We’re here to make better therapists. Starting with you.
A one-month psychology internship / training for undergrad and master’s students, online or in person. Real cases, role-play and honest feedback from practising psychologists. Then deeper programmes when you want them.
You can know all the theory and still freeze in the room.
That’s not a you problem. It’s how psychology is taught: years of theory, almost no time with a real person. We built the thing that fills the gap.
What your degree gives you
Theory, frameworks, the names of things. It matters. It’s not the whole job.
What the work actually asks
Sitting with a real person. Silence, tears, anger. Knowing what to do next.
What we fill in
Real cases, role-play, and honest feedback from people who do this every day.
Our goal is simple. Better therapists. For the future, and for the world.
Everything on this page is how we’re doing it.
One month on the practical side of therapy.
Open to undergrad and master’s students, and anyone serious about the work. It comes before any advanced course because everyone needs the same ground: how to be in a room with a real person.
Where everyone startsFor undergrad and master’s students
for the full month
One month on how therapy actually works, learned by doing it, with someone watching who’ll tell you the truth.
- Length
- One month
- When
- Every weekend
- Where
- Online, or in Chennai
- Batch
- Small, on purpose
- Sessions led by practising psychologists
- Role-play in every session, with kind, specific feedback
- Real case histories, worked through together
- Short assignments in between
- A glimpse of therapy in real-world situations
- Certificate of completion
College hours? We can provide the hours your college curriculum needs.
Pay in full or in two parts. After the Practicum, the advanced courses open up. Here’s where it leads.
A certificate that says what you actually did.
Built to meet what your college curriculum asks for.
This is to certify that
Your name here
has completed 120 hours of internship training in clinical/counselling psychology at Nuraa Academy, Chennai.
Over one month of theory and practical learning, they sat for role-plays, worked through real case histories and held therapeutic conversations drawing on person-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches, with feedback from practising psychologists.
Your batch mentor
Practising psychologist, Nuraa
Issued
Chennai · month, year
A preview, not the real thing. Yours carries your name, your hours and a real signature.
60 or 120 hours
Clinical/counselling psychology internship training, logged to what your curriculum needs.
What you practised, in writing
Role-plays, case histories, therapeutic conversations. It says what you did, not just that you turned up.
Mentors with the degrees, the hours, and the clients.
Learn from alumni of St. Xavier’s and Apollo Hospitals: qualified psychologists who still see clients every week. Want to know exactly who’s teaching your batch? Ask us.
Explore more programmes. Go deeper with your practice at Nuraa.
Learning to be a therapist is ongoing. There are many approaches to explore, understand and master, and Nuraa is built for that.
Practicum
One month · ₹5,499
The common ground: rapport, listening, case history, and staying with what’s in the room.
Advanced courses
Longer · one approach at a time
Go deep into a way of working: CBT, DBT and other approaches. More extensive, more hours, more practice.
The community
Ongoing
Keep learning with people who do this work. Cases, questions, mentors, and a batch you can call.
One month. Each part with its own centre of gravity.
Learn it on Saturday. Do it on Sunday. Carry one small assignment into the week.
Rapport and listening
- What rapport actually is, and how it’s built
- Active listening: what’s said, and what isn’t
- …and more
- Paired listening exercises
- Role-play: opening a first session
- …and more
- Have one real conversation this week where you only listen. Write down what you noticed.
- …and more
You’ll leave more confident, and one step closer to being a therapist.
Not just better read. By the end of the month, you have:
A glimpse into the real world of therapy
Real cases and real reactions, not textbook examples.
What it means to be a therapist
The job, honestly: the parts that reward you and the parts that test you.
Core therapeutic skills
Rapport, listening, case history, staying with feeling.
Confidence in your interactions
In the room, and everywhere else you talk to people.
Ground to build your own practice on
Eventually. The confidence and the groundwork begin here.
College hours? Tell us what your college curriculum asks for. We can provide the hours.
Nobody becomes a therapist alone.
Psychology keeps evolving, and no one course can hold it all. Nuraa is where you keep learning it, with people who do this work every day.
People who get it. Students, fresh graduates, early-career therapists, all asking the same thing: how do I actually do this well?
Somewhere safe to get it wrong. You’ll fumble. Everyone does. The feedback is kind and specific.
A network that outlasts the batch. Your batch, your mentors, the Nuraa panel. It doesn’t end with the last class.
Wondering if psychology is for you?
You don’t have to be certain to start a conversation. Book a consultation call and we’ll talk about the field, what the work is really like, the opportunities in it, and whether this pathway fits you.
Or just write to us and say you’re unsure. That’s a fine place to start.
Things people ask before they get in touch.
No. The Practicum is for undergrads, master’s students, and anyone seriously curious about psychology. If you want to understand how therapy really works, you belong here.
Tell us where you are.
Pick a programme, leave your details and add your CV if you like. We’ll call or email you within a few days.