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Acknowledgement

I would like to express my profound gratitude to the Department of Psychology and its Head,
Dr. Rajendra Mhaske, for their invaluable contribution to the completion of my On-The-Job
Training.
I extend my heartfelt appreciation to all those who have contributed to the successful
completion of this university project. Firstly, I express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Juhi
Deshmukh, Professor of the Department of Psychology, for her invaluable guidance, support,
and expertise throughout the entire duration of this project. Her constructive feedback and
insightful suggestions have significantly contributed to the refinement of this work and its
overall success.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Niramay De-addiction Centre for providing me

with the opportunity to be a part of their esteemed organization as an intern . The experience I
gained during my internship has been invaluable and truly grateful for the support and
guidance extended to me throughout this journey. I am also deeply thankful to Mrs. Mukta
Dhavale for her mentorship and providing me with the knowledge about the institution,
addiction and intervention that take place in the organization

Lastly I would like to extend my gratitude towards the whole staff of professional as well as
experiential counselors to impart wisdom about the subject matter and handing me with the
necessary information in order to complete my internship.

Akshata Whaval
MA Part I, Division A
Roll No- 23181041
Department of Psychology
Savitribai Phule Pune University

Certificate of Niramay De-addiction Centre.

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Index

Sr. No. Title Page No.

1. SPPU subject certificate. 1
2. Acknowledgement 2
3. Organization Letter 3
4. Abstract 5
5. Introduction 6
6. Poster of Niramay Rehabilitation Centre 11
7. Activities/ Tasks conducted during OJT 13
8. Psychometric Test 13
9. Activity Conducted 16
10. Feedback of the activity 17
11. OJT Introspective Report 18
12. Conclusion
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Abstract:

I did my On-the-Job training in Niramay de-addiction centre. As a learning student my main job was to

collect as much information about the disorder as I can. There was an induction lecture where I

understood how a newly admitted person is given the information about the program. There were

daily one-on-one discussions with Mukta ma’am where she told the history, initiatives and general

program that an individual goes through after getting admitted.

I conducted a psychometric test on depression using BDI 2, for understanding the extent of depression

these patients might feel while in the program and also contrasting it with people who have

recovered and working as counselors now in the organization. After this I conducted a small game of

‘Zip-Zap-Zoom’ and another activity called as line game.

Reflecting on my training I gained valuable experience of learning about various forms of addiction,

how they get developed, difference between a bad habit and a disorder, the compulsiveness,

intervention planning and planning a schedule for the admitted patients.

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Introduction

Establishment of the organization:

Niramay De-addiction centre was established by Anuradha Karkare on 3rd May 2022. The purpose for

establishing Niramay was to assist people suffering from various forms of addiction to get sober and

function normally in the society like they did before getting addicted. This is done by admitting the

person in the organization for a 2 months program where their behavior is observed and redirected

through routine, personal psychotherapy and various programs held by psychologists and counselors.

Currently the establishment holds a staff of Anuradha ma’am with seven professional counselors, seven

experiential staff (people who were addicted to substances and have recovered and now are sober for

more than a year. Also who now feel they should help other people who are going through similar

problems) two accountants, two cooks. Along with this there is a visiting Psychiatrist once a week and

visiting Physician once a week. Apart from this there are various people who come to take a particular

activity almost daily or weekly like Yoga instructor who comes daily, an art instructor for art based

therapy and a musician for Music based therapy weekly. The cleaning and maintenance of the centre is

done by the patients in the form of therapeutic duty.

History:

Anuradha Karkare Ma’am has 35 years of working as a head of a rehabilitation centre. She opened an

Old Age Home in Kothrud which is known as Rainbow Day care centre. After opening the old age home,

she wanted to open a de-addiction centre; also people who had previously worked with her also wanted

to work in a de-addiction centre established by Anuradha Ma’am as they had similar views on how they

want a de-addiction centre to be.

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She had a vision of rehabilitation centre for people suffering from addiction since she was head at

another rehabilitation centre. This motivated her to establish her own de-addiction centre on 3 rd May

2022 along with several psychotherapist and experiential staff.

Niramay celebrated its 2nd Anniversary on 3rd May 2024 at Nivara Old Age Home. During its anniversary

celebration there was a stall of their another initiative known as ‘Asmita’ which is created to blossom

small businesses especially of people recovering from addiction like making books, calendars or some

dry food products. This initiative is taken to keep people busy as well as creating an opportunity to earn

a small amount for them.

Vision and Mission:

Vision of Niramay is to lead people suffering from addiction towards the path of sobriety and pay

attention that this process won't hamper on their overall development as a person.

