The Youth Wing of Chennai Counselors' Foundation has been established to provide opportunities for knowledge development and experiential learning to budding professionals in Psychology and the allied fields.

Our Vision & Mission

To promote the professional growth of youth in their abilities and specific areas of interest through collaborative team work.

Our Mission

To offer experiential learning to students in Psychology and allied fields.

Our Objective

To offer guidance and supervision in the application of counseling skills, facilitate research, develop and standardize the use of assessment tools and promote other professional activities of our youth members.

Eligibility of Youth Wing

Student members of Chennai Counselors Foundation, Junior Professional Counselors, Post graduate full time, part time and distance education students, under graduate final year full time, part time and distance education students. Age group - between 19 - 30 years.

Criteria for participation in projects

Interested youth members with 3 years subscription will be involved in long term projects. Interested youth members with 1 year subscription will be involved in short term projects.

Proposed activities

  • To collaborate with the concerned departments of educational institutions and assist in filling the gap between theory and application.
  • To coordinate with students and their institutions in the areas of counseling, research, assessment and related areas.
  • To aid youth members in setting career goals, assist in their choice of specialization and hone them to be industry ready.

If you are a student and you wish to be a part of this initiative please send an email to: chennai.counselors@gmail.com

For further details contact
Mr. Suvisesh Bharadwaj, Coordinator - Youth Wing, Email : youthwingccf@gmail.com, Mobile : +91 8144810483.

Mr. Suvisesh Bharadwaj - Coordinator

Suvisesh Bharadwaj is a mental health professional currently working as a Performance Coach with Propel Tech labs, a software company based in Chennai. He has previously worked as a Wellness Coach for MNCs with Optum Health and Technology in Hyderabad. With a background in Clinical psychology, he has worked with a Clinical psychologist in Chennai, conducting psychometric assessments, workshop planning and providing counseling services. He also has research experience, having been a subject matter expert-psychology with an MNC and has assisted with research to help with data analysis for NGOs such as Bala Mandir.

He has a post- graduate degree in Applied Psychology (Clinical stream) from Pondicherry University.

He aspires for personal growth while spreading awareness about mental health with an emphasis on the importance of building resilience through a willingness to engage with life. He enjoys music and food of various types and is an animal lover.

For further details contact
Mr. Suvisesh Bharadwaj, Coordinator - Youth Wing, Email : youthwingccf@gmail.com, Mobile : +91 8144810483.
Ms. Padma Swathy - Co-coordinator

Ms..L. Padma Swathy is a Counselling Psychologist with a Post Graduation in Psychology. Trained and Certified in Art Therapy.

Counselling Psychologist with a demonstrated history of working as a freelancer and in educational industry. Completed internship in Counselling under the guidance of Shri R.M. Karthick Lakshmanan (Counselling Psychologist & Psych Oncologist), Chennai Counselling Services.

Has experience in Individual Counselling, Working with Adolescents, Student Counseling, Career Counselling and Assessment, stress management, Marital counselling, Art Therapy and Geriatric Counselling. Profound knowledge of providing Arts and Crafts training through freelancing.

Worked in quite a few educational institutions as School Counselor, Worked as a part Time Psychologist with Ms.Arthy Jayavel (Clinical Psychologist) for the CHES project, Government Girls Home, Kelly's - Chennai and as a Counselor at State Career Guidance Centre, Department of Employment & Training, Government of Tamil Nadu, Guindy, Chennai. While working there she had a good experience of conducting career assessment and counselling for students of Government schools, ITI, worked on a " Special Career Awareness and Skill Training Program for the Juveniles." Jointly organized by STATE CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER, Department of Employment and Training, Tamil Nadu,Chennai-32 and GREATER CHENNAI POLICE, Chennai-09. She Has an experience in coordinating and facilitating more than 50 plus career sessions which were conducted in various topics. Appointed as an internal Examiner to conduct one on one interactive and analyzing sessions for the Undergraduate Students of BCA and BSc Comp Science Department of KRMMC College, Adyar for the paper titled " PERSONALITY ENRICHMENT " She is a registered Professional Counselor (RPC) and member since 2015. (No: RPC/98) Certification:

Trained and certified in using and interpreting the Career Assessment & Counselling assessment tool of Pearson India - MCMF (My Choice My Future) and various other assessment tools.

Trained and certified in the Promotion of Geriatric mental health workshop conducted by Vayomanasa Sanjeevani Geriatric Clinic & Services, NIMHANS, Bangalore.

For further details contact
Mr. Suvisesh Bharadwaj, Coordinator - Youth Wing, Email : youthwingccf@gmail.com, Mobile : +91 8144810483.