Lack of counselling services

Lack of professional counselling Services & lifestyle health programs is sinking in Papua New Guinea.

Many organisations, both public and private sectors are yet to realise the need to employ well-trained Counsellors in their organisations. Many Workers are mentally affected and they are not realising the full potentials of their professions.

There are no professionally trained graduated Clinical Psychologists attached in all major public and private health facilities. The major health settings only provide physical treatment but forget about the very heart of life…The Mind…As a result, there is no complete treatment provided to those who visit them.

 In addition, there is a lack of lifestyle health programs conducted in the country. Every year, death notices are published in the print media that high profile people are dying from a heart attack, heart stroke or diabetics etc.

Every year lawyers, judges and top elites are dying from a heart attack or heat stroke, or diabetics. I am hearing that we are losing so many National Court Judges to heart attacks and stroke.  Many are having high blood pressure.

The top government officials lack knowledge of the kind of services requires to improve work performance to increase productivity.

In some sections of the community, there are Social Welfare Officers but no lifestyle health programs.

Generally, the worker in Papua New Guinea is unhealthy. Their physical appearance is simply not encouraging, they are overweight, have big bellies hanging down, cannot walk properly which will affect their health.

Many of these officers do not attend yearly or even quarterly health check-ups or do not seek professional psychological counselling services so that many of their issues can be sorted out professionally, thus take full control of their life.

Papua New Guinea, as a country, needs counselling services and lifestyle health programs in every section of the society if the country wants to produce a healthy and fit society.