Find Depression Counsellors in Kolkata, India

The counsellors listed in Kolkata for depression 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.

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.

Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital – Psychiatry Department. Phone +91 33 2284 4834. The West Bengal government says most services at its government health facilities are free. The hospital's psychiatry department runs an outpatient clinic that is open to the public.

• Institute of Psychiatry - Centre of Excellence, Kolkata in Kolkata offers outpatient psychiatric treatment including a mood disorder clinic and a family counselling clinic run by its Psychiatric Social Work department.²

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.