Korean Christian Psychiatric Association to hold workshop on “Faith and Mind Care” on the 14th and 15th
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- 2026-11-09 18:58:36
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- 2026-11-09 18:58:36
According to the Korean Christian Psychiatric Association on the 9th, the “KOSMA Workshop” will take place on the 14th and 15th at Yeongsan Retreat Center in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. At 7 p.m. on the first day, Pastor Choi Ui-heon will lead the praise and opening worship service. Then, at 7:30 p.m., Professor Chae Jeong-ho of the Department of Psychiatry at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital will give a lecture titled “Misunderstandings and Understanding of Mindfulness and Eternal-Life Mindfulness.”
Professor Chae, who served as the association’s president from 2018 to 2019, published “Spiritual Mindfulness” last November, exploring mindfulness in connection with Christian faith. This August, he published an article in Christian Thought examining spiritual mindfulness from the perspective of neuroscience.
At 8 p.m. on the 14th, Director Kim Min-cheol (Kim Min-cheol Mental Health Clinic) will lead a workshop titled “The Practice of Christ Therapy.” Kim wrote a chapter on marital relationships for “The Christian Relationship Counseling Room,” which was published on the 6th. Starting at 9 a.m. on the 15th, Kim will give a lecture titled “The Theory of Christ Healing.” The event will conclude with a worship service and commissioning at 11 a.m.
The association was founded in 2013, with Christian psychiatrists and psychiatry residents at its core. Its members run small groups for activities including prayer and reading through the Bible. In 2024, it co-hosted a seminar on understanding mental illness for pastors and congregants and signed a memorandum of understanding with the LifeHope Christian Suicide Prevention Center.
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