As healthy development and effective learning are predicated on good mental health and emotional stability, the school’s life skills course is based on the UK’s Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme. The school’s experienced counsellors have also designed a comprehensive beginning from the D Form all the way up to the SC Form. This is conducted through regular life skill classes, workshops and form-specific training programmes.

There is a growing body of scientific evidence on the causal factors around well-being, which can then be applied in work with individuals and institutions. As a successful private boarding school which focuses on holistic education, The Doon School offers its boys a huge range of such activities that develop character and emotional intelligence in order to thrive in rigorous settings. Counsellors offer one-to-one confidential advice and support, as well as work with groups. They cooperate with Tutors and Housemasters, and all staff members (wherever required), to ensure seamless communication flows whilst respecting the boundaries of professional confidentiality. Students are strongly encouraged to seek individual appointments with the school counsellors. Student welfare is monitored by the Deputy Head (Pastoral), the School Doctor and the Counsellors together, and they regularly meet the Headmaster and the Deputy Headmaster to brief them on issues.