Pop-up library at Ummeed “Books are a doorway into imaginary worlds which help keep boredom away.” said a young neurodivergent person who frequents the pop-up library at Ummeed. This space was created with the hope to create an environment that deconstructs the ideas of a typical library and provides a space for young people to…
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‘Collective Feeling’… Ananya on Artwork and Mental Health
Bruner once said, “Stories become transformative only in their performance” This week, we are in conversation with Ananya Broker Parekh who calls herself a “freelance illustrator, a picture-maker and a storyteller.” In this conversation, she lets us into some of her profound, yet accessible storytelling through her artwork around mental health and what moves her…
Story-beings by Alfonso Diaz
In many ways, stories are similar to living beings: They seem to have their own interests. They compel us to share them and, once told, they begin to grow and change, often becoming longer, stronger and more elaborate. Stories find each other, they intermingle, and multiply. Stories need our attention to thrive in the world:…
Let’s Talk Narrative… with Jehanzeb Baldiwala
Narrative Therapy India is resuming the interview series, as a way to bear witness to and archive the unfolding of Narrative Ideas and Practices in India. Our guest this week is Jehanzeb Baldiwala, a therapist, supervisor, trainer and part of Ummeed Child Development Center’s management team since 2004. She has aligned herself with narrative…
Picture books as a scaffold for externalisation
Picture books can serve as a wonderful way to externalise problems, not only for children but adults too. The illustrated stories help readers of every age, understand, explore and even encourage them to talk about the worries, and sadness around them. Many narrative practitioners use picture books for externalising problems in their work with children,…
Trying to be an ally to the Autistic community as a mental health professional
by Prathama Raghavan (First published in http://www.medium.com Here is the link to the original article published on August 14, 2018) Description: Three children stand, looking curious, in front of a yellow wall. There is a white window, a bookshelf, and a blackboard with stick figures drawn on behind them. Credit: Upasana Agarwal. My academic background…
The Special Something
Presenting from A Room Full of Stories, 2016 – The Special Something. Jehanzeb Baldiwala and Raviraj Shetty (both thought partners and colleagues at Ummeed Child Development Center) are co-authoring a book called ‘The Special Something’. The Special Something is a collection of stories that intends to honour and celebrate ‘little’ special things that parents do…
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