The main ethic that Niramay abides by is "consent". Anuradha Karkare Ma'am and all the other people

working in the centre believe that person should get admitted by his or her own accord. They believe

that until the person himself does not feel like changing his behavior and become de-addict, progress

cannot be seen significantly or that visible progress won't be sustainable. For this sustainable changes

there needs to be an intrinsic motivation to change and this is done through practicing person's

autonomy to choose to seek help for their addiction.

Another Vision of Niramay was location. Anuradha Karkare ma’am wanted the place of rehabilitation in

the prime location of the city of Pune. According to her it becomes easy for people living on the outskirts

as well as for people living in the city to come in the actual city area. So it becomes less exhausting and

tiring for the family members who have already endured a lot of pain from the addicted person. That is

why the centre is located in Shaniwar Peth, Pune.

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Mission of Niramay –

“To provide a scientifically designed residential program run by professionals for the substance use

disorder clients and aim to be the one of the best institution in the field of de-addiction in Pune”.

Objectives:

 To provide a structure residential, professionally run program to persons with substance use

disorder.

 To help recovering clients get a different perspective of life which will help them become a

part of the mainstream society on discharge.

Structure:

Duration: 2 months residential Program. (The program might be extended depending on the progress of

that person)

Fee of Admission: Rs 18000/- per month.

It includes- Food, dorm, basic health checkups and tests, psychiatric and physician appointment,

counseling and psychotherapeutic treatment, group activities etc. (the only thing not included are the

medications prescribed to the recoveries as those are subjective).

Medium of instruction: Marathi, Hindi and English.

The daily routine has a huge impact on an individual's growth and this routine also detoxifies people

from their toxic habits. In the case of addiction, it is also of detoxifying a person from those toxins

present in substances invested by a person. There are many things included in these daily routine to aid
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them in improving themselves and having routine helps them stay busy so their mind won't wonder off

to over thinking or negative thoughts.

In Niramay the usual daily routine has a timetable where all the people wakeup at around 6:00 am. After

waking up they do Yoga and meditation from 6:30 am to 8:00 am. Yoga and meditation diverts person's

concentration inwards and get align their physical and mental body in order so they can be more aware

of themselves. At 8:00 am they do their Therapeutic Duty Assignments (TDA). These are basic

maintenance chores given to every admitted person. These assignments include work like sweeping,

wiping, cleaning the utensils, filling water filters, cleaning up any messes etc. TDA makes them realize

about their responsibilities along with cleaning their surroundings. After completing all these works

there is an input session from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. Input session is conducted with whole group where

either professional psychologists or experiential counselors impart wisdom to people and provide them

with tools necessary for introspection so their belief of staying away from substances gets strengthened

and any urges get decreased. After input session is done everyone has their breakfast and sits down to

write their worksheets at 11:00 am. These worksheets have various questions, hypothetical situations,

statements etc so individual can reflect upon themselves. According to their progress these worksheets

are given to write down after which these get reviewed by their assigned psychotherapist to gain more

information about them to plan appropriate intervention. From 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm there is a reading

session where either AA literature is read to them or a psychological book.

After this at 1:00 pm everybody has their lunch and they take their breaks till 3:00 pm. From 3:00 pm to

4:00 pm an output session is conducted. In output sessions doubts, confusions and issues of people are

addressed in group setting. This helps them vocalize their concerns and get answers directly. After that

from 4:30 to 5:30 Games and other recreational activities like drawing, painting, singing building etc are

taken. There is also a quiet time assigned to everyone from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm on Monday, Wednesday
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and Friday. Then everybody has their dinner, do their meditation for 20 minutes and lights are off at

10:00 pm which means that everyone is expected to sleep by 10 pm.

During their 2 month program they can work from home (means from the facility) if they need to so

they don’t suffer financially because of their adjustment. It reduces their stress regarding finances if they

are the primary wage earner in their house or are not permitted holiday for 2 months due to personal

reasons. It also keeps them busy without isolating them with rest of the world.

Niramay Rehabilitation Centre accommodates up to 30 admissions, because it has that much allotment.

It is situated in Shaniwar Peth. It a three storied cozy space. On ground floor they generally conduct

various group activities and group sessions, on first floor the space is used as individual counseling cells,

Staff offices, a library and leisure space. On second and third floor there are accommodations of the

people who are admitted. The place is always clean and maintained. It also has a lot of creative

decorations and paintings included throughout the building.

The ‘Asmita’ initiative:

This was developed a year ago for patients to have an engaging task which will also create a source of

their employment. It started with a simple activity of making a paper bag of old news paper. It seems

easy, but need a lot of mental math geometric-spatial knowledge and hand-eye coordination. So they

decided to have this activity weekly and saw their overall recovery improve as well. After this they

decided to take official orders from people so it will fill their time and keep them productive. It also does

not feel like therapy it feels more like a regular work so they are less rigid to do the work for this

initiative. Now ‘Asmita’ Initiative includes paper bags in 3 sizes, small paper boxes for gifts and jewellery,

flour making, cloth/vegetable bags and many more items.

