How Much Does Therapy Cost in Tehran in 2026?

Iran sets an official state price list for psychology and counselling sessions. The Cabinet-approved tariff for 1405 (March 2026 to March 2027) prices a 45-minute session by the practitioner's qualification and the type of facility, nationwide. At a state facility a session with a master's-level psychologist is 2,963,250 rials (about 296,000 tomans); in the private sector a senior doctorate-level session tops the schedule at 10,806,000 rials (about 1,081,000 tomans).

These are guiding estimates. Practitioners set their own fees where the tariff is not enforced; the schedule is the official benchmark.

The 1405 tariff, in full

All figures are rials per 45-minute session. (Iranians usually quote prices in tomans; one toman is ten rials.)

Practitioner	State facility	Non-state public	Charity/endowment	Private
Master's	2,963,250	5,494,000	7,042,000	7,645,000
Master's, 15+ years	3,412,650	6,332,000	8,214,000	8,951,000
Doctorate	3,582,000	6,632,000	8,696,000	9,500,000
Doctorate, 15+ years	4,031,400	7,460,000	9,868,000	10,806,000

Two facts follow from the table. The facility type moves the price more than the qualification does: the same practitioner costs roughly two and a half times more privately than at a state centre. And because the schedule is annual, any figure quoted from an earlier year is obsolete; the tariff is re-approved each Persian year, and 1405 figures expire in March 2027.

How to use it

At state facilities the tariff is what you pay; at private practices in Tehran it is the official benchmark to ask about. The Psychology and Counselling Organization, which announces the schedule, states that compliance is overseen nationwide; a practice charging far above the private-sector line is charging above the state's own price. Whether health insurance contributes to psychology sessions varies by insurer and policy; ask yours, and treat the tariff as the reference figure.

If you need someone now

• State Welfare Organization counselling line: 1480, seven days a week, 08:00 to midnight.

Sources

• Khabar Online, the 1405 psychology and counselling tariff table: the Cabinet approval, the 45-minute basis, and every figure above, as announced by the head of the Psychology and Counselling Organization via ISNA. Reporting of the official announcement, labelled as such. Read 28 July 2026.
• Psychology and Counselling Organization of Iran, pcoiran.ir: the Organization's own tariff page (announcement dated 24 Mordad 1405). Read 28 July 2026.

Reviewed July 2026. The tariff figures are the state's own schedule for 1405 as announced by the Organization's head, read on 28 July 2026 and labelled to their reporting source; they expire with the Persian year in March 2027. The toman equivalents are the rial figures divided by ten, shown so you can check them.