Grief Psychotherapists in Mumbai

Grief is a normal response to a death rather than an illness. Counselling helps some people carry it.

The work covers the person who died, the circumstances, and what has changed since. For a smaller number, grief stays intense and daily life does not resume. Clinicians call that prolonged grief disorder, and they treat it differently ¹. If that sounds like you, ask a practitioner whether they treat prolonged grief disorder.

Grief does not run to a timetable. Ask a practitioner whether they work with bereavement. Say what kind of loss it was.

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

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.

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.

See the India page for the professions that do carry a register there.