If you or your child are in immediate danger, or your child has hurt themselves or talked about it, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. The line listed below is a children's and young people's line. Child helplines and crisis lines:
Crisis numbers in Kenya
- National Child Helpline 116: Tel: 116 | Tel: 0724 555 251 (Call or text) | WhatsApp: +254 722 116 116. 24 hours.
- Not a local line: helplines and suicide hotlines worldwide
- All crisis lines in Kenya
This page lists Teen Counsellors in Nairobi. 16 in all.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
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.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems.
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.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Teen and the professional title counsellor.
The Nairobi page answers more questions about therapy there.
What therapy costs here
Do affordable options exist in Nairobi?
Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital - General Mental Health Outpatient Services. Phone +254 20 2337694. Kenya's Social Health Authority covers mental health care in its benefits package. Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital is accredited by the Authority and says so in its own public material. To use that cover you must be registered with the Authority, and what it pays for is set by its benefit rules. The hospital runs an ordinary outpatient clinic from Monday to Friday. Ring the hospital's enquiries line to arrange an appointment. It is an enquiries line, not a crisis line.
Who registers therapists in Kenya?
The title you will see is Counsellor. The register is held by the Counsellors and Psychologists Board (CPB). The Board's online check asks for an application number, not a name.
What these practitioners record
3 of the 16 have included their registration on their profile.
Sessions here are offered in English and Kiswahili.
Nearby places and related listings
- Black Teen Counsellors in Nairobi
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
