Athma Shakti Vidyalaya is a Residential Therapeutic Community for the treatment of persons, both men and women, diagnosed with chronic psychiatric disorders located in Hulimavu, Bangalore using a unique methodology based on the attachment and bonding We have evolved over the last 33 years and have proven to be a successful treatment model for various chronic psychiatric disorders. Our methodology
is based on the principles of attachment and responsibility and we use a blend of various psychotherapies depending on the need of the individual. Over the last 33 years we have had over 400 people come and go through our doors, about 75% of them leading successful lives. Our challenge is recovery of a group of people for whom medications and life long custodial care is prescribed. Therefore we have a structured life in the community where the demand on the residents to respond to each other and the needs of the community is very high. With the nurture and firmness of the staff, our residents are enabled to believe that there is hope for them to lead lives just as anyone else.