Recently they’ve also started a new podcast on YouTube to inform people about addiction.
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Activities/ Tasks conducted during OJT:

Need Analysis – a formal, systematic process of identifying and evaluating training that should be done,

or specific needs of an individual or group of employees, customers, suppliers, etc. In Niramay de-

addiction centre, there were major two activities conducted.

 Psychometric Test on 6 people.

 A Small Activity

1) Psychometric Test

Objectives of the activity: To check the severity of Depression using BDI 2 by Aron. T. Beck.

Plan of the Activity: Using a psychometric test of Depression given by Aron T Beck called as BDI 2, to

know if there is a depression amongst the people who are admitted for rehabilitation in Niramay de-

addiction centre. BDI questionnaires will be given to 6 participants and instructions will be given to solve

the questionnaire. The solved questionnaire will be then scored and interpreted according to the

following range from 0 to 63:

 1 to 10- These ups and downs are considered normal

 11 to 16- Mild mood Disturbances

 17 to 20- Borderline Clinical Depression

 21 to 30- Moderate Depression

 31 to 40- Severe Depression

 Over 40- Extreme Depression

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Instructions- This questionnaire consists of 21 groups of statements. Please read each group of

statements carefully. And then pick out the one statement in each group that best describes the way

you have been feeling during the past two weeks, including today. Circle the number beside the

statement you have picked. If several statements in the group seem to apply equally well, circle the

highest number for that group. Be sure that you do not choose more than one statement for any group,

including Item 16 (Changes in Sleeping Pattern) or Item 18 (Changes in Appetite).

Materials Used- BDI 2 Question Booklet, Scoring and Interpretation key, Stationary.

Results- Score of 5 people from Niramay Rehabilitation Centre was taken and interpreted. It was as

follows:

Participant 1

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Case History- Participant was in his mid 30s. He recently had a relapse and had run away from another

rehabilitation centre. He thinks that he is not feeling guilty of running away from that centre.

Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as participant having Borderline Clinical

Depression.

Participant 2

Case History- Participant was in his early 30s, he was down for some time. He had a relapse 3 months

ago.

Result-11

Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as participant having mild mood disturbances.

Participant 3
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Case History- Participant was in his mid 30s. He feels very low these days. He had a relapse around 3

years ago.

Result-35

Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as participant having Severe Depression.

Participant 4

Case History- Participant in his 40s. He works in the centre. It has been more than a year, he is sober. He

thinks he has emotional outbursts sometimes, but can manage it now better than before.

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Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as mild mood disturbances.

Participant 5

Case History- Participant is in his early 50s. He works at rehabilitation centre for almost two years. He is

sober for 5 years now. He thinks that he is emotionally very healthy and is not depressed at all.

Result- 2

Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as participant being emotionally regulated and

healthy.

Participant 6

Case History- Participant is in his early 50s. He is at rehabilitation centre for almost two months. He

thinks that he is emotionally very healthy and is not depressed at all.

Result- 5

Interpretation- The presented score can be interpreted as participant being emotionally regulated and

healthy.
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Out of these 6 results the first 3 participants were people who are part of the recovering program. These

were also relapsed and then got re-admitted. On the other hand the next 3 participants were

experiential staffs who have been recovered from their addiction and are taking active efforts to help

others in achieving the same. There is also a case which can be made that because these people had the

autonomy and freedom to choose to get admitted they are not in as much of an emotional turmoil and

can quiet manage their negative emotions. This also shows the program set for them working effectively

and making them manage their emotions better than they would otherwise.

Conclusion of the result: Only one participant (3) has severe depression and another participant (1) has

borderline depression. Other 4 participants are good or fair at regulating their emotions with some mild

mood disturbances.

2) A Small Activity

Objectives of the activity- To show participants’ potential within themselves with the help of line game.

Plan of the activity- In this activity participants are asked to draw continuous lines of a whole 1 minute

(lllllllllll) like this. Before starting participants are asked to guess how many lines they would be able

draw in one minute without any disturbances. Once they mark that down tell them to start and on the

timer for 1 minute. After 1 minute is over request them to stop and count the lines they have drawn.

There is a high chance that the prior guess will be lower than the actual lines drawn by them. This

reflects how much they underestimate their own potential and capabilities.

Instructions- “This is a simple task; you just have to draw continuous lines like this (llllllllllll) for a minute.

