The idea of going to therapy can be intimidating but Kareena Mehta (Ed.M., M.A.), a therapist, has found a way to make therapy playful as she gives Mumbai a mental-health pop-up where visitors can engage in mental-health inspired games, tools and interactive installations that will help them navigate their relationships and mental wellbeing through meaningful conversation. So, we’d suggest bringing a friend along for this one.
Kareena Mehta
Kareena Mehta
“In a world where loneliness is on the rise, we wanted to build a place where people feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.” Mehta speaks on the importance of the pop-up. She also launches her book, Letters From Your Therapist: On Love and Loss at the event, which wishes to give people access to the compassion that can be found in a therapy room, outside of it.
On May 31; 10 am to 3 pm and 7 pm to 10 pm
At The Cathedral, Calicut Road, IFBE Ballard Estate, Fort.
Log on to @karecounselling
Roll the dice on mental health
Try your hands at these games inspired by psychological theories at the pop-up:
No man’s an island
Pics courtesy/Kare Collective
Breakthrough, inspired by Murray Bowen’s Family Systems Theory is a classic block tower game, just pull out a block, read the prompt and spark a conversation with the family and friends you bring along.
Know each other
Personify, which draws from the practice of art therapy, allows you to explore your relationships by building a visual version of each other based on prompts, revealing one another’s quirks and habits.
Couple of conversations
Set the stage for emotionally vulnerable conversations with your partner, at Food for Thought: The Conversation Menu. The game, inspired by attachment-based approaches, allows you and your partner to open up to each other gradually — starting off with open-ended questions and slowly moving on to deeper conversations.
Cupid, point your arrow
Drawing from the Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Food for Thought: The Compatibility Menu aims to help couples smooth over any emotional roadblocks as it uses a simple this-or-that format to bring out preferences, values, and personality traits, while keeping it light and breezy.
