Amrita Tripathi is a writer and former news anchor. She is the author of five books, including the novels Broken News and The Sibius Knot, which explore various facets of modern life and the fragility of relationships. Tripathi has edited and co-authored the Mindscape trilogy, titled Real Stories of Dealing with Depression, Young Mental Health and Age of Anxiety, published by Simon & Schuster India. Tripathi is also the founder-editor of The Health Collective, a site dedicated to raising awareness on mental health and illness in India, and presently works in the field of social media. She can be reached @amritat or @healthcollectif on Twitter.
Meera Haran Alva is a consultant psychologist and psychotherapist with 17 years of experience in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. She received her masters specializing in clinical psychology from Delhi University and post-graduate training in family therapy from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. She has also received an additional postgraduate degree in the management of learning disabilities from the S.N.D.T University, Mumbai. Meera has extensive experience working as a consultant with schools and has facilitated many training workshops in the area of mental health awareness and education.
Meera’s expertise lies in individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, parenting work and child & family therapy. She currently has an independent practice in Bangalore and uses a relational and systemic approach to her practice as a therapist, supervisor and trainer. She can be reached @MeeraAlva on Twitter.
