Find Trauma Psychotherapists in Hyderabad, India

Trauma therapy treats what stays behind after a frightening or overwhelming event. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy and EMDR are the recommended treatments ¹².

World Health Organization guidance recommends both for post-traumatic stress disorder ³. Cognitive therapy and narrative exposure therapy are also used.

Treatment usually includes preparation, and work on the memory itself comes later. It is for people whose symptoms have persisted.

Not everyone who has been through something bad needs it. Ask a practitioner which approaches they are trained in.

Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours ⁴.

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 Hyderabad fee guide puts a session at ₹800 to ₹3,000. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.

Institute of Mental Health Hyderabad. Phone +91 40 2381 3252. The institute says it collects no service charges. All outpatients receive essential medicines free. New and returning patients can attend the general psychiatry outpatient clinic on working days.

Our records name no register for the title psychotherapist in India. See the India page for the professions that do carry a register there.