Prabhava Institute of Inclusive Mental Health (PIIMH) is built on three commitments: 

1.  Inclusion,
2. Community orientation &
3. Accessibility.

Our objective is to make mental health education and services available to all sections of society.

We believe psychological pain cannot be understood apart from the world in which it arises. Systems of power and hierarchy, such as patriarchy, capitalism, caste and heteronormativity, shape how we see ourselves and one another. They affect everyone, both those who are privileged and those who are marginalised.

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These systems do more than cause distress. They teach us to accept it. We are led to believe that our distress is normal, that it is justified, and that if we cannot cope, something is wrong with us. This mystification takes away something basic: our capacity to trust our own minds and to see our suffering for what it is.

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Our task is to build practitioners who are socio-politically oriented towards mental health, and to work with communities who want to understand their own distress in this light. Together, we explore how these structures are carried within us and how they act upon us from outside. We help people question what they were made to believe, reach their own authority and agency to challenge the status quo, and build the capacity to bear the distress this brings without falling apart.