How Much Does Therapy Cost in Quezon City, PH? 2025 Guide

What therapy costs in Quezon City in 2026

A private session in Quezon City costs roughly ₱1,000 to ₱4,000, depending on which professional you see.

These are guiding estimates. Therapists set their own fees.

Based on prices found advertised on multiple blogs, not official authoritative sources. Use with caution.

But Quezon City is the university belt of Metro Manila, and that changes the answer. Two of the country's major psychology departments are here, both run psychological services, and one of them is open to you while the other is not. Knowing which is which saves a wasted trip.

The university clinics, and which door is actually open

Ateneo de Manila: the Bulatao Center

The Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, SJ Center for Psychology Services sits in the Bellarmine Building on Katipunan Avenue in Loyola Heights. It provides counselling, therapy, assessment, training and workshops for children, adolescents and adults: psychological counselling, play therapy, psychotherapy, psychosocial debriefing, skills training and support groups.

It is open to the public, and two parts of it cost nothing:

• A programme providing free non-specialised psychosocial support, delivered online across one to two counselling sessions by graduate students who are recruited, trained and mentored for the work.
• Community-Based Services, the Center's arm providing free services at community level.

The Center does not publish a fee schedule for its standard counselling and assessment work, so ask when you enquire rather than arriving with a figure in mind.

UP Diliman: PsycServ

UP Diliman's Psychosocial Services operates from Vinzons Hall and is genuinely free. But read the eligibility carefully, because this is where people waste a journey. In the university's own words, it is:

"Available for free to UP Diliman students, faculty, REPS, staff (including contractuals and non-UP contractuals)."

That list does not include the general public. If you are a UP Diliman student or you work there in any capacity, including on contract, this is an excellent and free service. If you are not, it is not a route for you, and neither is the Department of Psychology, which lists no public clinic.

We are spelling this out because it is commonly written up as though both university clinics serve anyone who walks in. Only one does.

The national association is also here

The Philippine Mental Health Association has its national office in Quezon City. It is a private, non-profit organisation, some seventy-six years old, working through education, advocacy, intervention and research, and it runs a Clinical and Intervention Service. It also has chapters beyond Metro Manila, including Cebu, Davao and Dumaguete.

It does not publish its fees, and we are not going to attach a figure to its name that it has not published itself. Enquire directly.

If you are paying privately

Professional	Typical session	What they do
Counsellor	₱1,000 – ₱2,500	Talking therapy for day-to-day difficulties.
Clinical psychologist	₱1,500 – ₱3,500	Assessment, psychotherapy, psychological programmes.
Psychiatrist	₱1,500 – ₱4,000	A medical doctor. Diagnoses and prescribes.
Online consultation	generally lower	Often the cheapest route to a licensed practitioner.

These are ranges observed across the Philippines rather than a Quezon City price list, and practitioners set their own fees.

What PhilHealth will and will not cover

PhilHealth runs two mental health packages, and the difference matters if you want talking therapy specifically.

• The general package, ₱9,000 a year, covers screening, assessment, diagnostics, up to twelve follow-up visits, psychoeducation and psychosocial support, and medicines under the mental health medicine access programme. It does not cover psychotherapy.
• The specialty package, ₱16,000 a year, does cover psychotherapy, again capped at twelve follow-up visits, but it is claimed at level 3 hospitals.

Across twelve sessions, ₱16,000 works out at a little over ₱1,300 a visit, which is a real contribution rather than a token one. Ask any practice whether it is PhilHealth accredited before your first appointment, because a private practice is not accredited automatically.

Who is qualified

• Psychiatrist: a medical doctor, licensed through the Professional Regulation Commission's Board of Medicine. Can prescribe.
• Psychologist: registered with the PRC's Board of Psychology. Assessment and psychotherapy.
• Psychometrician: PRC-licensed, but works under a psychologist's supervision. Administers and scores tests and prepares reports. Not qualified to provide independent psychotherapy.
• Counsellor: no mandatory government registration for counsellors generally, though many belong to bodies such as the Philippine Guidance and Counselling Association.

In a city with this much training activity, you may be seen by a graduate student under supervision. That is not a lesser service; supervised trainees are often attentive in ways a busy practitioner cannot be. But you are entitled to know, so ask.

If cost is the obstacle

• The Bulatao Center's free psychosocial support programme, above, is one of the most accessible starting points in the city for someone with no money and no university affiliation.
• The National Center for Mental Health in neighbouring Mandaluyong runs adult, child and adolescent, forensic and crisis services. Its hotline, 0917 899 8727, is free, confidential and staffed around the clock.
• Hopeline on 0917 558 4673 and In Touch Community Services on 0917 800 1123 are both currently operating.
• DOH mental health access sites across Metro Manila provide free medications alongside consultations and referrals.

Sources

• Ateneo de Manila University, Bulatao Center: services, location and the free programmes.
• UP Diliman Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Network, PsycServ: the eligibility statement quoted above.
• PhilHealth, Annex B: Mental Health Benefits Package: package rates, the twelve-visit cap and the target facilities.
• Professional Regulation Commission, Board of Psychology and Board of Medicine.
• Philippine Mental Health Association, pmha.org.ph.
• National Center for Mental Health, contact.

Reviewed July 2026. University clinic details are from each institution's own pages. PhilHealth figures are from the scheme's published benefits annex. Private session ranges are drawn from prices advertised online rather than published fee schedules, because Philippine practitioners do not generally publish them.