Swathi is an Individual and Group Psychotherapist. She found herself becoming a part of the community of mental health practitioners in response to her desire to understand why people make meaning of the world in the way that they do and why sometimes it is an illness and other times it is not. She has Master’s degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience & Clinical Neuropsychology. She was born in Kerala, raised in Goa, and realized what it means to create a home in Bangalore. She was part of the community at the Hank Nunn Institute in Bangalore, where she worked with adults and adolescents to facilitate conversations about social, emotional, and relational difficulties. She has been involved in LLE events in various capacities since 2015 and is a member of the International Network of Living Learning Experiences.