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In a society where stigma has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that stigma.

We are TheMindClan.com.

We make inclusive mental health support easier to find. A curated, rights-based platform bridging individuals with affirming therapists, peer support groups, helplines, and community spaces across India.

You have the right to find an affirming, non-judgmental space that supports your mental health.

We're a connector, not a care provider. Once you find a provider who feels right, you reach out directly — we intentionally step back.

Our curation process

Find someone who understands you, in just a few clicks.

We've developed a curation process over 7+ years, which allows us to carefully curate each inclusive and affirming mental health provider listed on our platform.

1. Therapists / Support Groups Contact Us
We receive applications from therapists and support groups who want to join our community.
Therapists and support groups apply to join our community. We review basic qualifications - only suitable candidates move forward.
2. Peer Referral Confirmation
Feedback from within our community.
We reach out to trusted professionals within our community about the applicant. If we don't get confident feedback, we stop here.
3. Personal Interview
Our personal interview with the applicant.
We have a conversation to understand their values and approach to inclusive care. Those who don't align with our standards don't continue.
4. Curation Questionnaire
Our detailed assessment of the applicant.
Applicants answer detailed questions about working with diverse communities within our network. Inadequate responses, or a lack of experience with diverse communities, ends the process.
5. Final Decision
(Approx 1 - 2 Months In Total)
We review everything carefully within our community standards. Only providers who pass all stages join our platform.

We have come a long way since we started in 2018, and have been adapting our curation process every day. From the time a therapist or support group reaches out to us, it takes about 1 - 2 months to complete the process.

Inspired By Our Own Struggles.

We launched TheMindClan.com because we know firsthand how challenging it can be to find support for ourselves and our loved ones. We know that experiences of neurodivergence (like dyslexia, ADHD, autism, etc), or being from a marginalized community (LGBTQIA+, etc), can make it especially challenging to find support.

We understand the overwhelming feeling of scrolling through endless lists, wondering whom to trust, and not knowing what to expect.

For Everyone

Whether you’re coping with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, relationship issues, grief, or any other mental health concern, we’re here to help you find the right support.

Inclusive by Design

If you are queer, neurodivergent, or are from a marginalized community, your experiences are at the heart of what we do.

Handpicked with Care

Support providers are handpicked after personal interviews and a rigorous curation process.

For context: From 442 therapist who wanted to join our platform (Oct 2020–Mar 2025), only 168 made it through our curation process.

Not Just Therapy

We also curate support groups 👥, create digital exercises 📱, and work on corporate partnerships 🏢 that help make mental health a priority in more spaces.

support groups 👥 digital exercises 📱 corporate partnerships 🏢

No Middlemen. Take Things Ahead Directly

We provide you with direct contact details of support providers, empowering you to reach out, ask questions, and schedule sessions

Access Their Story

Get to know your potential therapist or support group’s background & journey, helping you find someone who feels right for you.

No Hidden Fee

To keep their services affordable, every payment happens directly between you and the support provider. We do not take any commissions, which means support providers don’t need to inflate their fees to account for middleman costs.

Confidential

Your conversations with support groups, therapists, and others remain completely private. We never ask them for any information about the concerns you have shared with them.

Your Relationship, No Interference From Us

If the therapist or support group you choose is not a good fit, you can use our platform to find someone else you feel more comfortable with. We’re not here to interfere with your relationship with your support provider.

If you appreciate our mission of making mental health care accessible and inclusive, and would love to bring this to your organization or collaborate with us, we'd be delighted to hear from you!

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Finding Support On TheMindClan.com

How It Works

1. Find Support

Browse our curated list of mental health professionals, support groups, and resources that resonate with you.

2. Learn More

Read detailed profiles, specialties, and approaches to understand if they're the right fit for you.

3. Connect Directly

We'll help you reach out and then step aside - your mental health journey is personal.

While we carefully curate our listings, we encourage you to make your own informed decisions. Take time to research, ask questions, verify credentials and choose what feels right for you. Your comfort and safety is top priority.

Our Values

Collaboration and Co-creation

We work alongside and in collaboration with people, professionals and collectives that align with our vision of mental health care.

Rights Based Approach to Mental Health

We view mental health from the perspective of the rights of users and clients who access support services.

Intersection of Identities with Mental Health

We recognize that mental health does not exist in a vacuum. We acknowledge how the experiences of people from diverse identity locations of gender, sexuality, caste, class, age, and ability can impact their mental health in unique ways.

Inclusive and Inviting of All Identities

We hope to be and keep working towards being a safe, respectful, and affirming space for individuals and communities of diverse gender identities, sexual identities, caste, class, age, and ability.

