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 Malaysia
- 999, Malaysia's emergency number: Tel: 999
- Talian HEAL 15555, the Ministry of Health's crisis line: Tel: 15555
- MIASA Crisis Helpline: Tel: 1800 180 066 | WhatsApp: 03-9765 6088, published by MIASA as its crisis WhatsApp
- Befrienders Kuala Lumpur, answered 24 hours: Tel: +603-7627 2929
- All crisis lines in Malaysia
This page lists Asian Depression Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur. 5 in all.
That is 5 of the 7 counsellors listed in Kuala Lumpur.
These are practitioners who identify as Asian on their profile. It is their own answer. We do not check it, and nothing here is ranked.
Other practitioners chose South Asian, or East and Southeast Asian. This filter does not include them 1.
You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in. Ask a practitioner which language they are comfortable working in.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
The counsellors listed in Kuala Lumpur for depression offer talking sessions of about an hour 2. 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.
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 2.
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 practitioner's stated Asian identity, the specialism recorded as Depression and the professional title counsellor.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Kuala Lumpur?
Hospital Ampang Specialist Psychiatry and Mental Health Clinic. Phone +60 3 4289 6423. The hospital's public fee guide covers Malaysian citizens referred to the specialist clinic. A government hospital or clinic referral makes the first visit free, with follow-ups at RM5. A private-practitioner referral costs RM30 for the first visit and RM5 for follow-ups. Specified exempt groups pay nothing. The hospital publishes public referral/document guidance and specialist-clinic fees for government and private referrals. The facility is in Ampang within the continuous Kuala Lumpur urban area and provides scheduled weekday outpatient psychiatric care.
The Kuala Lumpur page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English and Malay-Indonesian.
Who registers therapists in Malaysia?
The title you will see is Registered Counsellor.
In Malaysia a counsellor must be registered and hold a practising certificate, and among psychologists only clinical psychologists sit on a statutory register. See the Malaysia page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Depression Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur
- Female Depression Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur
- Asian Anxiety Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur
- Asian Couples Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur
- Asian Grief Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur
- Asian Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur, one filter on the full Kuala Lumpur counsellors list
- Asian Female Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur, two filters on the full Kuala Lumpur counsellors list
- Asian Male Counsellors in Kuala Lumpur, two filters on the full Kuala Lumpur counsellors list
- All therapists listed in Kuala Lumpur (30)
- Marriage counselling, Kuala Lumpur
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
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