The Inspiring Journey of Dr. Mehjabeen — From Teaching Underprivileged Children to Building a Global Mental Health Movement

In 2013, while the world raced ahead with technology and ambition, a young woman sat in a classroom studying child psychology — not because it was popular, but because she wanted to understand how a child’s mind hurts, heals, and hopes. That woman was Dr. Mehjabeen, and that moment would change hundreds of lives.

What she learned in those early days shook her deeply. Children from urban slums — many forced into child labour — had the potential to grow, dream, and thrive if only someone believed in them. That belief became her mission.

Soon after, she opened a small school named “PEACE”, built for the children society often ignored. Everything was free — education, notebooks, uniforms, and, most importantly, hope. But success didn’t come without a price. Local rowdyism and political riots tried to shut her down. Threats came, harassment followed, and at one point even her life was in danger.

But she refused to step back. More than 500 children completed schooling under her guidance — not because she was fearless, but because she believed their future mattered more than her fear.

When threats grew stronger and the school had to be shifted, she didn’t collapse — she reinvented her mission. She began offering free therapies and counselling in old-age homes, orphanages, and community groups. Healing people became her calling.

In those early years, mental health wasn’t a familiar concept to most people around her. Many didn’t understand therapy, many questioned her work, and many simply didn’t believe in seeking help. But she stayed patient — one counselling session, one awareness program, one person at a time.

Her profession wasn’t glamorous. She started her consultation fee at just ₹200 — barely enough to survive. Yet money was never the reason she worked. Awareness was.

Slowly, her sincerity travelled far beyond borders. She reached the Middle East, counselling and empowering over 50,000 women. She worked closely with Asma, a teacher who is now a Mental Health Ambassador of Vision High. She expanded her work to South Africa and Nigeria through inspiring leaders like Calabara Okoho Thelma and Peter Ogai (Mind Matters Initiative). In India, she found a passionate collaborator in Ayesha from Kerala, helping women who had nowhere to turn.

What began as a one-woman initiative transformed into a global network. She was the marketing manager, counsellor, organiser, motivator — everything at once. She built her team from scratch when volunteers refused to work without payment. She trained them, shaped them, and created leaders — not followers.

Today, Vision High Mental Health Wellness stands as an internationally affiliated organisation — a space built on pain, persistence, faith, and extraordinary courage.

Awards came. Recognition followed. But for Dr. Mehjabeen, nothing compares to the moment a client finishes a session, smiles softly, and says, “Thank you… I feel lighter.”

That feeling — that transformation — is her real reward. She still describes her biggest milestone as educating 500 underprivileged children during the PEACE school era — a chapter that continues to live in her heart.

And the global movement she now leads? It isn’t a legacy of success — it is a legacy of service.The next chapter of her journey is already unfolding.Her vision is to make mental health a part of everyday conversation — in schools, colleges, families, workplaces, and communities across the world.

One of her most ambitious goals begins in 2026, A Diploma Course in Counselling for people — especially women — who do not have a psychology background but want to build a meaningful career and support others. The program will offer training, certification, and job opportunities, creating financially and emotionally independent changemakers.

And there is more — a dream she carries close to her heart.

A wellness and therapy centre blending psychology, mindfulness, and holistic healing — a safe space where people can rediscover themselves.

Her long-term mission remains beautifully simple, To make mental health accessible, affordable, accepted and to create a world where healing and independence walk together

From a classroom in 2013 to a global movement today, Dr. Mehjabeen’s story is not just about psychology.

It is about daring to care when the world looks away.Her journey reminds us that good work never stops — not when the heart is pure, not when purpose is bigger than fear.