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Mental Health.

For people, systems, and spaces in between.

ThoughtPartners is a mental health consulting firm, partnering with organisations, businesses, and product teams to integrate mental health, well-being, and emotional intelligence into their systems, strategies, and services. Our work bridges people and systems by combining insight, care, and strategy to design sustainable mental health resources.

Founded on over a decade of leadership in mental health practice, research and innovation, ThoughtPartners brings together theory and contextual knowledge that transform cultures, practices and outcomes.

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About Us.

At ThoughtPartners, we believe mental health is the foundation of thriving systems and communities.

Our work emerged from a clear challenge: mental health being viewed narrowly as an individual issue or a treatment concern, rather than a collective, psychosocial, and systemic priority. At ThoughtPartners, we reframe that lens. We see how systems, social location, and services shape wellbeing every day, and we work with our partners to make mental health central to how people and systems function, connect, and grow. Through our collaborations we apply the latest methodologies, technology, and evidence-based strategies to design sustainable mental health solutions. From policy development, capacity building, and leadership orientation to process documentation, product design and program strategy, our work bridges research and practice to create measurable, lasting impact. Our goal is simple yet ambitious: to make mental health integral, contextual, and actionable within every system we touch.

Mission

  • To integrate mental health & psychosocial wellbeing into organisations, products, and communities through solutions that combine theory, practice, and context.

Vision

  • A world where mental health is embedded in every system, from workplaces to products to policies, creating resilient organisations and thriving communities.

Philosophy

  • Evidence-based, contextual and human centric approach to derive practical and measurable results. Rooted in empathy, care and inclusivity, we deliver long-term, sustainable outcomes.

What we do.

At ThoughtPartners, we offer end-to-end expertise across the spectrum of mental health. Our work spans strategy, program design, product development, research, training, and advisory services, tailored to your context and vision.

Strategy & Policy Support

  • Design and implement mental health and well-being roadmaps for organisations.
  • Conduct organisational assesments, build frameworks and policies to support wellbeing.
  • Develop programs, teams, SoPs and protocols for engagement in mental health.

Training & Capacity Building

  • Equip leaders, managers, and teams with contextualised knowledge and skills in mental health, emotional intelligence, resilience, technology-assisted counselling, psychological first aid, trauma-informed practice, and suicide prevention.
  • Design and deliver training, curricula and associated resources on mental health.

Product & Program Advisory

  • Ensure your products and programs are ethically designed with mental health at the centre.
  • From service design to program incubation, we help envision, build, and sustain impactful initiatives.
  • Support implementation of programs through continuous guidance, hiring, and on-the-job training for mental health teams.

Research & Knowledge Products

  • Undertake needs assessments and evaluation studies to help identify impactful data.
  • Develop monitoring frameworks for ongoing evaluation of your programs.
  • Generate evidence and insights through reviews, white papers, resource development, including manuals, training aids, and guidelines.

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Our Team.

Author image Founder & Principal Consultant Tanuja Babre

Tanuja is a mental health professional with over a decade of experience across counselling, community practice, policy design, and organisational strategy. She brings a cross-sector perspective spanning public systems and private organisations, and has led work in program design, product development, capacity building, advocacy, research, and system strengthening, always grounding her approach in context and lived realities. She currently works with agencies such as UNICEF, Mariwala Health Initiative, and Act Grants, alongside ongoing engagements with organisations including the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, UNFPA, UNDP, WHO, UNHCR, Synergy Shipping, and the Government of India. Her experience includes serving as State Consultant (MHPSS) for UNICEF Maharashtra and leading the national psychosocial helpline as Programme Coordinator at iCALL (TISS). She continues to teach at TISS and supports organisations in advisory and consulting roles across sectors.
Outside of work, she can be found cooking, exploring new places, and seeking out memorable meals.
At ThoughtPartners, Tanuja leads the firm’s vision, strategy, and technical direction across all projects. ...

Author image Lead - Practice & Research Sindhura Tammana-Jagdale

Sindhura (she/her) is a trauma-informed, queer affirmative Counselling Psychologist with over 13 years of experience working in the areas of child, adolescent and youth mental health. She completed her Bachelor's in Psychology (with Honours) from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a Master's in Counselling Psychology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Her work over the years has involved practicing psychotherapy, providing counsellor supervision, leading and implementing field research projects, academic teaching, authoring research publications and scientific chapters, and developing: training curricula and knowledge products (such as counselling manuals, IEC material on mental health, best practice guidelines, crisis response protocols etc.) for strengthening and scaling up mental health programs across the country.
Sindhura has also designed and facilitated capacity-building trainings for several state government mental health initiatives and for international humanitarian agencies such as UNICEF and UNFPA.
She currently runs a private psychotherapy practice focused on psychosocial concerns of young adults and complements it with research engagements and academic writing in mental health. In her free time, she obsesses over children’s literature and loves curating meticulous book lists across age, genre and interests while daydreaming of building a children’s library one day.
At ThoughtPartners, Sindhura leads Practice and Research, anchoring the firm’s clinical frameworks, curriculum design, and evidence-based methodologies. ...

Author image Lead - Projects & Partnerships Anam Mittra

Anam (she/her) is a social impact professional with over 11 years of experience across the Indian and international development sectors. Her expertise spans strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, philanthropic grantmaking, feminist advocacy, and multi-programme management. As Alliance Lead at the India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA), she led the creation of India’s first national alliance of over 200 organisations dedicated to mental health advocacy and programming. She also headed New Initiatives at the Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI), supporting grassroots mental health programmes for marginalised communities through an intersectional feminist lens. Earlier, at the International Cooperative Alliance (Asia-Pacific), she worked on a European Union–funded project that spotlighted the role of cooperatives in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
Anam began her career working at the grassroots on gender equity, public education, and early and child marriage, which grounded her approach in community realities and inclusion-driven change. She believes in the power of collective action and intersectional thinking to drive social impact and build stronger movements for justice and care. In her spare time, Anam can be found with her cat, favourite true crime podcast, and a good ol’ cup of tea.
At ThoughtPartners, Anam leads Projects and Partnerships, driving project management, communications, and network-building initiatives, and supporting business development and stakeholder engagement. ...

Why Us.

Why work with ThoughtPartners?

With over a decade of experience of counselling, community practice, policy design, and organisational strategy, ThoughtPartners brings a rare blend of theory, practice, and context.

We have collaborated with reputed public and private partners to design strategies, build programs, and advise on products and services that put mental health at the centre.

Our approach is evidence-based, inclusive, systemic, and user centred.