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Volunteer counsellor — any level, anywhere in Pakistan

Some of the people who reach this site cannot pay anything, and telling them a fee is the point at which they stop replying.

Any level No post-qualification experience required Online or your own clinic volunteer · part time Unpaid

Why we are open to this role

Some of the people who reach this site cannot pay anything, and telling them a fee is the point at which they stop replying. Professionals already listed here offer free slots and we publish that on their page. This route is for somebody who wants to do only that — and it is unpaid, which is stated here rather than discovered later.

یہاں آنے والے کچھ لوگ کچھ بھی ادا نہیں کر سکتے۔ یہ کردار صرف مفت نشستوں کے لیے ہے اور بلا معاوضہ ہے — یہ بات پہلے ہی صاف لکھی ہوئی ہے۔

What the work is

  • A fixed, small number of free sessions a month — you set the number.
  • Work with people who would otherwise get nothing.
  • The same standard as any paid session. Free is not a reason to do less.

What we ask for

  • A qualification, or enrolment plus a supervisor.
  • A number of hours you will actually keep to, however small.
  • Acceptance that this is unpaid and will stay unpaid.

Qualification: A psychology, counselling or social work qualification, or current enrolment with supervision. You must be 18 or over.

This route is unpaid, so there is no fee and nothing to send on — the 10% in the paragraph below applies only to paid sessions we introduced. If you want paid referrals, apply for one of the other roles instead; you can do both, and most people who offer free slots are listed and paid for their other work.

The arrangement, the same for every role here. You are self-employed. You set your own fee, and there is no charge to be listed. The patient pays you directly and in full — nothing is deducted and nothing is held by us. For a session we introduced, 10% of that fee comes back to us afterwards, towards the video rooms, the booking system and the running costs; this is a charity project and patients are never charged for anything. You keep your own patients, and nothing is owed on work that did not come through us. Your phone number and your address are never published: enquiries reach you through us. You decide your own hours and how many people you take. We check your qualifications, and your registration where your profession has a register, before anybody is approved — nobody is listed on their own word. We do not supervise your clinical practice and we do not carry your indemnity.

Applying takes about ten minutes and puts you in front of a human, not a filter. We check registration numbers against the council register before replying, so allow a few days. You can see and change your application any time at depression.pk/application.

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