Scherezade Sanchita Siobhan
Qureist
INDIA
About Scherezade
Scherezade Siobhan is an award-winning psychologist, writer, educator and a community organiser who focuses on decentralising mental healthcare in her work. Her written word is published or forthcoming in Times of India, Scroll, Livemint, The London Magazine, Berfrois, Feministing, Jubilat, Vice, Pinwheel, Winter Tangerine, Cordite among others. She is the author of “That Beautiful Elsewhere” (Harper Collins, 2023), “Bone Tongue” (Thought Catalog Books, 2015), “Father, Husband” (Salopress, 2016), “The Bluest Kali” (Lithic Press, 2018). She is the winner of the Charles Wallace Writing fellowship at the University of Stirling in Scotland. She can be found @zaharaesque on twitter/instagram.
My professional work and activism are emergent from using scientific storytelling to share information and resources related to one of the most urgent topics within the realm of global health – mental wellness. As a practicing psychotherapist who currently lives and works in India, I center my practice in building communities of care which aim to deconstruct the occasionally reductive interpretations of academic psychiatry and psychology that don’t take into account the experiences, narratives and survival of those who are neurodivergent. I have spent a considerable amount of my 22 years of professional experience as a psychologist, educator and writer to build bridges between scientific knowledge and lived experiences of those within the margins. As a writer/researcher, I use ethnography, anecdotal research, indigenous and narrative psychology document/write about mental health as a broad subject. I am interested in creating shared experiences that allow activists to find compassion within and outside of themselves while engaging with each other as empathetic witnesses.
About Qureist
Qureist is a digital, psychosocial wellbeing platform that aims to provide intersectional, affordable and meaningful solutions and support for mental health concerns on individual, organisational and community levels. We work across the board in the fields of therapy, education, coaching and community building centered in mental health and transformative justice. We design and run low-tech DIY courses for better global mental wellbeing that allow people to access information and resources with greater ease. We are also building the a Care List of physical and psychological health professionals with a clear focus on South Asian populations. We publish articles, research and are expanding towards creating India’s first mental health journalism/reportage platform.
Scherezade & Qureist can provide:
We specialise in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and mental health for individuals and human resource development for organisations and communities. We have 20 years of experience in organisational development with domain expertise in conducting cross-cultural workshops, large-scale organisational training programs, conducting psychometric assessments and running therapy sessions for individuals, organisations and communities. We also provide online and offline workshops/training programs that help organisations and communities build human capabilities within their ecosystems.
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