Overview
Internship in Clinical and Counselling Psychology
This internship is designed for psychology students seeking meaningful clinical exposure within a professional mental health setting. The programme blends observership, mentoring, skill building and experiential learning to bridge academic knowledge with real-world practice. Learn essential clinical and therapeutic skills from industry experts.
Details
Eligibility: BA/BSc Psychology, MA/ MSc Psychology
Format: 3 days in-person + 1 online day
Months: Summer- May, June, July; Winters- December and January.
Adaptable Schedule: Internship days and hours can be aligned with college requirements
Custom Start Date: Participants may choose their preferred month and date of commencement of the internship
Extension Option: Duration can be extended on a need basis
Other Details
Internship Components:
- Clinical Observership
Interns receive structured exposure to therapeutic, assessment, and psychiatric processes within a functioning clinical setting. This includes observing intake and follow-up sessions, diagnostic formulation, intervention planning, play therapy sessions, and clinical assessments.
The observership helps interns understand clinical flow, therapist positioning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and practical decision-making in real sessions, building clinical sensitivity and readiness for future practice. - Mentoring Sessions
Interactive mentoring sessions introduce interns to foundational and applied clinical skills. These modules are designed to deepen conceptual clarity while encouraging reflective thinking and professional growth. The mentoring sessions are held by experts from different areas of clinical and counselling psychology. - Skill-Building Sessions
Focused experiential spaces aimed at strengthening therapeutic presence, rapport-building abilities, ethical sensitivity, and readiness for working with adolescents and adults. These sessions will help in increasing practical preparedness by providing hands-on skills that can be applied in the field. - Reflective Components
The internship includes structured reflective assignments designed to deepen learning and strengthen clinical insight. Interns are provided curated readings aligned with the internship curriculum to support conceptual clarity and a broader understanding of key clinical themes. Daily reflective reports encourage participants to integrate and internalize their learnings more meaningfully throughout the program. - Wellbeing Sessions
As budding mental health professionals, the first step is to learn how to handle your own emotions. That is why we provide our interns with an experiential component centered on emotional regulation, stress management, and burnout prevention. In these sessions interns are introduced to structured self-help tools designed to support personal resilience, based upon our EmoAid Self Help Program.
Frequently asked questions
(01) Who can apply for the internship?
Graduate and postgraduate psychology students, as well as students minoring in psychology,
are eligible to apply.
are eligible to apply.
(02) Is this an offline or online internship?
The internship is primarily offline, with one online day each week.
(03) Will interns get exposure to real cases?
Yes. Interns gain observational exposure to OPD cases, case discussions, and clinical processes.
(04) Is supervision provided?
Yes. Interns receive supervision, mentoring, and guided support throughout the program.
(05) Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. A certificate of completion is provided upon successful completion of the internship.
