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 answer now:
Crisis numbers in India
- 112, India's emergency number: Tel: 112
- Tele-MANAS, the national mental health helpline: Tel: 14416 | Tel: 1-800 891 4416 (an alternative toll-free number, printed on the same page)
- KIRAN, mental health rehabilitation: Tel: 1800-599-0019
- Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: Tel: +91 9999 666 555 | WhatsApp: +91 9999 666 555
- All crisis lines in India
This page lists Family Counsellors in Delhi. 5 in all.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
The counsellors listed in Delhi for family relationships offer talking sessions of about an hour 1. 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 1.
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 specialism recorded as Family and the professional title counsellor.
Paying for therapy in Delhi
Do affordable options exist in Delhi?
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital Psychiatry Department. Phone +91 11 25494402. Care at this state government hospital is free. The psychiatry outpatient clinic is open to the public from Monday to Saturday. You must register at the hospital first.
The Delhi page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English and Hindi/Urdu.
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
References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
