Mindset Plus is a Philippine mental-health and capacity-building consultancy — designing and delivering evidence-based programs, training, and consulting for the institutions that shape communities.
Mindset Plus was founded by two professionals whose work spans psychology, education, public health, strategic behavior change, and development. That range is deliberate: mental-health resilience is never a single-discipline problem, so our solutions are never single-discipline answers.
Our mission is to strengthen mental-health resilience by designing and delivering evidence-based, customized, culturally sensitive, strategically integrated, and client-centered consultancy services. We hold a simple conviction: mental health is not a luxury — it is a foundation for learning, resilience, and human dignity.
We envision a world where mental-health resilience is a shared strength — empowering individuals, families, and communities to thrive. That vision points outward, toward the schools, agencies, and organizations best placed to carry it forward.
Our founder and Science & Technical Advisory Board bring clinical depth, positive-psychology research, and lived development experience to every program.
A licensed psychologist and professional teacher who brings together clinical practice and education to design programs that reach real classrooms and communities.
A clinical psychologist with more than a decade of experience, grounding our programs in sound clinical practice.
A positive-psychology researcher and lecturer at UP Diliman, connecting our work to the science of well-being and flourishing.
Seven commitments that shape how we co-create, deliver, and measure mental-health resilience.
Co-create locally relevant, sustainable solutions with partners.
Honesty, transparency, and consistency that earn lasting trust.
Empathy grounded in the real experiences of vulnerable populations.
The inherent value of every individual; inclusive, safe environments.
A platform for continuous learning and capacity-building.
Centering children, youth, and marginalized communities.
Long-term systemic change for high-risk and underserved groups.
RESPECT: Seven principles that turn care into lasting resilience
RESPECT is more than a value. It is how we listen, collaborate, build capacity, strengthen systems, extend support, include every voice, and learn from our work.
Read the full RESPECT ApproachCredibility comes from the ground. These engagements show how our approach holds up where mental health matters most.
Technical assistance for school-based mental-health and psychosocial support, delivered with the Department of Education.
Capacity-building in Psychological First Aid for Welfare Desk Officers of Foreign Recruitment Agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
ToT for single parents, senior citizens, urban farmers, LGBTQ+ advocates, faith-based leaders, and barangay officials.
Columns our founders write, coverage of the issues we work on, and the conversations we take part in.
Our co-founder, psychologist Rea Celine Villa, on why workplace mental health belongs at the centre of office strategy rather than at its edges.
Read the column on The Manila TimesNational coverage of the state of Filipino youth mental health, featuring Mindset Plus.
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Our co-founder on the shortage of licensed psychologists in the Philippines, and the tiered model — trained teachers, guidance counsellors, mental-health professionals — that schools can build instead.
See the post on the Mindset Plus LinkedIn pageTell us about your institution and the challenge you're facing. We'll bring the evidence, the cultural grounding, and the care.