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 can help:
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, 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 Female Depression Psychotherapists in Lahore. 7 in all.
That is 7 of the 8 psychotherapists listed in Lahore.
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 it.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman.
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.
How depression is treated
Effective psychological treatments include behavioural activation and cognitive-behavioural therapy 3. Interpersonal psychotherapy and problem-solving therapy are also used. In the World Health Organization's words: ‘Psychological treatments are the first treatments for depression.’ ‘They can be combined with antidepressant medicines in moderate and severe depression.’
Effective treatment exists for mild, moderate and severe depression. A depressive episode means low mood, or loss of interest in things you enjoyed. It lasts most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.
Low mood after a loss or a hard year is not automatically a disorder, though support can help. Ask a practitioner what they would suggest, and why.
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.
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 practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Depression and the professional title psychotherapist.
The Lahore page answers more questions about therapy there.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Lahore?
Fountain House Lahore. Phone +92 42 37110798. The official site says outpatient services are free for less privileged people. The service is for community members seeking psychiatric or rehabilitation care.
Lower-fee services in Lahore
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, King Edward Medical University (Mayo Hospital, Lahore) in Lahore offers a daily outpatient clinic, an acute care unit, child psychiatry clinics and individual, family and group psychotherapy.4
- Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab in Lahore offers assessment and treatment services at what its own page calls an affordable cost.5
Who registers therapists in Pakistan?
See the Pakistan page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English, Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi.
Nearby places and related listings
- Depression Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Female Depression Counsellors in Lahore
- Female Depression Psychologists in Lahore
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Female Couples Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Female Grief Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Psychologists in Lahore
- Every therapist listed in Lahore (92)
- Marriage counselling, Lahore
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Depressive disorder (depression).
[5] Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)