- Life coach, Uzoamaka Nwachukwu, has advocated for prioritising mental health awareness and education for holistic well-being
- The therapist also emphasised the importance of emotional self-awareness, citing mental health state changes with daily events
- She further called for institutionalisation of counselling departments in organizations to promote mental health awareness and education
Psychologist Nwachukwu advocates for institutionalisation of counselling departments in organisations to promote mental health. Photo Credit: Michael Nguyen, Ute Grabowsky
Source: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images”Everyone needs Mental Health awareness, education and interventions in order to cope and live for wholistic well-being and self actualisation because mental health state is not static but changes with events and can change many times in the day hence the need for emotional self-awareness.Need for mental health support in organisations Today in our society, people are faced with a whole lot of challenges and limitations and a large number seem to be overwhelmed hence the continued emergence and inevitability of some negative emotions, anxieties, depression and anxieties, traumas and its well being challenges. “Just as there are medical practitioners for our medical health challenges, the existence of counselling units is equally important because mental health is a form of health that needs urgent attention.”Come to think of it, a driver, pilot, doctor, athlete, footballer, clergy, nursing mother, law enforcement agent, child/young person, students, parent, teachers and other service providers in our society may have been overwhelmed by negative emotions and mental health challenges owing to some circumstances and factors at some point or the other.””Everyone needs mental health awareness and education to enhance their cognitive, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and social wellbeing, she said.20 million Nigerians battling mental illness – Reps
