigma of seeing a counsellor, and its associations with misbehaviour, hold them back from seeking professional help.