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Outsmarting Anxiety Talk: 3 mind-body paths to peace

We used to hear that stress is driven by our instinct to fight against or flee from something dangerous. When the body gets alarmed, the heart has to beat faster, the muscles tighten up, etc. All these stress reactions pile up over time and become anxiety. Today our anxiety is many times more complicated. For example, even high performers in the workplace have hidden worries and shame from their “imposter syndrome,” and painful bloating, constipation, and diarrhea (irritable bowel syndrome) may have no full medical explanations other than chronic anxiety. Children suffer from panic attacks, and both generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are among the top mental health challenges in Singapore. 

Event Details:

Date: 17 August 2024

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm (2 Hrs)

Registration: 1.15pm- 2.00pm

Venue: Shan You Counselling Centre, Blk 5 Upper Boon Keng Road #02-15, Singapore 380005

Get your FREE SEAT reserved today!

Discover both established mind-body research and uncommon strategies for confident living:

– 21st century anxiety has blasted the simple fight-or-flight reactions: Freeze and feign experiences in modern life

– The chicken-and-egg cycle of chronic anxiety and stubborn illness (especially pain)

– Deciding on your rewards for overcoming insecurity

– The soothing path: Dialling down the noise of worries

– The observing path: Finding peace without the need to escape or fight

– The playful path: Breaking free by poking at and teasing fear

Speaker:        Lim Kok Kwang, PhD

Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Shan You)

Registered Psychologist (SRP)

Registered Psychologist (Clinical Psychology) (AHPRA)

Fellow, British Psychological Society

Psychosomatic Specialist, International College of Psychosomatic Medicine

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology in Singapore (SPS)

Distinguished Contribution to Practice Award (BPS)

To register, Email your (i) Contact Number, (ii) Email Address, and 

(iii) Number of Seats to reserve, to meiyin.wong@shanyou.org.sg or Mobile: 98312956

Register and get a complimentary session with experienced psychologist who works with anxiety!

Outsmarting Anxiety Workshop: 3 mind-body paths to peace

Many people experience worries and anxiety as something that just happen to them. It feels to them like there’s nothing they can do to escape from such an emotional trap. The more they try to stop worrying, the more they’re entangled in the worries. This often leads to high blood pressure, headache, underperformance in their studies and at work, and frustrating conflicts in their marital and family life. 

With the ongoing digital revolution, demands on students, pressure from social media, and job and economic uncertainties from global unrest, the distress we face is so much more complex than those in past generations. Therefore, we also need a more sophisticated roadmap to navigate through worries, fears, and anxiety.

Event Details:

Date: 24 August 2024

Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm (3 Hrs)

Registration: 1.15pm- 2.00pm

Venue: Shan You Counselling Centre, Blk 5 Upper Boon Keng Road #02-15, Singapore 380005

Get your FREE SEAT reserved today!

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Choices bring power. Learn the 3 practical paths toward sustainable peace and confidence:                

– 21st century anxiety has blasted the simple fight-or-flight reactions: Freeze and feign experiences in daily life

– The chicken-and-egg cycle of chronic anxiety and stubborn illness (especially pain)

– Verify your values and long-term rewards: What would be worth your effort at maintaining a 17-second daily routine?

– The soothing path:

• Instant attention management anywhere anytime
• 2 user-friendly breathing skills 
• Cue-controlled calmness at will

– The observing path: 

• Mindfulness: Realise that thoughts are not facts
• Breath as an all-time inner anchor
• Melt away automatic patterns and the cycle of anxiety 

– The playful path: 

• Label worry and anxiety as a nuisance 
• Tease that nuisance
• Taunt that nuisance
• Command that nuisance to try and bother you (and then laugh at the silliness)
• Rise above anxiety with your heroic imagination

Trainers:                        

1. Lim Kok Kwang, PhD

– Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist

– Registered Psychologist (Singapore)

– Registered Psychologist (Clinical Psychology) (AHPRA)

– Fellow, British Psychological Society

– Psychosomatic Specialist, International College of Psychosomatic Medicine

– Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology in Singapore (SPS)

– Distinguished Contribution to Practice Award (BPS)

2. Joy Chen, Master of Psychology (Clinical)

– Registered Psychologist (Singapore)

– Recognised mindfulness teacher in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), Mindful Parenting (MP), & Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

– Certificate in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy from Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP)

To register, Email your (i) Contact Number, (ii) Email Address, and 

(iii) Number of Seats to reserve, to meiyin.wong@shanyou.org.sg or HP:98312956

Register and get a complimentary session with experienced psychologist who works with anxiety!