Relationships · Singapore
How much does couples counselling cost in Singapore?
Compare the appointment you would actually attend: two people, the session length and the fee conditions that apply to you.
There isn’t one couples-counselling rate in Singapore. The services below publish S$120 for a 90-minute couple/family session at Shan You, S$250.70–283.40 for a 60-minute couples session at Singapore Counselling Centre, and standard couple/family rates of S$300–330 per hour at EMCC. Subsidies, timing and payment conditions differ. Free family counselling is also available through FAM centres. An individual-therapy starting price does not quote a joint session.
Perhaps you and your partner finally have an evening free. You search for counselling, see a price that looks manageable, then discover it is for one person or a shorter appointment. It helps to settle what the fee covers before planning around it.
Counsilio publishes this guide. We selected three Singapore services whose own pages explicitly list couple or couple/family fees and session lengths. They appear alphabetically, without a quality ranking. This is a small, non-exhaustive comparison of published arrangements, not an independent endorsement, a market average or proof of appointment availability. Facts checked 20 October 2026.
Three published couples-counselling fees
These are the providers’ couple or couple/family session listings, not individual-session prices doubled. Follow each name to its official fee page. All amounts below are Singapore dollars.
| Provider | Couples fee | Session length | Conditions beside the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMCC | Standard couple/family rate: S$300 on weekdays; S$330 on Saturdays. The page does not specify GST treatment. | Normally one hour; additional time is charged in subsequent half-hour blocks. | Revised rates took effect 1 October 2026. Conditional couple subsidies are S$120–280 per hour; citizenship, housing and income rules apply. |
| Shan You Counselling Centre | S$120 for a couple/family session. GST treatment is not specified on the checked page. | 90 minutes. Extra time costs S$20 for each additional 15-minute block. | S$20 evening surcharge for weekday appointments at or after 6pm. Published fees are already subsidised; further assistance requires financial assessment and approval. |
| Singapore Counselling Centre (SCC) | S$250.70 with a professional counsellor; S$283.40 with a senior professional counsellor. Both include 9% GST. | 60 minutes. | These are single-session standard couples rates. The lower Mindlistic prices highlighted on the same page apply to individual counselling. |
A subsidised rate has its own entry conditions
EMCC’s published couple subsidy requires combined gross monthly income below S$12,000, Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident status, and residence in an HDB flat. Supporting documents and approval are required. Its S$60 weekday supervised-intern option is for eligible individual counselling, so it is not a couples price. EMCC’s fee and subsidy conditions.
Shan You describes its listed fees as subsidised. Further fee assistance is assessed separately and, if approved, applies for up to six counselling sessions. A published subsidy does not establish that you qualify for a further reduction. Shan You’s fee information.
For example, a couple’s combined income may fit a threshold while another eligibility condition does not. Keep those conditions attached to the fee rather than adding the lowest subsidised number to your budget automatically. Do not send income documents to Counsilio for another provider’s scheme.
Plan for the appointment, then the month
Consider this invented budgeting example. If you choose two Shan You 90-minute couple/family appointments on weekdays after 6pm, its listed S$120 fee plus S$20 evening surcharge would total S$280 for two appointments, before any separately applicable charges. That is arithmetic, not an offered package, a final quote or a recommendation to meet twice a month.
Time off work, travel and childcare may also affect what is workable. A 90-minute joint appointment can occupy more of an evening than the headline suggests. If you have a monthly ceiling, describe that ceiling and your practical constraints while the provider explains a suitable arrangement. Dividing a fee by two people does not change what the appointment costs.
Commitment and appointment changes matter too. SCC lists a four-session couples package with a three-month validity period. It also lists a 5% credit-card processing fee for payments below S$500 and forfeiture for appointment changes within 48 hours; cancellation must be made by phone or email and acknowledged. SCC’s current fees and conditions.
EMCC lists a late-cancellation charge of 50% of the prevailing fee without at least two working days’ notice, with cancellation or changes notified by phone or email. Its page also describes a waiver when an appointment-day illness is supported by a medical certificate. Two working days is different from 48 clock hours. EMCC’s appointment terms. These are separate providers’ policies, not Counsilio’s terms.
A free family-counselling route is worth considering
MSF’s Family Assist FAQ describes free counselling at Strengthening Families Programme (FAM) centres, including individual, joint and family sessions for family-related concerns. The official FAM centre list helps you find an agency. Explore the relevant service and intake arrangement with the centre; free provision does not mean an immediate appointment or that every relationship concern fits every programme.
You can ask about support without retelling the argument
A fictional opening for a joint-service provider: “We’d like to explore couples counselling. Weekday evenings are easier, and our total budget is about S$300 a month. Could you explain the appointment and applicable fee?” This gives the conversation somewhere to start without forwarding your partner’s private messages, payslips or an account of the whole relationship. Use a provider’s designated process if a subsidy application later requires documents.
If you are unsure whether to come together or seek support on your own, the individual-or-joint counselling guide explains the separate purposes. For a partner who is not ready to attend, use the existing guide to exploring support for yourself.
Where Counsilio’s individual offer fits
Counsilio’s confirmed Singapore starting offer is long-term individual online sessions from S$80, lasting 50–60 minutes. It is not a quoted couples appointment, so we have not inserted it into the joint-fee comparison.
If you want support on your own, our personal onboarding starts with your concerns, preferences, budget and timing. We take responsibility for counsellor quality and matching, explain the proposed arrangement, and help you switch if the match does not work. You can begin, “I’d like individual support with a relationship difficulty. I want to understand what might fit my budget.” We discuss your needs, propose a suitable match and arrangement, and you choose whether to proceed. The enquiry does not confirm an appointment.
Read about guided matching, individual counselling costs in Singapore and what a first session can involve. A fee comparison helps with the practical choice; it cannot decide the care you need.
Questions before deciding
Is a couples session just two individual sessions?
It is a separate service listing. Compare the provider’s joint-session fee and duration, rather than doubling an individual advertisement.
Does Counsilio’s S$80 starting rate cover both of us?
That is the starting offer for long-term individual sessions. It does not quote a joint appointment.
Should we buy a package before the first appointment?
A package is a purchase with its own validity and change terms. Its size does not establish how many appointments you need. Understand the proposed service and commitment before deciding.
Is a lower fee evidence of worse counselling?
A fee alone cannot establish quality or fit. Duration, subsidy and appointment conditions differ. This comparison does not rank clinical quality.
If you feel afraid, controlled or unsafe, use MSF’s safety-help routes rather than making a joint appointment the first step. For urgent mental health support, call national mindline 1771; for thoughts of suicide, call SOS 1767; for a life-threatening emergency, call 995. See the official help directory and crisis resources. These resources are available without contacting Counsilio.