India talks about mental health more openly than ever before, yet fewer than one in six people who need care actually receive it. It is this contradiction that Nupoor Mohan set out to solve when she founded The Full Circle, an online therapy platform built on a simple conviction: that access to genuine, clinician led mental health support should never depend on privilege. In this candid conversation with Mid-day, the entrepreneur, who brings the operational discipline of a career in B2B marketing to one of the most human problems there is, opens up about the quiet pattern of unspoken struggles that sparked the idea, the unglamorous early months of earning trust one therapist and one client at a time, the five stage healing philosophy that shapes every session, and a vision where walking into therapy feels as ordinary as walking into a gym. With sessions starting at Rs 999, a multi-speciality panel spanning psychologists, psychiatrists and art therapists, and workplace and campus wellness partnerships with institutions like ISB, Flame University, Netflix and LinkedIn, The Full Circle is quietly building the infrastructure for a more emotionally honest India. Excerpts from the interview:

1. What was the moment or experience that made you say, “I need to build The Full Circle”?