The MindGuild Academy
India's First Advanced Psychotherapy Residency

Where psychology graduates become real clinicians.

MindGuild Academy bridges the critical gap between your master's degree and actual clinical readiness through supervised residency training, mentorship, and a psychologically rigorous fellowship built for the Indian context.

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56M+

Indians with mental health conditions

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Received any treatment (WHO 2023)

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Structural post-degree therapy training available

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Medicine solved this decades ago. Psychology in India still hasn't.

Every year, thousands of psychology graduates complete their master's degrees and begin seeing patients with no supervised clinical bridge, no mentorship, and no structured casework. In medicine, this would be unacceptable. In Indian psychology, it has become standard practice.

"MindGuild exists to build the professional standard layer that India's mental health system is missing."

We are building India's first residency-informed psychotherapy training ecosystem, selective by design, supervision-led in structure, and deeply grounded in Indian socio-cultural realities. Our mission is not to teach another course. It is to shape the next generation of clinically mature, ethically grounded, and intellectually rigorous psychotherapists.

4 Key Features of Residency Programs

Therapist Identity Lab

Emotional maturity, burnout prevention, therapist self-work, and professional identity formation.

Masterclass to Understanding Cross-Sectionality

Learn to provide culturally responsive care by understanding the impact of intersecting social identities on mental health.

Clinical Roundtables

Strengthen clinical reasoning through collaborative discussions on real-world cases and therapeutic dilemmas.

Peer Consultation Pods

Grow alongside peers through structured reflection, case consultation, and ongoing professional support.

Our Programs

6 Week Immersion
Program

First Batch Starts on

19th August, 2026

Application

Open Now

Learn more about the 6 Week Immersion Program

11 Months Flagship
Residency Program

First Batch Starts on

18th May, 2027

Application

January 2027

Learn more about the 11 Months Flagship Residency Program
August 2026 — Founding Cohort

10 seats. One founding cohort.Your clinical turning point.

Applications are open for MindGuild's inaugural 10-person psychotherapy residency cohort. Selective, supervision-led, and unlike anything available in India today.

Sindhu Upadhyay Wadhwa

Clinical Director

Sindhu Upadhyay Wadhwa - Clinical Director
Mind Guild

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Masters-level psychology students, early-career psychotherapists, and mental health professionals seeking practical, evidence-based casework experience.