Mental Health Counselling Intern

Job title: Mental Health Counselling Intern

Company: MyTalkIndia (A DB Corp CSR Initiative)

Location: Mumbai (BKC), On-site

Employment type: Internship, 4 months

About MyTalkIndia

MyTalkIndia is a chat-based emotional support and counselling platform, run as a CSR initiative of DB Corp (Dainik Bhaskar Group). We are looking for a Mental Health Counselling Intern to support users through live, text-based counselling sessions under close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conduct live chat-based counselling sessions with users
• Respond with empathy, discretion and professional conduct at all times
• Follow established counselling protocols and escalation procedures
• Support senior team members with content creation and blog writing

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Psychology (required)
• Interest in supervised, hands-on counselling experience
• Good written communication skills

Training and supervision

• Ethical guidelines and foundational counselling skills
• Core process skills: questioning, reflection of feelings, paraphrasing, emotional presence, session wrap-up
• Suicide risk and NSSI: risk assessment, safety planning, limits of chat-based support
• Supporting survivors of abuse; working with LGBTQ+ and minority populations
• Trauma-informed approaches and case conceptualization
• Mock sessions and supervised practice

What we offer

• Structured onboarding and induction
• Hands-on training on live chat tools, protocols and counselling processes
• Supervised chat sessions during the first two weeks
• Regular feedback and skill-development meetings
• Certificate of Completion from the Dainik Bhaskar Group
• Opportunities for future association based on performance and organisational requirements

Duration: 4 months (1 month training and 3 months hands-on)