First of its kind of Program for Indian Prisons.
Initiatives by Dr. Reena Sharma, Founder of The Mind Practice (a mental health care and forensic psychological service provider) in collaboration with Gujarat Prisons.
Samarth is India’s pioneering first therapeutic rehabilitation intervention model for offenders based on Forensic CBT and the philosophy of positive criminology.
Program Developed by Dr. Reena Sharma. This initiative aims to equip offenders with pro-social skills and therapeutic tools for problem-solving and societal reintegration.
Samarth is biadaptive model targets mental health and criminal behavior and thinking process.
Dr. KLN Rao,
ADGP & DG Gujarat Prisons &
Correctional Administration
Appreciated by Home Minister of Gujarat Shri Pradeep Jadeja &
Shri Mohan Jha DG & IG Gujarat Prisons
Samarth had expanded to include all central prisons in Gujarat, including Lajpur, Surat, Rajkot, Baroda, and Ahmedabad.
Samarth works with two main objectives:
mental health care of prisoners and correctional staff and Criminal Behavior and thought process change among prisoners.
Samarth is an evidence-based program that has shown its visible impact in improving treatment readiness, violent treatment readiness, psychological symptoms, social criminal identity, and self-esteem.
