Vaidehi is a practicing Psychologist and Arts-Based Therapy practitioner based in Mumbai. Academically, she acquired an MA in Psychology (with Specialisation in Clinical Psychology) in 2015, followed by an M.Phil in 2017 at TISS, Mumbai. Further advancing her research interests, she was awarded a doctorate (PhD) in the year 2023 from TISS, Mumbai. However, she continues to feel uncomfortable with the “Dr.” tag, noticing the divide that it creates amongst humans. Nature-based healing, Community practices, Eastern Philosophy, and Faith-based practices intrigue her as spaces for support and care.

As a facilitator, her workshops and trainings heavily rely on the practices of integrated art forms and narrative approaches. She has engaged with various cohorts of at-risk children and adolescents, caregivers, women, and teachers to encourage a dialogue on emotional well-being. Her vision to enhance social connectedness, group compatibility, self-compassion and community care is central to her belief around Mental-Wellbeing in Action. Her spare time is occupied by barefoot walks on the seashore, leisurely cooking sprees, capturing the Sun and the Moon from all angles and plenty of restful rituals. She has newly acquired the identity of a person with lived experience (expert by experience- as labelled academically) after gathering the courage to witness her own story with a bare mind.

Hailing from a family with a history of mental health "illness", she has first-hand understanding of the needs of more attuned medical models, sensitive practitioners and the need for spreading awareness among caregivers. She wants to direct her energies towards the preventive and promotive facets of mental health care to erase the stigma and threat associated with the regime of "mental health conditions".