Kripi Malviya
Tatva Center, India
Title: TATVA: an international emotional wellbeing and recovery practice
Biography
Biography: Kripi Malviya
Abstract
TATVA is a harm reduction, experiential and meaning focussed project that offers psychotherapy, training and consultancy and 'home based' or 'direct' treatment; using an existential, humanistic and an integrative approach to addiction and mental health. TATVA is primarily about ​promoting and celebrating conscious self exploration​ ​and are committed to creating spaces where this can take place in a healing ​​environment. They aim to cultivate a sense of curiosity about ourselves and the world​ ​in the age of distractions and 'quick fixes.' Their therapeutic work contemplates questions like: ​H​ow do we bring a sense of calm in​to​​ ​our living spaces and inner space? How can we be more present and engaged in our lives and our relationships? How can we find meaning, direction and purpose to enable a fulfilling existence? Our work focuses on ​​celebrating authenticity and vulnerability, ​mutual ​collaboration, intersectionality and multidimensional creativity. They are one of a very few organisations in the world run by mental health professionals that mix transformational travel ​experiences ​with psychological support. At their therapeutic retreat in Goa, India; they offer counselling and other therapies including yoga, meditation, massage, art, music, nature etc). Building on the ​ideology with nature and wilderness therapies, they create individually and group tailored programs for ​our guests​ to go into natural spaces like waterfalls, rivers, nature trails and seasides with us using the process of talking, ​sharing experiences and​ working ​together for​ an enriching experience. Psychotherapy at TATVA plays the role of acknowledgement and assimilation of individual and collective experiences, which usually go unexpressed or unexplored if they do not get the space to be heard. ​TATVA​ ​intends to ​create a sustainable echo of the internal changes and tribulations that happen in the course of risk taking, travelling, making connections with people, creating or simply ​day to day living.​
​​TATVA's​ ​focus​:
✶​ ​Working on the intersection of ​ ​arts and ​wellbeing​
✶ Prioritising therapeutic relationships
✶ Encouraging relational awareness of self, others and the world
✶​ ​Working with the whole spectrum o​f ​drug use, ​​mental health and ​lived experiences