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 Pakistan
- Sehat Tahaffuz 1166, the national health helpline: Tel: 1166
- Taskeen Health Initiative, 11 AM to 11 PM: Tel: +92 316 827 5336
- Rozan Counseling Help Line, 0800-22-444: Tel: 0800-22-444, the number Rozan labels as toll-free. | Tel: 0304-111-1741; Rozan notes regular charges apply to this one.
- Sindh Mental Health Authority, for readers in Sindh: Tel: 021 111 117 642, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. | Tel: 022 111 117 642, Sir Cowasji Jahangir Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hyderabad. | Tel: 021 9921 5720, Dr Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi.
- All crisis lines in Pakistan
This page lists Addiction Psychotherapists in Islamabad. 4 in all.
What addiction treatment covers
Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.
Screening, brief intervention and treatment all exist for hazardous drinking 1. Those services do not reach most of the people who need them.
Treatments used include cognitive behavioural and behavioural therapies 2. Some work through a person's social network and environment.
Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence 3. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.
Detoxification alone is not treatment 4. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours 5.
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.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title psychotherapist.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Islamabad?
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences - Department of Psychiatry. Phone +92 51 9261170. PIMS says eligible patients can receive financial assistance or charity care. Its yearbook records Zakat and Bait-ul-Maal assistance, including free medicines. PIMS accepts patients of all ages and says it serves Islamabad and the surrounding regions. It publishes public outpatient hours.
The Islamabad page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English, Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi.
Who registers therapists in Pakistan?
Our records name no register for the title psychotherapist in Pakistan. See the Pakistan page for the professions that do carry a register there.
Nearby places and related listings
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References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
