Achieving Real Mental Health – Self- Healing before Self-Care

What comes to mind when you think of Self-Care? How do you cope with stress and anxiety or manage your emotional and mental health?

Beyond buzzwords, what does it mean to care for your mental health? How do you know if you are just stressed out, or if you have a more serious anxiety disorder that warrants treatment? What stories do we tell ourselves when we experience failure / stress / etc, and how can we better identify these cognitive distortions when they appear?

Using (anonymized) case studies / real-world examples from his own stories, Sam Kuna will share from his 30 plus years of counseling experience to help you cut through the fog and discover the difference between mental health issues and mental health care.  Referencing to recent scientific research on mental health he will also recommend some tips for managing mental health and discuss practical concepts surrounding self-healing and self-care that you could immediately put into practice.

SPEAKER BIO

Sam Kuna is currently an Associate Professor with TCA College, Singapore and serves as the Dean, of the School of Counseling since 2009. He has a Diploma in Counseling from the Counselling and Care Centre (Singapore), a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Master of Arts degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling (California, USA), as well as a Certificate in Expressive Therapy (Australia).

He has been a clinical member of the Singapore Association for Counseling since 1996 and is the Past-President besides having served in various elected positions of leadership over 25 years.  He is an SAC Fellow Member, an SAC Registered Counsellor, and SAC Registered Clinical Supervisor and serves as the Co-Chair of the SAC Ethics Board in a voluntary capacity.

Sam takes on a multiculturally-sensitive approach since starting his counseling practice in 1986. He is a founding Board member of the Asia Pacific Certification Board and Clinical member of the Association of Marital and Family Therapists (Singapore). He is currently the President of the Association for Christian Counselling (Singapore) and serves as the Secretary of the Asian Christian Counselling Association,

He was an active volunteer in the Social Service sector since 1980 and served as the Executive Director of Teen Challenge (Singapore) for 21 years until 2009.

Sam and his wife, Cheng have travelled widely and previously served as missionaries in Latin America with the Operation Mobilisation, were married in 1980 and have a daughter, Christal, and a son-in-law, Daniel, who are both professional musicians.

Sam Kuna, RegCLR, RegClinSup,

FSAC, CMAT,

BA, (Psych), MA (MFCC)

Tel: 90022417

[email protected]