A Psychological Potpourri – A New Recipe Towards Well-Being

Speaker

With over 35 years of experience in applied psychology in Britain, Australia and Malaysia, Paul has extensively dealt with a wide spectrum of emotional and behavioural problems. Paul’s skills cover a wide range of issues across the human lifespan. He is a practitioner and facilitator for Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Management (CISD/CISM) and Mindfulness-Based Interventions.

Since 2007 Paul has worked in Sunway Medical Centre, Pantai Hospital and Beacon Hospital where, besides running an in- & out-patient Clinic, he has set up mental health & well-being programmes for both nursing and hospital staff. He has been instrumental in developing and running various in-house programmes which includes a Stress Management Programme, A Caring for the Carer Programme and the development of a palliative and end-of-life care service. He also trains in the area.

Paul runs numerous custom-designed workshops and seminars for the general public and specialised groups which include hundreds of companies, universities, colleges, parents and private requests.

Over the last 25 yrs, has run various live psychology TV and Radio programmes with both national and international radio stations. Paul currently has his own monthly mental health programme with BFM Radio.

Paul is a professional proponent of Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence. He is active in advancing this in private and professional settings. He is highly sought after for his custom-designed workshops that involve practical applications of fundamental psychological principles - especially within natural and applied settings. He is best known for his work in Stress, Burnout and Resilience.

Paul is a pioneer proponent of Mental Hygiene in Malaysia and is passionate about the prevention of mental and emotional problems through the empowerment of the individual and primary groups. In keeping with this passion he has pioneered various modules in the area of developing Resilience.and personalized “toolkits” towards the development of healthy mental processes.

Paul’s professional and applied interests are in Parenting, Stress, Burnout, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development & Well-Being and Mental Health Well-Being at the Workplace.

His research interests lie in the area of psychoneuroimmunology, human sexuality, spirituality Quality of Life and Death and Dying.