Ekaant Foundation is a mental health initiative, with the vision of making psychosocial services accessible to the people who cannot reach them.
Ekaant Foundation is a social enterprise, which means that we engage in issues that impact the society we live in and strive towards bringing about sustainable positive change. We are working on the issue of mental health, viewing it and addressing it from a comprehensive lens.
We believe in the vision of accessibility to mental health care services for all and skills for developing mechanisms for coping and resilience among people across age groups, abilities and gender identities. Our work is oriented towards the grassroots level issues around mental health and focuses upon prevention of mental illness and psychosocial distress through awareness, education,research, training and support.
Mental well being cuts across all domains of an individual’s life and has a direct bearing upon the quality of life they live, their relationships, educational and occupational accomplishments. The mental health of individuals also has a bearing upon the larger community of which they are a part, as more resilient and empathic people lead to formation of a society which is more just, humane, peaceful, inclusive and progressive.
Actively working towards a society where expression of emotions is normalized and issues of psychosocial distress are brought to the limelight and openly discussed, a society where people no longer have to silently suffer or battle with their mental illness or thoughts of suicide, is something that we owe to the generations that come after us and that is the motivating force for our organization.
Mental health professional who believes in the vision of making therapy accessible to all those who need it. Her orientation towards mental health practice lays emphasis upon promotion of positive mental health and resilience and prevention of mental illness.
She has completed her Masters in Social Work from Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi and M. Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work from Center of Excellence in Mental Health, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, New Delhi. She is passionate about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness practice.
Dr. Shwetank Bansal is a Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist at BLK Super Speciality Hospital and at Better Me Healthcare, New Delhi. After completing MBBS from University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), New Delhi, he pursued MD in Psychiatry from the prestigious Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (Delhi University), which is one of the premier neuroscience institutes in the country. Thereafter, he underwent training as a Post Doctoral Observer at the University of Michigan, USA. He has a special interest in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and has trained in it from the esteemed Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Pennsylvania, USA. He has been trained in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, one of the latest modes of treatment in Psychiatry and Neurology, at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has also made numerous contributions to national and international research journals.
An active member of the American Psychiatric Association and European Psychiatric Association, Dr. Bansal believes that preventive mental health is the road to future, and is routinely cited in media on issues of positive psychology and mental health. He has made numerous special appearances on national television and news shows for furthering the cause of psychological health.
We work with the understanding that persons with mental health conditions require not just bio- medical interventions, but also a range of psychosocial interventions, such as legal support, crisis intervention, vocational support, advocacy, rights - based work and access to safe, inclusive spaces for recovery and rebuilding of a meaningful life.
Huge gaps exist in the availability of such services and we plan to engage our multi-disciplinary team on these crucial aspects of mental health services. We also offer mental wellbeing, stress reduction, lifestyle management and applied mindfulness workshops for corporates and NGOs, in addition to educational workshops on mental health, key clinical concepts etc. for school students, college students, teachers, parents or anyone else who might be interested.
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