Veena Nanthakumar is a professional counsellor, psychotherapist, and psycho-educator with more than 13 years of experience working with persons with mental health and addiction issues. She currently serves as Outreach and Programme Manager for Children and Youth with Caregivers Alliance Limited. Her qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in psychology (University of Western Australia) and a master’s degree in counselling (Monash University). Veena is passionately involved in developing curriculum of psychosocial educational programmes to address the much-needed service gaps in the community.