Psychology & Mental Health Volunteer Programmes
Hands-On Experience in Psychology and Mental Health: Volunteer Programmes Abroad
Take your psychology learning beyond the classroom with volunteer programmes designed to give you practical work-based experience. As part of charity-led projects, you’ll work side-by-side with local professionals and make a real difference in communities where mental health support is needed the most.
Whether you’re looking for a clinical psychology placement or a tailor-made psychology and mental health volunteer opportunity, get in touch and unlock the potential of your psychology degree while creating lasting change.
Choose a programme below and start your volunteer adventure today!
VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHTS
- Develop Practical Psychology Skills: Apply psychological theories and techniques in real-world settings, honing your counselling, assessment, and intervention abilities.
- Experience New Cultural Perspectives: Gain insight into the psychological experiences and challenges of diverse communities, enhancing your cultural awareness and competence.
- Make a Difference in Mental Health: Contribute to the improvement of mental health access and care, promoting well-being and resilience among individuals and communities.
- Advance Your Psychology Career: Acquire valuable work experience, build professional connections, and strengthen your resume for future opportunities in psychology and related fields.
PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH
WHY VOLUNTEER WITH
VOCATIONAL IMPACT?
We were founded with a goal to turn the volunteer travel industry on its head.
It’s simple really, the largest percentage of your donation goes directly to our long-term partner projects and we match your unique skills and goals to the place they’ll make the most impact.
We prioritise the sustainable development of communities around the world and want people to have rewarding experiences that they know really make a difference to the people they’re working with.
Get in touch with our volunteer coordinators to understand how your tailor-made programme can directly support projects across the world whilst giving you the professional experience that will help you stand out from the crowd.
Hear from our volunteers
Spending time with the kids in the afternoon was wonderful! I feel like I have made friends for life. Meeting the kids and Smriti aunt and seeing the life she has built for them and the experiences she ensures they have was truly inspiring. Also seeing the children’s love for each other and how they built their own family away from their birth givers was great.
When I was in the Psychology Department I got to learn and contribute to some of the case studies that were being taught to the Psychiatric Nurse students. The rehabilitation clinic had a visiting group of Americans who made us all have counselling sessions, along with the clients. Hearing everyone’s own stories as well as giving my own contributions really helped me understand myself more.
I cultivated so much compassion, empathy, and understanding that this will definitely help me in my future profession. I will be able to have a better understanding of situations that I cannot directly relate to. It gives me understanding and perspective for things that are not my own. I understand hardship on a new level and this understanding creates empathy and this empathy can only be of benefit for a psychotherapist.
My time at the Psychiatric Hospital was phenomenal. It really was a life-changing, eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and incredibly rewarding experience. Tony, the coordinator there, was so inspiring, and the level of organization and care at the facility was truly impressive.
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"International volunteering gives you cross-cultural experiences and understandings of your subject field - learning and applying your psych knowledge outside the classroom whilst having an amazing international travel experience - why wouldn’t you want to go?!"
Thinking of boosting your psychology career with real-world experience? Discover how volunteering abroad can be a game-changer for psychology students.
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