Questioning Norms and Systems of Oppression

We strongly believe that there is no cookie cutter approach to mental health. Hierarchies in the mental health care system that do not take individual needs into account must be challenged. We question and call out systems like patriarchy, heteronormativity, gender binary, casteism, and ableism that oppress or marginalize people. We acknowledge how this marginalization impacts mental health.

Prioritizing Accessibility Across Experiences

We hope to make our platform, its resources and its content easily accessible to any individual who may come with experiences of difficulty in reading, vision, and/or hearing.

Accountability and Responsibility

We strive to always hold responsibility and accountability towards our values and our vision of mental health care through empathy, consistent dialogue, openness to feedback, and recognition of diversity in experiences.

Restoring Agency and Choice to the User

We believe that people have the expertise and know-how to make decisions for their personal mental health care. We intend to keep the you at the centre of your mental health journey.

Communities Support Communities

TheMindClan.com thrives as a community by relying on and amplifying the voices of fellow communities of friendships, allies, people and collectives who are passionate about mental health and who uphold similar values and hopes as ours.

Unlearning Biases and Recognizing Privilege

We recognize and acknowledge the privileges we hold. To remain accountable, we are dedicated to constantly learning and unlearning the conscious and unconscious biases that our privileges come with.

Why We Do It

It's systems, not symptoms.

Existing mental health systems are often fragmented, quick to pathologise, and driven by a cookie-cutter approach that does not take individual needs into account. Distress is contextual — shaped by patriarchy, casteism, ableism, heteronormativity, and other systems of power. It is not a personal failure.

We're flipping this by placing individual choice at the centre, and by building a space that understands you for who you are and is sensitive to your identities.

You are the expert in your own life.

Intimidation, judgment, and stigma around mental health fade when individuals can make choices for their own care — based on their current needs, at their own pace, in a community space that feels safe.

At Our Core

  • We are grounded in feminist, social justice, LGBTQIA+ liberation, and other movements of inclusion.
  • We centre the needs and invite the experiences of every individual — irrespective of age, gender identity, sexuality, religion, caste, colour, neurotype, or ability.
  • Through discussion we learn, and through inclusion and empathy we grow — individually, as a community, and as an effective mental health ecosystem.

Why We Are Different

  • We are an access enabler, not a broker. We don't mediate the individual–provider relationship.
  • Providers are peer-recommended, interviewed, and curated on values alignment — not scale.
  • Listed therapists retain full autonomy over their independent practices.
  • Trust scales slower than tech — and we're okay with that.

What Can You Find Here?

A curated set of entry points into mental health support — so you can start wherever feels right, even if you're not ready for therapy yet.

Inclusive Therapists

Independent practitioners with their own private practices, peer-recommended and interviewed for values alignment. Affirming, non-pathologising care — across cities and online.

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Events & Workshops

Community gatherings, workshops, and trainings where you can learn, share, and connect with facilitators and peers exploring mental health together.

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Sharing Spaces

Peer support groups, group therapy, and sharing circles — low-pressure spaces to share experiences, find community, and feel heard.

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Stories & Resources

Stories, poems, and articles from the community — with a consent-driven trigger warning system. Lived experience, treated as legitimate knowledge.

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Active Helplines

Regularly checked helplines operated by trained professionals and volunteers — offering non-judgmental listening and emotional support when you need it.

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Mental Health Bites

Thought-provoking visuals, posts, and ideas to add perspective and support you in navigating your experiences day-to-day.

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Our Team

Core Team

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Shweta Srinivasan (She/Her)

Co-Founder, Curation & Community

Practising therapist with 8+ years of experience, working from an intersectional, trauma-informed, queer- and neuro-affirming lens. Shweta leads provider curation, community partnerships, and outreach — her heart lies in getting to know the individuals underneath the concerns they bring.

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Mani Kumar (He/Him)

Co-Founder, Product Lead

Leads platform architecture, product decisions, and accessibility. Mani brings lived experience of dyslexia and ADHD — the foundation of TheMindClan's accessibility-first design philosophy. He believes every individual has a powerful story that deserves the right space to be heard.

Let's work together.

We partner with institutions, corporates, and community organisations to make mental health care an accessible journey for the people they serve.

Corporates

Let's have conversations on mental health, well-being and culture in your organization.

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Institutions

Let's have conversations on mental health care with the stakeholders of your institution.

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Event Organizers

Invite us to facilitate conversations on mental health care with your audiences.

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Journalists

Let's help your audiences understand mental health through the lens of their context and lived experiences.

Reach Out

Looking to collaborate?

Reach out — we'd love to hear about your journey in this space. Through discussion we learn, and through inclusion and empathy we grow individually, and as a community. We aren't here to compete, we're here to collaborate.

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