About Us
Our Culture and Values
We believe in practicing the skills and values that we hope to share with the wider world. In this light, we try to focus on as much empathy, nurturing and care practices with ourselves and team members, as we try to do with others. Some values that are integral to our work and being include:
- Empathy and safe space
- Decolonized approach to wellbeing and care
- Authenticity and integrity
- Contextualized support
- Respectful ethical professional boundaries
- Inclusivity and Equity
- Accessibility (awareness of privilege)
- Reflexivity (constant reflection, learning, unlearning, taking people's needs into consideration)
- Collaborative approach while engaging in conflict
- Advocating for justice and fairness
Our Practices
We spend quite a bit of time reflecting, unlearning, feeling and sharing with each other. In a world that survives on fast-paced life and toxic competition, we try to celebrate wellbeing, slow-pace, transparent communication, care and supporting each other be a better version of ourselves. In the process, we try to create and hold space for each other that feels safe, nurturing, liberating and meaningful.
Team at work
Aneeqa Khalid
Tajamul Hussain
Aneeqa Khalid
Aneeqa Khalid is a mental health social worker from Kashmir and her work focuses on mental advocacy, awareness, and its intersection with human rights. She is a part of the Mental Health Advocacy Project at ICPP. Her experience centers around working with youth, children, and women, addressing their unique mental health needs, and promot
Aneeqa Khalid is a mental health social worker from Kashmir and her work focuses on mental advocacy, awareness, and its intersection with human rights. She is a part of the Mental Health Advocacy Project at ICPP. Her experience centers around working with youth, children, and women, addressing their unique mental health needs, and promoting a supportive environment for growth and healing. Moreover, she has facilitated impactful sessions and has designed training/ workshops in schools, NGOs, and colleges sharing knowledge and tools for enhancing their mental well-being. In addition to advocacy, she has actively contributed to community mental health programs and engaged in teaching, research, and counseling honing her skills in providing guidance and support to the community.
Akhil Wazir
Tajamul Hussain
Aneeqa Khalid
Akhil Wazir is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and has been working with the Center for over two years. He oversees various aspects of all our initiatives, such as managing logistics, networking with professionals, and facilitating conversations. A firm believer that mental health is located within a socio-cultural and politic
Akhil Wazir is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and has been working with the Center for over two years. He oversees various aspects of all our initiatives, such as managing logistics, networking with professionals, and facilitating conversations. A firm believer that mental health is located within a socio-cultural and political context, his work is informed by a relational and intersectional-feminist lens. His current area of interest lies at the nexus of mental health, and gender and sexuality. At the Center, he has initiated conversations and collaboratively set up educational sessions on the experience of gender and sexual marginalization and queer-affirmative practices. When not actively engaged in a project, he may be found reading or drifting off into utopian daydreams.
Tajamul Hussain
Tajamul Hussain
Tajamul Hussain
Tajamul Hussain is a psychology student from Srinagar who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree. He actively engages in volunteer work, contributing to community well-being, and serves as the main Coordinator for the Mentorship Program at the International Centre for Peace Psychology.
Team at work
Saira Fazili
Saira Fazili
Saira Fazili
Saira Fazili completed her Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Bristol in 2020. She has since then gained significant experience on ground in Kashmir in various mental health contexts including substance abuse rehabilitation, special needs education, and community mental health. She’s passionate about improving mental health ac
Saira Fazili completed her Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Bristol in 2020. She has since then gained significant experience on ground in Kashmir in various mental health contexts including substance abuse rehabilitation, special needs education, and community mental health. She’s passionate about improving mental health accessibility, contributing towards evidence-based psychological interventions, and community building.
Tuba Kawoosa
Saira Fazili
Saira Fazili
Tuba Kawoosa is a Bachelor's degree student based in Srinagar, Kashmir. At the International Center For Peace Psychology, her work primarily focuses on the creative-department, while also leading the InsightPsych initiative - a project under Mental Health Advocacy initiative for young psychology students.