Addiction Psychotherapists in Bangalore

Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.

For drug use disorders, the WHO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime list treatments that work, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, contingency management and family therapy ¹.

Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence ². Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.

Detoxification on its own does not treat a drug use disorder. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.

Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.

A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.

Our Bangalore fee guide puts a session at ₹1,000 to ₹3,000. Those are advertised prices.

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). Phone +91 80 2699 5250. Patients below the poverty line and indigent patients can be exempted from the hospital levy and given free medicines. Standard outpatient registration costs ₹100. You can walk in or come by referral.

See the India page for the professions that do carry a register there.