Dattavi Jariwala

Psychotherapist and Founder at MindCraft, specializing in evidence-based modalities like CBT and play therapy. Proven ability to empower military families through tailored workshops and community initiatives. Skilled in psychological evaluation and rapport building, fostering emotional resilience and growth in diverse populations. Committed to enhancing mental health support for underserved communities.

• Conducted various workshops and seminars to actively support the families of veterans, serving personnel, war heroes, widows, and Veer Naris of the Indian Army through structured mental health and welfare initiatives.
• Involved in facilitating daily lifestyle coping, financial literacy, emotional resilience, and education and employment encouragement for soldiers' families.
• I conduct sessions on effective parenting, navigating PTSD, and post-trauma emotional support—particularly for widows and Veer Naris following the supreme sacrifice of their spouses.
• I also contribute to the screening, orientation, and sensitization of civilian psychologists appointed in cantonments and military establishments to ensure culturally and contextually relevant service delivery.
• I actively spread mental health awareness through social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn.

• SDS Academy of Behavioral Sciences and Psy Lens: Expanding horizons of mental health in education (2024): Completed a 2-day national seminar conducted in Surat in the presence of influential speakers and psychologists
• Fortis Mental Healthcare: Clinical Psychology Internship (July 2020): Completed a 50-hour certificate course focusing on clinical psychology fundamentals. The internship included classes, application-based assignments, reading, and critical analysis of relevant research papers, and an experiential project

• Published chapter: "Effect of menstrual distress on interpersonal relationships, school absenteeism, work productivity, and academic performance" (Feb. 2023): The chapter provides a detailed insight into how menstrual distress affects a female's life holistically. Further, the chapter captures various literature evidence on the effect of cultural and religious factors affecting menstruation. Moreover, it also emphasizes the strategies and policies that could be developed to address the said challenges.
• Dissertation research: "A study of the interplay between emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and empathy, dissertation" (2022-23): conducted a quantitative study exploring the interrelationship between emotional intelligence, empathy, and social intelligence among 159 participants aged 18–50 in Gujarat, India assessed emotional intelligence (TMMS-24), empathy (IRI), and social intelligence (TSIS) to examine the mediating role of social intelligence between empathy and emotional intelligence Statistical analysis included correlation, t-tests, and regression The study provided insights into emotional regulation and interpersonal behavior across age, gender, and academic fields.
• Dissertation Research: "Comparative Analysis of the Feminist Identity Between Generation Z and Generation Y, Dissertation" (2019): The sample size taken was 100, and the paper was presented in a conference held at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University by InSPA(Indian School Psychology Association) in November 2019. I was also a part of the Organizing Committee of the conference.
• Psychometric Test Construction: "The Depression Inventory" (2019): As part of my 5th semester project work at the university, I along with a peer, constructed a test to measure depression on the basis of factors like Eating habits, Sleeping patterns, Relationships, and 2 others. The validity and reliability of this test were above 0.67.
• Research Paper: "Comparative Analysis of People’s Reading Skills Between Males and Females" (2019)