Doctors in Ministry – Faith and Mental Health with Dr Nkiru Oluwatosin

Doctors in Ministry – Faith and Mental Health with Dr Nkiru Oluwatosin

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Nkiru Oluwatosin, a primary care physician with a special interest in mental health.

Certified in the Fundamentals of Neuroscience (Harvard)
Certified Mental Health First Aider (Mental Health First Aid England)
Certified in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

She completed a Leadership Focused Fellowship Programme on Mental Health under Health Education England.
She was the past Primary Care Mental Health Champion for her PCN under the National Community Mental Health Transformation Programme United Kingdom.
She is currently a member of the Medical Psychotherapy Association of Canada and provides psychotherapy for patients struggling with anxiety, depression and stress.

Dr Nkiru’s personal journey from mental ill-health to complete recovery as a result of her application of the tenets of her christian faith and beliefs alongside the substantial support provided by her family, other relationships and faith community drives her passions towards promoting mental wellbeing that is holistic, inclusive of the faith, culture and other unique features of the patient, community oriented and self empowering in its approach for assessments and treatments.

She is a firm proponent for the use of the biopsychosocial and spiritual model of care which sees a patient as a whole and promotes patient centred care for better outcomes.

Dr Nkiru is the founder and organisation lead of Heirmindset (www.heirmindset.org), a UK based charity which runs the Mind Clinic, an online virtual platform, which provides mental health support through education and community, bringing together people with lived experiences, using the tenets of the christian faith which they have benefited from to support each other. (Mind Clinic Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@themindclinicwithdrnkiru, Mind clinic online telegram community https://t.me/MindClinicwithDrNkiru)

The organisation also hosts a kids bible academy which helps support kids towards developing wholesome core self beliefs that promote self worth, value, acceptance, purpose and meaning in life.

She is the author of Overcoming Depression Living with Joy (A Biblical View) (Available on amazon https://amzn.eu/d/h9uNsIt and other online stores).

She is happily married and blessed with three lovely boys. (Photos attached)

Overall she loves to do her part to contribute towards promoting complete physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing across humanity.