Dr Guruswamy undertook her Post Graduate training in Psychiatry at University College Dublin and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin. She became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2008. Dr Guruswamy moved to the UK in 2012 from Ireland and took up a full-time Consultant role. She became a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist in the Independent Sector in 2014 and alongside her private practice, she was appointed Consultant in the Priory Hospital, Roehampton. She has published papers on Irish Mental Health Law and wrote her thesis on The Evolution of Irish Mental Health Policy. She has developed policies on Risk Management and Mental Health Liaison Systems with Primary Healthcare providers. She is additionally trained as a Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Therapist and in Functional Medicine both of which reflect her integrative approach to treatment. Her interests also include Medicolegal aspects of psychiatric care as her Masters Degree is in Forensic and Legal Medicine.