Where Textbook Theory Meets
the Living Reality of Human Healing.
A premier counselling psychology internship program for students across India. We bridge the gap between academic learning and the depth of real-world therapeutic practice.
A Program Born
from Purpose,
Not Prescription.
The Asha Bhupender Charitable Trust was founded on the conviction that accessible, compassionate mental health care is not a privilege. It is a right. For years, we have witnessed the quiet cost of a widening gap: trained counselling psychologists who feel underprepared for the emotional complexity of real human lives, and communities across India that deserve so much more from the professionals who serve them.
A counsellor is not shaped in a classroom alone. They are shaped in the moment of genuine encounter with another human being's pain.
This internship program is our institutional answer to that gap. As an official mental health NGO dedicated to psychological well-being throughout India, the Trust hosts this structured training to cultivate the next generation of skilled, ethically grounded counselling psychologists. These are practitioners who will carry their learning forward into communities, hospitals, schools, and private practice across the country.
We do not simply issue certificates. We invest in the formation of complete professionals who have held space, navigated uncertainty, and emerged with both the practical competence and the human wisdom to make a lasting difference.
Immersive Training at
Vaishalya Healing,
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
The Trust's dedicated psychological counselling unit, Vaishalya Healing, serves as the living laboratory for this program. Nestled in the serene, forested landscape of Palampur in the Kangra Valley, the clinic offers an environment that invites deeper presence. It is unhurried, intentional, and deeply conducive to the kind of learning that only unfolds in stillness and in service.
For psychology students from across India who travel here for the offline track, this is more than an internship. It is a transformative period of professional formation, lived in one of the most restorative settings in the country. For those who cannot relocate, structured hybrid and online formats are thoughtfully available, ensuring that geography is never a barrier to exceptional practical training.
- Offline immersion in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh with supervised therapeutic observation in a real counselling environment
- Hybrid and fully online tracks for psychology students across India who cannot relocate
- Flexible intake windows designed around university academic calendars
- Structured practicum hours that meet national standards for counselling competency
Smt. Leena Kumari (Leena Mehta)
Chairperson, Managing Trustee & Supervising Counselling PsychologistAll interns trained under this program work in direct, close supervision with Smt. Leena Kumari, Chairperson and Managing Trustee of the Asha Bhupender Charitable Trust and the founding mind behind Vaishalya Healing. She is a highly experienced Counselling Psychologist with deep roots in both the theory and lived practice of therapeutic care. Her mentorship philosophy is clear: a truly effective counsellor must first cultivate profound self-awareness, ethical clarity, and the capacity for genuine empathic attunement.
Working under her direct supervision means every intern receives personalised feedback on their therapeutic style, case conceptualisation, ethical decision-making, and professional identity. This is the kind of foundation that textbooks alone cannot provide, and it is what makes this one of the most respected practical counselling psychology internship programs available in India today.
Asha Bhupender
Charitable Trust
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
Credentials That Carry
Institutional Weight.
Upon successful completion of the program, each candidate receives an official, verified certificate of completion issued directly on the letterhead of the Asha Bhupender Charitable Trust. This is a registered NGO with a verifiable institutional identity in the field of mental health and social welfare.
This is not a participation token. The certification formally documents the intern's validated practical hours, the nature and scope of their therapeutic exposure, and the ethical framework in which they were trained. It also includes a personal letter of recommendation signed by the supervising Counselling Psychologist, a document that carries real weight when presented to future employers, postgraduate institutions, or professional bodies.
Every certificate is a statement of accountability: ours to the intern, and theirs to the profession. We issue it with the full institutional authority of the Trust, and we stand behind every name that appears on it.
Your Practice Begins
When You Choose to Begin.
The complete curriculum, detailed session structure, intake schedule, format options, and application form are all hosted on the Vaishalya Healing website. That is where the training takes place. We invite you to visit, read carefully, and take the step.
Certification issued by the Asha Bhupender Charitable Trust. Training conducted at Vaishalya Healing, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.