In classes seven and eight (D and C form) all the students have two classes a week on 'Life Skills'.

Run by counselors who have vast experience in working with children, the classes cover most of the issues concerning teenagers and life in a boarding school.

Interactive yet informative, they do our boys a world of good. The boys get an avenue to express themselves freely and values are imparted alongside.

The school also employs the services of a qualified counselor. The counselor is available 24x7, and he also boxes and plays cricket with the boys!

The emotional upheavals and uncertainties of adolescence along with major and minor irritants are dealt with effectively by him.

Counselling at The Doon School is headed by a professional counsellor trained in psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. The counselling model followed is the ‘All Round Counselling Model’

•    Provides personal counselling for self referred, referred students and the rest of the community
•    Provide social and emotional assessment to identify student needs and develop interventions and prevention programme
•    Life skills education that allows them to effectively deal with different situations like conflict resolution, relationship management, sexual health, stress and managing peer pressure.
•    Individual and group sessions are offered to students to consult the counsellor
•    Early intervention is the key aspect of the ‘All round counselling model’

FAQ’s about counselling:

Who is a counsellor?
A counsellor is a professionally trained person with a background in psychology and helps in resolving problems through various techniques without the assistance of any medication.
Problems are manifested through emotional difficulties, maladaptive behaviour, attitudes and reduced performance due to disability.

What does a counsellor do in school?
A counsellor’s role is to support emotional development of students and the community. The work also involves a lot of liaising between parents, teachers and students. The counsellor in The Doon School is not only the Counsellor but also a teacher, plays all sport with the students, is a tutor and is involved in various activities of the school. This helps in the follow-up and helps in observing any change in the student. Rapport building has also proved to be effective because of the outreach of the counsellor.

What is the All Round Counselling Model?
The All Round Counselling Model (ARCM) is the counselling process followed in The Doon School. This process moves the counsellor far away from the counselling room and believes in interaction and intervention at an informal level, through rapport formation by involvement in various activities which a student is involved in.

Is something psychologically wrong with my child if he has to visit a counsellor?
No. Having to meet a Counsellor is no indication of a psychological problem.

Everyone needs someone to talk to, someone who can be non -judgemental, someone who is confidential and is willing to listen and when it comes to children an adult who will give them the right suggestion.  This is the basic methodology of student counselling, the other process of being directive or nondirective helps in resolving some issues which the student might be experiencing in school. The school based intervention provides an experience that will strengthen a child’s coping abilities to counter environmental stress.