19/08/2026
Mugdha Shivapurkar teaches the Visual Art Therapy module at FECAT.
Mugdha is a registered Art Psychotherapist (HCPC, UK) with a deep-rooted affinity for the arts and their therapeutic potential. She holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Fergusson College, Pune (2015) and an MA in Art Psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton, London.
She brings a decade of diverse experience in integrating creative arts into mental health work across corporate, educational, and counselling contexts. She holds Mental Health First Aid certification (MHFA England, 2024) and has additional foundational training in Dance Movement Therapy, the Therapeutic Value of Arts, Adlerian Therapy and Drum Circle Facilitation. Mugdha’s therapeutic approach is anchored in the arts, with a strong emphasis on cultural identity, intersectionality, and accessibility. She is particularly drawn to working with grief and personality vulnerabilities, always centring the individual, not just the diagnosis. She prioritises the person over the diagnosis, valuing the humanness and accessibility that the arts bring to therapy.
In 2019, Mugdha co-founded The Secret Ingredient Mental Healthcare (www.tsimentalhealth.com), a holistic initiative aimed at reducing stigma and expanding access to inclusive mental health services in India. An experienced educator and facilitator, Mugdha has taught on various Psychology and creative arts therapy courses across undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma levels in India. She is deeply committed to promoting culturally sensitive, ethical, and arts-integrated research in psychotherapy. Her work bridges psychology, creative arts, and community care, with a strong foundation in qualitative methods and supervision.
Applications are open for the FECAT batch beginning February 2027. Details here - https://smartmove.co.in/fecat/
