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.
- DISHA 1056, statewide health helpline (Kerala and Lakshadweep): Tel: 1056 (Toll-free) | Tel: 0471-2552056 (Landline). 24 hours.
- All crisis lines in India
This page lists Male Psychologists in Kochi. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 7 psychologists listed in Kochi.
These are practitioners who identify as male on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check it.
This list answers an explicit request for a man.
Identifying as a man is a different thing from working with men's concerns. A client and a practitioner always differ, whatever they share 2.
What a psychologist does, and where assessment fits in
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.
Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.
Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Male identity and the professional title psychologist.
The Kochi page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in Kochi
Do affordable options exist in Kochi?
General Hospital Ernakulam Psychiatry Department. Phone +91 484 2386000. Kerala's public mental health entitlement gives free care to people below the poverty line and to people who are destitute or homeless. Essential psychotropic medicines are free in government-funded services. The psychiatry outpatient department is in central Ernakulam and is open to the public. The free care under the statute is only for those specified protected groups.
Who registers therapists in India?
Titles you will see include Clinical Psychologist, Rehabilitation Psychologist and Psychologist.
In India registration goes by category: a clinical psychologist is enrolled on a statutory register. Counsellors come under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act 2021, which provides for their registration.
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)


