After encountering a deeply personal loss of a friend to suicide owing to fear of not being placed during my undergraduate days, it made me think seriously about doing something in the emotional wellness space. Later on after noticing people around myself and my then colleague and now co-founder Puneet, we found so many unspoken issues surrounding job pressure, relationship issues, confidence issues, self-esteem issues, etc. affected almost everyone. Yet people were very hesitant to talk about all this with a professional owing to two main reasons: Stigma and Lack of awareness. The seeds of YourDOST were sown way back in 2010 when we applied to a social venture competition ISB iDiya which did not see fruition. However, we started speaking to a lot of people who had taken counseling as well as experts who provide counseling. We started capturing these experiences anonymously in a blog. This was the origin of YourDOST. We launched it as an emotional wellness platform in Dec. 2014 which provides access to experts (professional psychologists & coaches) and self-help tools (personality tests, learning modules, motivational stories, and psychoeducational content). With 1000+ experts on the platform, users can reach out to them 24x7 for guidance related to anxiety, relationships, career, academics, sexual wellness, self-improvement, and more. The key aspect of this product is that people are kept completely anonymous throughout the platform. Today, YourDOST has grown to become a holistic emotional wellness organisation working with corporates, educational institutions, incubators, and government agencies to help them take care of their communities’ emotional wellness. We work with them through awareness modules, self-help tools, 1on1 counseling intervention, and organisation level diagnostic and reporting.
Stigma - Seeking professional support is still majorly considered a taboo in India and the fear of judgement keeps them from seeking support for it. With the use of Technology, YourDOST provides a private, confidential and judgement-free platform.
जागरूकता - परामर्शः किम्, कदा परामर्शार्थं गन्तव्यम् इति विषये भारतीयेषु जागरूकतायाः अभावः अस्ति. स्वस्य ब्लोग् तथा सामाजिकमाध्यमसामग्रीणां माध्यमेन YourDOST मानसिकस्वास्थ्यविषये जागरूकतां प्रसारयति यत् जनाः स्वमनसि वहन्ति ये केऽपि चिन्ताः, संशयाः, मिथकाः च तान् दूरीकर्तुं शक्नुवन्ति.
Availability - Physical availability of good mental health professionals is scarce in India and thus over 13.81 Indian crore people still go without the professional support that they need. YourDOST makes it possible to connect with 900+ Experts for professional guidance 24x7 through its platform thus tackling this problem head-on.
Accessibility -To make professional mental health support reasonably available, YourDOST has tied up (through formal MoUs) with college, corporates, schools, government bodies etc. for institutions to subscribe to YourDOST and their community receiving counselling services for free.
वयं क्रमशः कार्यस्थलस्य कल्याणस्य छात्रकल्याणस्य च कार्यक्रमानां डिजाइनं निष्पादनं च कर्तुं निगमैः शैक्षिकसंस्थाभिः सह साझेदारी कुर्मः. वयम् अधुना 500+ तः अधिकानां एतादृशानां संस्थागतग्राहकानाम् सुखिनः अधिकलचीलानां च समुदायानाम् निर्माणे सहायतां कुर्मः. सुखं लचीलतां च वर्धयितुं ध्यानं दत्त्वा तथा च संगठनानां समग्रसंस्कृतेः प्रभावं कृत्वा वयं 3 स्तरेषु हस्तक्षेपं प्रदामः - व्यक्तिगतस्तरः (आत्म-परिचर्या) - YourDOST इत्यस्य वेबसाइट्/एप्लिकेशनस्य माध्यमेन, व्यक्तिभ्यः मनोवैज्ञानिकानां प्रशिक्षकाणां च व्यावसायिकमार्गदर्शनार्थं 24x7 तत्क्षणं प्राप्यते, मूल्याङ्कनसाधनं यत् तेषां स्वं अधिकतया अवगन्तुं साहाय्यं करोति, तथा च आत्मसहायतामॉड्यूलानि प्रशिक्षणं च स्वस्य परिचर्यायै कौशलं विकसितुं, अधिकलचीलतायाः सह प्रतिकूलतायाः सामना कर्तुं तथा च स्वपरिसरस्य समर्थनं दातुं च. दलस्तरः (सहकर्मी-समर्थनम्) - वयं संगठनानां नेतारः, प्रबन्धकानां, कर्मचारिणां, कर्मचारीसदस्यानां, छात्राणां इत्यादीनां कृते अनुरूपं प्रशिक्षणं कार्यक्रमं च कुर्मः येन सहकर्मीसमर्थनरूपरेखां निर्मातुं निष्पादयितुं च सहायता भवति, तथा च समर्थकं परिचर्याशीलं च दलसंस्कृतिः. संगठनात्मकस्तर (कार्यस्थलसंस्कृतिः) - वयं वैज्ञानिकविश्लेषणस्य आँकडानां च माध्यमेन संगठनानां नेतृत्वेन सह सक्रियरूपेण कार्यं कुर्मः येन तेषां सहानुभूतिपूर्णस्य उच्चप्रदर्शनस्य च संस्कृतिस्य निर्माणार्थं समग्रकार्यस्थलस्तरस्य अन्तरालस्य अवगमने पूरणे च सहायता भवति.
In the 8+ years since its inception, YourDOST has supported over 20 lakh+ lives in their most difficult time through effective counseling support. This includes almost 10,000 crises where lives have been saved. These consist of community members of 500+ educational institutions, corporate organisations and government departments. Among these are over 8,000 young migrant workers and health workers who received appropriate guidance wherein YourDOST Experts helped by understanding their real problems through counseling sessions to remain positive during COVID-19 induced lockdown and job loss. Also, in partnership with Haryana’s Department of Higher Education, YourDOST launched a free counseling helpline during the pandemic thus providing free support to more than 1,00,000 college students in the state Currently, YourDOST conducts 800+ one on one counseling sessions on a daily basis.
2022 WTI Women Award
2022 Start-Up India Award for the Health & Wellness Category
Gold Award-IHW Council in Mental Health Brand Category – 2020
Google SMB Heroes award- Google India, for Impacting Change through digital – 2017
2022 WTI Women Award
2022 Start-Up India Award for the Health & Wellness Category
Gold Award-IHW Council in Mental Health Brand Category – 2020
Google SMB Heroes award- Google India, for Impacting Change through digital – 2017
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