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Nitin Shah is the CEO at ICHARS (Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and Related Sciences) besides this a Director at ICHARS Support Foundation, Founder of the MHP Initiative, and a member of the RotaryClub of Seacoast, Mumbai.
He hails from the populous city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh where he completed his 12th and then moved to Mumbai. He completed his degree in Commerce and then parallelly pursued LLB and Company Secretaryship. During this phase of his studies, he developed a great interest in the science of the mind. In the year 2009, he completed his certification in Integrated Clinical Hypnotherapy.
With his practice of coaching for 12 years and training over 10 years. He assists psychologists and coaches become successful advanced practitioners utilizing a unique approach that integrates concepts and techniques from Classical Psychology with Hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and more.
Nitin is someone who cares deeply about his clients. He will always go out of his way to understand an individual’s needs. Being compassionate comes to him innately.
Before ICHARS, he was a trainer at the California Hypnosis Institute of India for 3 years and moved to the bustling city of Mumbai in 2001.
Before founding his own company ICHARS, he was a trainer at the California Hypnosis Institute of India
for three years.
He founded ICHARS Support Foundation and in Dec 2021 celebrated its 3rd anniversary. The foundation focuses on (ICHARS Support Foundation) creating a holistic system that connects, supports, and enables all the stakeholders in the mental health landscape (students, professionals, NGOs, Government
bodies, general population)
ICHARS has also pioneered in creating approaches – Cognitive Hypnotic Coaching (CHC) and Cognitive Hypnotic Psychotherapy (CHP). Both are based on incorporating different schools of psychology and are the latest in the field of mind sciences with the help of hypnosis. CHC is mainly
garnered towards life coaches for mental wellbeing. CHP is towards psychologists who work with intense negative emotions and traumas. The above-stated approaches utilize the proprietary Soft Sea Framework which is the brainchild of ICHARS.
For psychologists, another innovative technique is the SVIT which focuses on helping clients accept and acknowledge their present problems whilst exploring their core issues.
Nitin is greatly interested in exploring the different approaches to psychotherapy that attempt to achieve the same underlying objective using various routes with their integration
He enjoys working on website development, content creation, and exploring automation tools in his free time. Besides his love for innovation in his field, Nitin has mentored psychology students from top colleges like Jai Hind, Nationals in Mumbai as well as Manav Ratna University and MET in Delhi.
Nitin indulges in Dal Batti, Gatte Ki Sabji which is primarily from the well-known Marwari cuisine, and not to forget some homemade sweets prepared with desi ghee. He has also recently launched the #VisitMHP initiative to spread awareness about the importance of visiting a mental health practitioner even before reaching the stage of disorders.
Apart from being a psychologist and educator, Nitin is also the author of the book ‘Destiny of Choice’ which is a self-help guide based on events from his own true love story. On one hand, the book is a tale of romance and its tragic challenges; on the other hand, it is an incredibly powerful manual for living
a happy life.
On weekends, you may catch him listening to some romantic Hindi songs or watching a classic Bollywood movie at a theatre.
Out of the many honors received by his company, ICHARS was recently awarded a Frontrunner Award in Health Tech by Go Global Awards.
Misba Shah is the Director of the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Related Sciences. Dedicated to helping coaches and practitioners to create a happy, healthy, and more fulfilling world by assisting them with advanced coaching and therapeutic skills. She loves the city of Mumbai and was born in Gujarat.
She finished her undergraduate degree in Commerce from Sydenham of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai with a specialization in Accountancy and Auditing. Alongside pursuing a masters from Punjab Technical University, she completed a postgraduate degree with the United world School of Business. With her continuous passion for mental sciences, she decided to pursue a Master’s Degree in Clinal Psychology from Indira Gandhi National Open University in the year 2019.
Before her career in counselling and training, Misba worked with companies such as Domino’s Pizza, Khana Khazana, Bluesky HR Solutions, XcellHost Cloud Services whilst spearheading the HR Department in her last role with corporates. With her tenure in HR and talent acquisition, she has gained valuable skills and experience in management, HR administration and field operations. At XcellHost Cloud Services, her key achievement was 100% recruitment with shift hiring. Her responsibility was in human resource operations. A generalist with many hats, Misba truly surpasses as an extraordinary human being.
She has also completed a Diploma from the Indian Society of Training & Development to support her development as a trainer. With the backing of her husband, ICHARS Support Foundation was founded in the year 2018. A non-profit organization dedicated to creating a holistic system that connects, supports, enables all the stakeholders in the mental health landscape. Her work experience spans over 9 years in different settings.
Besides this, Misba has been certified by the California Institute of India as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and an NLP Practitioner by Dr. Richard Mchugh SJ. She has also completed a family constellation from Auroville Foundation Kattida Kalai Trust (Aurosystemica) by Mehlem Moghan & Yuval Van den Eijk. Misba, with her eagerness to learn new skills, also completed a training known as ‘Metaphors of Movement by Andrew T.Austin that adopts a
a new approach to overcome trapped states with clients.
Outside her busy life, Misba is a social butterfly who enjoys a cup of hot coffee with her friends. She indulges in Indian and Continental food when she heads out for a meal. In the year 2020-2, Misba was selected to be a Club Secretary for InnerWheel Club of Bombay Seacoast which carries out outreach projects in local communities. During the pandemic in India, the institution helped the underprivileged. Currently, she is reading a book by Bert
Hellinger known as ‘Heal your relationships’ portrays the dynamics of different relationships. An outdoor enthusiast she enjoys exploring the new, traveling, and even bike rides.