The counsellors made the appeal during a webinar in Lagos to commemorate the 6th ANEPCO Summit, which had the theme “Finding Hope in a Declining Economy.”<\/p>\n
Mrs Ronke Adeyemi, a psychotherapist, said at the summit that having hope in life is good for one’s mental health.<\/p>\n
Adeyemi said that hope was necessary in coping with the challenges and adversities of life.<\/p>\n
Hope, according to her, is having a desire or anticipation of what is to come.<\/p>\n
She stated that maintaining hope was essential for maintaining one’s mental health regardless of the challenges of life’s journey.<\/p>\n
“Hope assists us in planning and motivating ourselves. It brings us such inner happiness that we don’t know where it comes from.<\/p>\n
“We need to question our cultural beliefs,” Adeyemi stated.<\/p>\n
Mr Lanre Oyegbola, a Marketing Communications Expert, also commented that an economy can be valued based on its size and movement.<\/p>\n
According to Oyegbola, whatever is seen in any market determines what one gets out of the market.<\/p>\n
“Whatever you see in the country will either inspire or stifle hope.”<\/p>\n
“In Africa, you will not find a market as large as Nigeria,” Oyegbola said.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenges facing the Nigerian economy, the expert stated that the country is full of opportunities, has a large population, diverse people, and the world’s largest single black market.<\/p>\n
“Population is a source of commercial power.”<\/p>\n
“Moving rightly is the game.”<\/p>\n
“The perspective you take on what is presented to us in an economy will significantly determine how much value one can take out of that economy,” Oyegbola said.<\/p>\n
He noted that when Indians first set foot on Nigerian soil, they immediately recognized economic opportunities.<\/p>\n
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Africa Network of Professional Counsellors (ANEPCO) was established in 2018.<\/p>\n
Its mission is to promote, nurture, and support professional counselling practices among counsellors and psychotherapists (at all career stages) based in Africa and\/or working with African clients.<\/p>\n
The network was created to create an environment for therapists to share their experiences, learn on the job, connect with other counsellors, and promote counselling in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The African Network of Professional Counsellors (ANEPCO) has urged Nigerians to remain optimistic in the face of the country’s difficult economic situation. The counsellors made the appeal during a webinar in Lagos to commemorate the 6th ANEPCO Summit, which had the theme “Finding Hope in a Declining Economy.” Mrs Ronke Adeyemi, a psychotherapist, said at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[629,628,506,627,630],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-6th-anepco-summit","tag-hope","tag-lagos","tag-nigerians","tag-professional-counselors"],"yoast_head":"\n