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YourDOST
Introduction
YourDOST (www.yourdost.com) can be thought of as emotional wellness coach! Anyone going through emotional problems or anyone wanting to seek guidance or help on self-improvement, or issues pertaining to relationship, career, parenting, etc. can chat with their experts anytime, anywhere, while being completely anonymous.
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | Dec 2014 |
| Founder | Richa Singh |
| Area served | Online counselling service |
| N.o of employees | 20 |
| Website | www.yourdost.com |
History
When Richa Singh (founder), was studying at IIT Guwahati, one of her hostel-mates committed suicide due to an anticipation of a bad placement. Neither Richa, nor anyone around her had any clue of that girl’s suffering and that she could take such a drastic step. Richa felt this could have been avoided. Even though there were counsellors and experienced psychologists in the campus, hardly anyone was seeking their support/help.
When Richa started working, she saw that people around her were stressed due to job pressures and relationship issues. However again, most of these people were not willing to talk about their problems fearing social implications and for the fear of being called mentally ill.
Richa could see a real problem which needed to be solved, and she envisioned a system where people going through any kind of emotional worries can seek guidance and support. With that, YourDOST was founded.
Currently, there are 250 + Experts on YourDOST that comprise of psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, life coaches, career guides and people with rich and deep life experience. The experts understand the need of the help seeker and guide them through completely confidential individual sessions (through free online chats).
These help in
1.Building healthy personal relationships
2.A productive and satisfying work-life balance
3.A more focused approach towards achieving your goals
4.A more confident self
5.The ability to deal with stress, anxiety, depression and pressures of all kinds and from many sources – personal, societal, peer, etc
Work Culture
The work at YourDOST is challenging yet exciting, with no room for mediocrity. Each and everyone is accountable for individual tasks and responsibilities and is expected to deliver quality results, consistently. Each and everyone works with a goal in mind and meet often to discuss problems and track progress.
Customer Ratings
For App, the average rating is 4.2 (as on 25/042016) on a scale of 5. This is based on 219 responses.