Psychotherapist & Counsellor Minu Budhia is a petite powerhouse, popular columnist, and TEDx speaker. Passionate about Mental Healthcare & Special Needs Education, Minu is the FOUNDER-DIRECTOR of Caring Minds (Institute of Mental Health), ICanFlyy (Institute for Special Needs), & Café ICanFlyy (Empowering the Specially Abled). She is also Director at Patton Group & AddLife Fitness & Spa.
An inspiration for many and a woman of purpose, every single day she plays a hands-on role across all her social impact initiatives. Involved in every step of the way to ensure the execution of her vision – from strategy to operations – she does it all.
My Story
Special Needs Mom I Psychotherapist I Entrepreneur
Mompreneur, powerhouse, and speaker, Minu added another feather to her cap when she penned a ‘Death of a Caterpillar’ in 2018 – a short autobiographical essay about her journey as a special needs mom, her battle with depression, and how she found her ‘ikigai’. The overwhelming response to it has inspired her to start writing her first memoir.
Awards & Recognitions
The Telegraph ‘She’ Award for Social Work
Times Power Women Award for Psychotherapy & Counselling
The Telegraph Food Guide Award for Excellence for Café With a Cause
CMA Award for Public Service
Bharat Nirman Award
“Kasturi Mrig Nabh Mein” Award from Marudhara for Social Welfare
Professional Qualifications
– Certificate on Child Brain Development from Philadelphia, USA
– Certificate in Advanced Cognitive Behavioural skills from the British Psychological Society, London.
Psychotherapist & Counsellor Columnist & Author TEDx Speaker
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