Distress over Diagnosis

We create therapeutic spaces where people can reflect on difficulties in their relationship with themselves, others, and the world around them. Our approach is collaborative, with service users actively involved in shaping their own care and treatment journey.

What We Do

We understand mental health as a continuum — from wellbeing to distress — that belongs to us all.

Our approach is intentionally collaborative. Service users are not passive recipients of care, but active participants in shaping it. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to make mental health a priority in every community. To achieve this, our mission is to develop and deliver robust, low-cost, long-term, and culturally congruent mental health services. We remain grounded in our core values of transparency, creativity, genuineness, and acceptance — ensuring that our work is both clinically rigorous and deeply human.

We understand mental health as a continuum — from wellbeing to distress — that belongs to us all.

Our approach is intentionally collaborative. Service users are not passive recipients of care, but active participants in shaping it. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to make mental health a priority in every community. To achieve this, our mission is to develop and deliver robust, low-cost, long-term, and culturally congruent mental health services. We remain grounded in our core values of transparency, creativity, genuineness, and acceptance — ensuring that our work is both clinically rigorous and deeply human.

What We Offer

Seek Treatment

Assessment • Individual • Group

Learn with Us

LLE • MOSAIC • UNREAD

Build Communities

Wellbeing • One conversation at a time

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    Discover Your Self

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    Mental Health Matters

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    Talk to people

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    Everyone has A Story to Tell

Who We Are

Aim

Accessible ‌ & ‌ Affordable ‌ psychotherapy for youth, groups, and communities‌.

Create

Culturally congruent services suited to people's needs‌.

Approach

Distress Over Diagnosis‌; Foundation of principles from Therapeutic Communities, Group‌ Analysis, and Relational Practice‌; Grounded in local contexts‌.

Focus

Access, Engagement, and Respect‌ for the service user‌.

Impact till date

₹ 4.5 Crores raised → 15,000 lives touched

50 in 11

50 people in 11 therapy groups; running groups since 2016

1700 people

total since 2014; 120 adults (aged 20-40) in long-term weekly therapy

₹ 500

average session fee (vs 2000 min. market rate)

Join us in making mental health accessible and affordable.

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