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Crisis numbers in Costa Rica
- Aquí Estoy, the national crisis line (800-AQESTOY): Tel: 800-AQESTOY, which dials as 800-2737869
- Línea Aquí Estoy of the Ministry of Education, for students and their families: Tel: 2459-1598 | Tel: 2459-1599
- All crisis lines in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has 6 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including chartered psychologists, psychologists and certified professional counsellors.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 6 (Chartered Psychologists 2, Psychologists 2, Certified Professional Counsellors 1, Clinical Psychologists 1).
- How they see clients
- online 1 (17%), online and in person 5 (83%).
- Languages
- Spanish 83%, English 67%, German 17%.
- Who they work with
- Adults, Couples, Individuals, Organisations, Parents, Adolescents, Children.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Costa Rica differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in Costa Rica available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in Costa Rica with therapists listed
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (1)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
San Jos
Licensing arrangements for therapy differ a great deal from one country to the next, and for Costa Rica TherapyRoute cannot point you to a national register to check a practitioner against. That is a limit of what we hold, not a statement that no such body exists. The questions still travel: ask a practitioner what training they completed, what title they use, and whether they hold a registration anywhere, then ask to see it.
Someone who is registered will answer plainly. You can read how therapy regulation differs between countries.
What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. See how to think about the cost of therapy.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
TherapyRoute is not for emergencies and does not provide medical advice. All of our content is informational and cannot replace professional healthcare. In an emergency, contact a local emergency service. For immediate support, consider a local helpline.