In 2017, when we provided internship that would give opportunity to observe the clients’ sessions, 99% of clients did not give consent for the interns to observe the session as the clients were concerned about confidentiality. Thus interns had to wait for many days to observe a single counselling session. That’s when we conceived the training programme with real counselling sessions. From 2018, we have been offering the training programme in which internship is embedded. We do not do mock sessions or role play in our training.
In clinical settings where patients suffer from severe psychological disorders may not bother interns sitting and observing the session as they may not be in touch with reality. If you observe the interactions with them, you may learn case history taking and how to administer assessments and not the real counselling techniques.
Our clients are normal and they just have day-today issues. Sometimes the concerns discussed in counselling are extremely private and sensitive — such as extra‑marital relationships, personal family matters, or situations you may not feel comfortable sharing in front of interns. That is why it is very rare to get consent in a counseling set up like ours. The participants in our training are regular people, and naturally they come with their own day‑to‑day challenges. In counselling, the techniques we use are not drastically different for different problems — the core skills remain the same. By observing real counselling sessions during the training, you get practical, hands‑on exposure to how these psychological techniques are applied in real situations. This helps you understand the process deeply, not just theoretically.
In almost all of our batches, there have been minimum 1 or maximum 10 participants attended the training for their college/university internship requirement and observed real counselling sessions and completed their internship successfully. You may search in the Google Reviews with the term “Internship” and you will get the reviews of the people. Google Review Link: https://goo.gl/maps/YS8GcRFGMgJ2