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 answer now:
Crisis numbers in Kenya
- Gender Violence Recovery Centre, 0800 720 565, for gender-based violence: Tel: 0800 720 565 (toll-free) | Tel: 0719 638 006 (headquarters)
- NACADA Toll-Free Helpline, for alcohol and drug abuse: Tel: 1192
- Childline Kenya, for children: Tel: 116 | Call or text: 0724 555 251 / 0732 263 554 | WhatsApp: +254 722 116 116
- Befrienders Kenya, for suicide prevention and emotional distress: Tel: +254 722 178 177 (call, SMS or WhatsApp; one number for all three)
- All crisis lines in Kenya
This page lists Female Psychologists in Machakos. 2 in all.
That is 2 of the 3 psychologists listed in Machakos.
These are practitioners who identify as female on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check the answer, and nothing here is ranked.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman. While many people prefer this, we found no research on whether it changes how the therapy goes.
A client and a practitioner always differ; what matters is what that means to you and how you work with it 2. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
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 Female identity and the professional title psychologist.
The Machakos page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Who registers therapists in Kenya?
The title you will see is Psychologist. Search the register by name at Counsellors and Psychologists Board (CPB). A current entry is that body's own published record of the person.
A practitioner must hold that registration to practise legally in Kenya. See the Kenya page.
Nearby places and related listings
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)
