Shelja Sen

Narrative Therapist, Author, Co-Founder Children First, International Faculty - Dulwich Centre, Clinical Tutor - Univ of Melbourne, Columnist Indian Express

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Unpacking the incel culture @HinduLitforLife 2026

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

"With more information, you would expect that we would have better #mentalhealth. But with widespread availability of information, we are faced with scary things like incel culture, regressive attitudes. I find several friends of mine are supportive of therapy, but are not really ready to go themselves," says Avira Bhatt (@AviraBhatt)
#TheHinduLitforLife #TheHinduLitForLife2026

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

We heal in kinships and not in silos @HinduLitforLife 2026

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

@amitbhatt4u @AviraBhatt @sheljasen “Young people have become more and more isolated,” said family therapist Shelja Sen (@sheljasen).
#TheHinduLitforLife #TheHinduLitForLife2026

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

@amitbhatt4u @AviraBhatt @sheljasen “Young people have become more and more isolated,” said family therapist Shelja Sen (@sheljasen).
#TheHinduLitforLife #TheHinduLitForLife2026

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Organisations like these cannot get away with NO accountability for the dangerous and damaging messages they send through advertising like this. @smritiirani @UNICEF @CRYINDIA

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Childhood is political not innocent! My column @IndianExpress

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

#expressEYE | Childhood is political not innocent

Read here👇🏻
https://t.co/I5sOmu3eLz

✍️ : @sheljasen

#parenting #children #childhood

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

The Audacity of Being Queer. My column @IndianExpress @IndianExpress

[Express Parenting @ieParenting]

The journey towards justice and acceptance might be fraught for the LGBTQIA+ community, but it will make a difference if we commit to walk alongside as allies, writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/u0XPam1tC0

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

How do we invite our children to be more subversive and resist oppression? My column @IndianExpress

[Express Parenting @ieParenting]

What steps are we ready to take now that will invite children to resist arid, oppressive, dominant ideas? @sheljasen
https://t.co/e8vYC43T8o

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

❤️ @shailichopra

[Shaili Chopra | Gytree.com @shailichopra]

We rob children of their agency when we tell them what to do and what to think rather than ask them @sheljasen

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Unpacking the discourses on mental health with @NeerjaBirla @aparnapraje @childshekhar at @JaipurLitFest

[jaipurlitfest @JaipurLitFest]

Exposing the Fault Lines: The Pandemic and Mental Health, @childshekhar, @NeerjaBirla and @aparnapraje in conversation with @sheljasen. Watch the full session from #JaipurLiteratureFestival2022 by clicking on the link: https://t.co/FAnyh1I7VW

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

“Bad behaviour” is not a call for judgment but an opportunity for us to see what is implicit in the pain. My column @IndianExpress

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | We are not just accountable for our children, we have to be accountable to them, writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/vrMDdSz56F

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

My intention for 2022 - cosmic insignificance, do less to do more and aimless wandering ❤️@indianexpress

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | It’s in the white spaces that we find our epiphanies, where sparks of life happen — do less to do more, writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/ys9pwmj3EH

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

If you have met one person with ADD, you have met one person with ADD. Nevertheless, themes that have really stood out to me while living/working with ADD. ADD is neurodivergence, not a deficit. ADD like an X-ray reveals the fault lines ADD highlights issues of social injustice

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | Narrative therapist @sheljasen writes a letter to young people living with Attention Deficit Disorder

https://t.co/Q3wyOSqreF

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Feminist ethics is a privilege and not a badge of honour @IndianExpress

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | How we can create spaces for discussing transgressions, weave in accountability and work towards a collective transformation, writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/PIKq63krla

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Trauma has become a buzzword in the area of mental health. Surely a more trauma-informed world would be a better world, won’t it? Maybe not, and let me explain why.

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | Let’s visibilise what’s invisibilised, politicise what’s medicalised, invite agency and restore dignity, writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/NxVWqUSREk

[PVR NEST @PVR_NEST]

The Rani Fund and PVR NEST, in association with Delhi Deptt. of WCD present to you the journey of the Paalan and SPV to support to Covid impacted children.

@WHO @WFMH_Official @UN @UNICEF @MoHFW_INDIA @NCPCR_ @DCPCR @AdvRajendraPal @rashmisinghIAS @childrenfirst_i @sheljasen

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | Pandemic memories will shape our children’s storylines; what role do we play in this history in action? writes @sheljasen

https://t.co/I1n6CIuWCi

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Love does not die, relationships do not die, love stories do not die. My column in @IndianExpress ❤️

[IE Lifestyle @lifestyle_ie]

#SundayEye | More than ever, we need stories of love now to help us grieve and heal collectively.

https://t.co/CUGEvA27ue

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

Honour to interact with all the parents on the Global Parents Day with Deputy Chief Minister @msisodia.

[Manish Sisodia @msisodia]

Interacting with parents and experts Dr. Amit Sen and Shelja Sen on #GlobalParentsDay to discuss parenting in COVID times https://t.co/aMA6zuGjLc

[Shelja Sen @sheljasen]

On #GlobalParentsDay, an online session with Deputy Chief Minster, @msisodia, Dr Amit Sen & Dr Shelja Sen, to talk about the difficulties our children have faced during COVID-19 & how to support them.
Request all parents to join this fruitful discussion on 1st June, 12 pm.

[Manish Sisodia @msisodia]

On #GlobalParentsDay, we will host an online session with parents and experts, Dr Amit Sen & Dr Shelja Sen, to talk about the difficulties our children have faced during COVID-19 & how to support them.

Request all parents to join this fruitful discussion on 1st June, 12 pm.

[Neha Kirpal @NehaKirpal1]

On this Global Parents day, let's have an important conversation #parents #globalparentsday #childrenfirstindia @sheljasen @msisodia