You have to draw them as fast as possible. Make sure that two separate lines are distinct and are seen

as single line, don’t join them or overlap them over each other. Before we start the timer, just guess

how many lines you would be able to draw in 1 minute. Just note down your guess.”

“Now that you have drawn the lines for 1 minute just count them and note down the actual number of

lines you were able to draw.”

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Material Used- Paper, stationary and timer.

Execution of the Activity-

First a small game was conducted of Zip-Zap-Zoom (Here all the participants form a circle and play this

game to boost their concentration. In this game one player starts a chain by clapping on their left side

and loudly saying ‘Zip’ or on the right side by loudly saying ‘Zap’. Everybody has to continue that chain.)

This game was conducted to improve alertness and increase energy in everybody. After three rounds of

‘Zip-Zap-Zoom’, the line game was conducted, with the appropriate instruction and setting a one minute

timer. Once the activity was conducted, feedback was taken from the participants and they were

debriefed.

Feedback: All the participants conveyed that both; the game and the activity were really nice and

thoughtful. Many participants said that it made them realize how much attention they endure and also

check their reflexes. Some participant also said that it helped them stay in the movement more. They

liked this game so much they might be playing it among themselves as well.

After the line game everybody expressed that they realized how much they have been underestimating

themselves and their potential. They also mentioned that such a simple activity also gave them an

insight about goal setting and they might use the lesson from this activity while actually working on

themselves and think of what they are capable of doing without undermining themselves.
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OJT- Self Introspection Report

Rate the following statements concerning your OJT working period.

Sr.N Statement Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

o Agree Disagree

1 It has given me the opportunity to 

explore my career preferences.
2 It has helped me to apply 
theoretical understanding gained
during class- room lectures.
3 It has helped me to develop 
decision-making and problem
solving skills.
4 It has helped me to enhance 
written and verbal communication
skills.
5 It has helped me to refine 
leadership skills (influencing
others, developing new ideas with
others, encouraging others).
6 It has helped me to develop 
interpersonal skills.
7 It has helped me to refine time 
management skills.
8 It has helped me to become more 
sensitized towards workplace code
of conduct and ethical- moral
standards of work setting.
9 It has helped me to become more 
responsible.
10 It has helped me to become more 
self aware.

Self Introspection Report:

In Niramay daily input and output sessions gave tremendous knowledge. These sessions were to be

attended by everyone so the collective thought was getting reflected. These input sessions were taken
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by Anuradha Ma'am, Vaishali Ma'am, Kadu Sir, Vartika Ma'am, and also by experiential guests like

Mohan Bhagwate etc.

Input sessions discussed topics like:

"Things that are under my control and which things aren't in my control"

Myths about alcoholism

Goal Setting (SMART)

Anger Issues

Existentialism

There are also certain activities taken in input session like 'listing things that bring you joy', 'dum

charades' , 'two truths and a lie' , 'letter to yourself' , 'memory game' etc. These sessions gave patients

insights about their problems, and issues so they would be aware about their behavior and more

mindful in their actions. The activity that I took had a similar effect and patients gave me feedback that it

was a really good session as well.

During the time of on job training there was more information given about how addiction is developed

and how to treat it by Mukta ma'am who guided every step of the way and even provided a book to gain

extra information about any form of substance, its addiction and their effects on a human. The book was

TTK mannual which was written by SS Verma and Asha Das.

There was also the 2nd Anniversary held on 3rd May 2024 which showed how much work in the

community Niramay has done. Anuradha ma'am is a highly experienced psychotherapist who has

assisted in recovering almost hundreds of people and it was clearly displayed during this anniversary.
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Learning:

During my OJT, I gained valuable insights regarding people suffering from addiction. I also learned how

rigid these people are when it comes to thought change and have a victimized and defeated perspective

towards self. To remove those negative blocking patterns that people have been using to face their

problems; Niramay’s intervention planning really helped. I really got to know their inner workings of

how to deal and handle them in general.

It also taught me the problems faced by the families of these patients and how to make them aware of

this disorder and even try to salvage the relations that patient might have ruined due to this disorder,

because families of patients are unaware of the disorder and just think of addiction as a bad habit.
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Conclusion:

In conclusion, the OJT provided a valuable platform for me to enhance my skills in transcription, data

collection, and analysis. Through hands-on experience, I gained proficiency in tasks critical to de-

addiction. Feedback received throughout the process served as a guiding light, illuminating areas for

improvement and facilitating my growth.

Moving forward, I am committed to applying the knowledge and skills acquired during the OJT to future

endeavors. The insights gained from this experience will not only enrich my academic pursuits but also

contribute to my professional development. I am grateful for the opportunity to embark on this journey

of learning and growth, and I look forward to applying these newfound skills in my future endeavors.