Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management

Fatima Chehouri is the Director of OT Center, American Board Certified O.T. President of The Lebanese Occupational Therapists Syndicate. Studied at JeffersonPhilaU Alumni and Occupational therapy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Studied Occupational Therapy at Towson University.

Deepa Gopwani, Counselling Psychotherapist and Life Skills Coach. Also Certified as a CBT and Child Psychologist, she has worked extensively as a Volunteer in Heartfulness Organization (Hong Kong branch) since 2014, helping children and adults of all ages to cope with depression, anxiety, stress management and behavioral issues. In 2020-2021, she worked with clients facing after effects of COVID-19 and related mental health issues. Her work largely involves in conceptualizing a Therapy which is a combination of Counselling and Heartfulness Guided Meditation practice. Through her study of “Regulating the mind through Heartfulness Meditation system” and “Carl Roger’s “Person Centered Therapy”, she is convinced that Mental Health issues can be treated through a combination of Medicinal drugs as well as Talk Therapy . She has worked extensively with people of all age groups helping them connect with their inner being and self-actualize using her method of treatment.

Anthony Krishna Selim Maurin is a mind-body therapist, working in clinics for many years along with Chinese practitioner, Physiotherapist, exercise physiologist, psychotherapist and neuroscientist. Anthony is currently part of the management team at Histopath helping on the COVID-19 crisis with PCR testing at Sydney NSW, Australia. He Holds a Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Science (2016) with an extension in exercise physiology and sport psychology, a Diploma of Technical Science in Environmental Biology (2012) and is a certified professional remedial massage therapist (2018) and Dry Needler (2018).

Leandra Koetsier is a third year PhD student within Health Sciences. She is interested in the health care delivery process for children with obesity. Her thesis focusses on the experiences and needs of health care professionals (mostly youth health care nurses), children and parents concerning conducting a pyschosocial and lifestyle assessment, as part of the support and care for children with obesity.

Sam Vaknin is Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia and Professor of Finance and Psychology in CIAPS (Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies). Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited and other books about personality disorders. His work is cited in hundreds of books and dozens of academic papers. He spent the past 6 years developing Cold Therapy: a treatment modality for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Over the years, with dozens of volunteers, he found that it was effective with clients suffering from a major depressive episode as well.

Patrick Kennedy served as a United States Congressman, representing a Rhode Island district for 16 years. Kennedy is recognized for ground-breaking work in mental health advocacy and policy. He authored the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and was chief sponsor of this piece of legislation. Kennedy co-authored A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction. This book was published in October of 2015. He has received the National Recovery Champion Award, the New York Academy of Science Breaking the Chains of Stigma Award, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Humanitarian Award, and other honors. As a mental health conference speaker, Kennedy is passionate about educating audiences on how to help people overcome addictions and live a healthy life.

Ammar Kazmi is a counseling Psychologist, He completed his M. Phil in Applied Psychology and doing as visiting faculty at Isamia University of Bahawalpur. Ammar is the Head of psychology department at NICE group of colleges Rahim Yar Khan Campus.