Our guest today is Kareena Mehta, a mental health professional with a B.A. in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and further education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she earned an Ed.M. in Mental Health Counseling and an M.A. in Psychological Counseling.

Kareena brings with her a plethora of cross-cultural experiences, both from her own personal life growing up in Belgium, moving to India and then the USA; as well as professionally, wherein her clients are spread throughout the globe from Africa to India, USA, Cannada and beyond.

We talk to her about:

1. Her forray into the mental health space
2. The basic differences between a psychologist, psychotherapist and psychiatrist
3. The differences she experiences being a mental health professional in India vs here in the USA
4. The most common mental health challenges in India and the USA
5. The gaps in the mental health space
6. 5 things everyone can do to work on their mental well-being on a daily basis

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