The convener of Nigeria’s first ever family life conference, and lead family life and relationship coach of love, dating and marriage (LDM), Dr. Kingsley Okonkwo has said the essence of the conference is to shine the light on the industry and equip the practitioners to uphold professional ethics.
Speaking at the two-day International family life practitioners conference centered on equipping marriage counsellors, relationships coaches and therapists, Dr. Okonkwo tasked counsellors on the need to act ethically, adding that there is a need to put in place support systems for families.
“Families are getting started every weekend in every country in the world but the issue is that we don’t have enough training and support systems for these marriages. There is a need to get qualified personnel to meet the demand to assist all these people. In Africa, we are used to our families giving us traditional advice. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
“There’s a science to what we do. We want Nigerians to start seeing it as a professional service. For us, we see it as a great opportunity to train and equip both the practitioners and also families.
