Innovation in Mental Health & Psycho-Social Support
Join us for the JENGA VI Workshop, to be held in Nairobi in February 2019, entitled: “Relationships, Sexuality and Gender”. Click here to register for the JENGA VI Workshop or contact us at info@beautifulmind.cc for more information. Click here for more information about the previous JENGA Workshops and the Roundtable Discussion in Kampala which was the birth of JENGA and BeautifulMind.
The BMC/JENGA Team was invited to the Fifth Global Summit on Mental Health in Johannesberg in January 2018. As part of the Scientific Committee, we facilitated several panel discussions, including Mental Health of Youth and Creativity and Mental Health. A side event on the BodyMind Approach to Well-being was held in collaboration with SmartMove (Bangalore) including a theoretical session led by Brinda Wachs (BMC) and an interactive session led by Brinda Jacob-Janvrin (SmartMove). Click here for the Final Programme of the GMH Summit. [Read more…] about BeautifulMind goes to Johannesberg
BMC training workshops impart useful skills for MHPSS practitioners, such as the The BodyMind Approach to Well-Being and the use of Play Therapy, SandPlay, Guided Imagery in Music, Authentic Movement and more. BMA + X-Arts supports the notion of an integrated approach to mental health and well-being that takes the whole body/mind system of the individual into consideration. When we expressive ourselves with body and mind (including through dance, movement, drawing, painting, sculpture, dreamwork, writing, poetry…) we can find psychic balance and learn how to regulate our emotions for a more holistic and grounded sense of well-being. Click here for more info on the BMA + X-Arts.
BeautifulMind offers a unique approach to MHPSS that is focused on the individual, the community and the family. We draw on local and indigenous practices with therapeutic value, e.g. to address depression, anxiety, mourning and grief, family conflicts, etc.
See for example: Mourning Rituals of the Batsotso Community with Therapeutic Value, by PhD. Candidate Stephen Asatsa.
