Kah Mun Wan

20/10/2025

In honour of this year's World Mental Health Day theme, the ACBS Malaysia Chapter invites you to our annual Borak Session.

This year, we're hosting an open and reflective discussion on a critical topic: Mental Health in Humanitarian Emergencies. Join our panel as we explore how psychological support can look in times of disaster or crisis. Rather than focusing on diagnoses or PTSD, the discussion will centre on immediate human needs — such as communication, safety, and connection — that become crucial when crises strike.

When disasters strike, the immediate need often isn’t clinical intervention, but connection and communication — ensuring people know their loved ones are safe and that accurate information is shared. In such moments, psychological support can simply mean offering reassurance, stability, and a sense of safety amidst chaos.

The conversation will explore both victim and rescuer perspectives, offering grounded insights on compassion, communication, and resilience in challenging circumstances.

🗓️ Date: Thursday, 23 October 2025
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
💻 Where: Live on our page!

Open for all to attend!

Simply RSVP and add the event to your calendar here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AguSfnGxy/

Questions?
Email: malaysiaacbs@gmail.com
Or drop us a message in ACBSMYS Messenger

14/10/2025

Exciting News for Mental Health Professionals! The first-ever International Standards of Training & Supervision in Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) are here.

These standards guide trainers, supervisors, and organizations to deliver high-quality, CBS-based therapies like ACT, FAP, and cRFT—helping elevate practice worldwide.

Learn more: http://ow.ly/fr9Z30sPRTi

08/08/2025

Timor-Leste will always hold a special place in my heart. Last year, together with a team of psychiatrists we flew to Timor-Leste to train and connect with the country’s mental health workers while collecting data for our paper. Truly a significant moment to have had this paper written and approved for publication. The paper provides insight into the psychological processes that mental health workers were trained to apply to cope with psychological distress.

Available for open access at https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-025-00253-y

24/07/2025

Bringing multidisciplinary approach to life in collaboration with psychiatrists, counsellors and clinical psychologists. We have all definitely grown leaps and bounds compared to when we conducted our first ACT training.

The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM, in collaboration with the Malaysia Chapter of ACBS, will be organising the 7th annual "Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)" workshop.

This hands-on, experiential workshop aims to introduce mental health practitioners to ACT. The trainers involved are experienced ACT practitioners from various professional backgrounds. The ratio of trainers to participants will also be kept low to ensure a conducive learning experience. As with previous workshops, guest facilitators from the chapter will also be present to interact with participants. Free group supervision will be available for participants after the workshop.

21-22 August, 2025
Mini Auditorium, TNCPI Office, UPM

Registration fees:
RM 430 (normal)
RM 380 (before 31 July)
RM 320 (students/ allied health practitioners)
RM 280 (ACBS members)

Limited to 40 pax. CPD points available.
A group discount/fee subsidy is available upon request.

Register now at https://tinyurl.com/actupm2025

For enquiries, please email malaysiaacbs@gmail.com

15/03/2025

Malaysia Chapter of ACBS 2025/27 Chapter Officers. Looking forward to working with the new team! Thank you to our past committee for all the hard work and heart work you’ve put in; encouraging and supporting each other. May we continue to remain values driven in facilitating this chapter.

Introducing our new Chapter Officers for the term 2025/27.

12/01/2025

It was a pleasure to share time and knowledge with this group. Thank you Malaysian Mental Health Association for the invitation to conduct this training!

Our first event for 2025 is an “Introduction to ACT” workshop organised in collaboration with the Malaysian Mental Health Association.

Dr Eugene Koh and Ms Kah Mun Wan were the invited facilitators for this session.

We plan to collaborate and contribute more with MMHA soon in education and interventional activities.

24/09/2024

Always a privilege to have the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions with other fellow mental health professionals.