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- Age: 42
- Facilitating Since: 10 years.
- City: Mumbai
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Can you share some details about your journey of choosing to work in the field of mental health with us?I’m a fibromyalgia and anxiety survivor myself. And I see so many around me who’re struggling because of lack of community, lack of vocabulary, lack of awareness. I want to work towards changing that. And as a writer and poet, I believe in the power of art to bring about cultural change.
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Tell us a bit about the kind of events on mental health that you facilitate.We do performance and visual art events, including poetry reading, storytelling, music etc. The other part is where we work on catalysing community through support group and group therapy sessions.
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What excites you about your work as a facilitator?Many things – like creating and participating in a discussion in a safe space, giving artists and survivors a platform and finally being instrumental in helping crack the shells of those who’ve been cooped up in their own helplessness.
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How do you think group interactions are helpful in addressing mental health and self-care for an individual?By creating community, shattering stigma and by exchanging experience.
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In your work as a facilitator so far, what has been your greatest learning from your interactions with participants?That every story is uniquely powerful and moving, and that a cookie cutter approach will not work in mental healthcare.
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What are some of your strengths as a facilitator that you value and appreciate?Passion, Experience, Aesthetic values, Sensitivity and Resilience.
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What are some of the things you like to do in your free time?Read, tend to my plants, safari trips.
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