Child Psychologists in Kuala Lumpur

Therapy with children follows how children communicate. That is more often through play than through explaining.

Parents bring children about worry, low mood, or behaviour at home or school. Other children come after a family change, or after something frightening.

It is not a school assessment, and it is not a report on parenting.

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.

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.

Practitioners see very young children too, in a different form. Play is a natural way for children to communicate their thoughts, feelings, experiences and trauma. The practitioner picks the method to fit the child, not the other way round. Say your child's age at first contact and ask what a practitioner would do.

Not all of it, and the arrangement is set before the work starts. Parents are treated as partners in the work rather than kept outside it¹. What is shared and what is held differs with the child's age and with local law. Ask a practitioner to set out their arrangement at the first meeting.

Often a practitioner meets the parents first, or the parents and child together. Play, drawing and games are the way in rather than a break from the work. Ask how parents or carers will be involved in the work. Ask before you book.

No. This filter lists practitioners who work with children therapeutically. Educational assessments, reports for schools and reports for courts are separate pieces of work, and not every practitioner does them. If a school has asked for a report, say so at first contact and ask whether a practitioner provides one.

The title you will see is Clinical Psychologist. Search the register by name at Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.

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.