Shama Parkhe's Contact Details

Shama Parkhe's Company Details

Hank Nunn Institute

, Karnataka, India • 11 - 50 Employees
Mental Health Care

Hank Nunn Institute is a not-for-profit mental health organization that develops and delivers carefully designed and culturally congruent treatment, awareness and training programs to meet the challenges experienced by individuals with personality disorders and difficulties. Our mission is to develop a personality disorder service with robust, long-term, and low-cost treatment. We also implement recovery programs within the local community in order for people to regain a sense of meaningful existence and independent living. Our methods move away from what we believe is a dated regressive way of thinking through labelling and prescriptive medicine.Everyone has the right to a life lived on their own terms, to the freedom to choose, and to an inherent respect for their existence, and our system is being designed to help people realize that right. We offer the following services:1) Therapeutic conversations with people who need one-off sessions2) Assessments and Clinical Formulations3) Brief Psychotherapy (up to 12 sessions) 4) Long-Term Individual and Group Psychotherapy up to 2 years5) Stepping Stones (Groups using alternative practices - psychoeducation, art, drama, music, permaculture 6) Therapeutic Conversations (to understand, through a short conversation, whether an individual requires professional help)7) Outreach Counseling (psychological well-being programs for corporate settings)8) Community Awareness Programs9) Study groups, academic seminars and supervision of other professionalsHank Nunn Institute was founded in July 2014 by Shama Parkhe and Anando Chatterji with INR 20,000. From a two-member team working with 3 patients out of cafés and homes, we now have nine therapists operating out of Bangalore, Delhi, and Jaipur (from May 2018). We have over 75 people in individual and group therapy with about five inquiries coming in each week, entirely through word of mouth.