Find Family Psychotherapists in Mumbai, India

Family therapy works with the relationships between people rather than one person's symptoms. It is talking therapy aimed at improving relationships among family members ¹. It can involve any combination of them.

Families come with conflict, separation, a child's behaviour, illness or bereavement. Some come with the strain of caring for someone. A therapist may also meet members on their own ².

It is not a report for a court or a school. The therapist does not decide who is at fault. Ask a practitioner who they would want in the room.

Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours ³.

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

K.E.M. Hospital - Psychiatry Department. Phone +91 22 2410 7492. The municipal hospital's frequently asked questions page publishes an outpatient case-paper charge of ₹10. It says medicines on the municipal schedule are free. The hospital is open to the public. The low outpatient case-paper charge does not depend on insurance eligibility.

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