SELF CARE through MARTIAL ARTS with Black Belt VICKIE SIMOS at the 2022 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat

“I have worked in many industries over the years, but have stayed true to my two passions – Martial Arts Mental Health, which is the basis of my new business “Thelo” – the Greek translation for, I want, I need. It combines and uses martial arts as an alternative to mainstream therapy”. – Vickie Simos

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Vickie’s autobiography The Boxer Within (2017) – illuminates her experiences with depression and anxiety and how Martial Arts helped her overcome those mental issues.

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The 2022 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat is excited to welcome Vickie as an experiential self care workshop facilitator.

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How does Martial Arts (MA) relate to self-care?

When we are stressed and push ourselves to breaking point, we feel it in our minds and in our body.

In Martial Arts Therapy, Vickie focuses on integrative mind and body practices, including:

learn how to counter unproductive narratives inside your mind

redirect negative energy

align your mind and body

learn how to self-regulate, be calm, discipline, respect, basically learn to ‘be’

be empowered over struggles with attention or trouble focusing, including with ADHD type disorders

increase your self-confidence

better manage and release anger or anxiety

re-establish psychological growth through physical movement

Martial Arts can help create new neural pathways, through processes better known as neuroplasticity, which will assist in achieving the above.

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Vickie Simos

Vickie Simos is a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist – BA (Psych) G.dip.C & PsyMCounselling

She has a Fourth Degree Black Belt – Doce Pares Eskrima and a

Second Degree Black Belt – Arjukanpo Karate,

Silver Medallist World Stick fighting Championships

Pan Pacific Gold Medallist for Stick Fighting

She is also a qualified Personal Trainer and has worked with all ages, but predominantly works with children/teenagers for over two decades, dealing with developmental social, behaviour and emotional issues, plus has some experience with depression and anxiety having suffered herself.

Vickie is also a Martial Arts expert with over 20 years experience with two Black Belts in two different Martial Arts – Arjukanpo Karate and Doce Pares Eskrima.

She runs her own business – Thelo Active Therapy, which uses Martial Arts as a combination or alternative to mainstream therapy.

Vickie has helped many using her holistic approach of combining Martial Arts with mainstream therapy with some positive results. And her philosophy is to be the best version of yourself you can be!

Vickie is a published author of The Boxer Within, released in Nov 2017 – an autobiography based on her experiences with depression and anxiety and how Martial Arts helped her overcome those mental issues.

She has worked in both the private and public sector, which has provided her with many years of experience in multiple industries.

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