If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in India
- Tele-MANAS: Tel: 14416 | Tel: 1-800 891 4416. 24 hours.
- Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: Tel: +91 9999 666 555 | WhatsApp: +91 9999 666 555. 24 hours.
- AASRA helpline: Tel: 022 2754 6669. 24 hours.
- 1Life crisis support line: Tel: 7893078930. 24 hours.
- All crisis lines in India
This page lists Female Addiction Counsellors in Bangalore. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 4 counsellors listed in Bangalore.
These are practitioners who identify as female on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check the answer, and nothing here is ranked.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman. While many people prefer this, we found no research on whether it changes how the therapy goes.
A client and a practitioner always differ; what matters is what that means to you and how you work with it 2. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
The counsellors listed in Bangalore for addiction offer talking sessions of about an hour 3. Counselling usually runs weekly, for a set number of sessions.
Assessment, diagnosis and medicine sit outside counselling; ask who provides them where you are. Open the profiles below to compare experience, language, fee, and whether they work online. Ask how soon each one can see you.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems 3.
The training emphasises the conversation itself. Sessions usually stay close to something happening now: a loss, a relationship, work, a decision. That focus is what most often separates counselling from longer psychotherapy.
A counsellor is not a medical doctor and does not prescribe or diagnose. Ask a counsellor what they work with, and for how long.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title counsellor.
What therapy costs here
What does therapy cost in Bangalore?
Our Bangalore fee guide puts a session at ₹1,000 to ₹3,000. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.
Do affordable options exist in Bangalore?
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. The exemptions and free medicines are only for patients who qualify as below the poverty line or indigent.
The Bangalore page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Who registers therapists in India?
Titles you will see include Rehabilitation Counsellor and Counsellor.
In India registration goes by category: a clinical psychologist is enrolled on a statutory register, while counsellor sits on none. See the India page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Addiction Counsellors in Bangalore
- Female Addiction Psychologists in Bangalore
- Female Addiction Psychotherapists in Bangalore
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- Female Anxiety Counsellors in Bangalore
- Female Couples Counsellors in Bangalore
- Female Depression Counsellors in Bangalore
- Female Grief Counsellors in Bangalore
- Every therapist listed in Bangalore (293)
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References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
