Find a Therapist in the Dominican Republic

Nobody is listed here yet. The rest of this page still answers two questions that do not depend on our list. Who is entitled to register as a therapist in this country, and where to get help urgently.

The Dominican mental health law builds a national network with three levels of care. Law 12-06 makes the first level the door into that network. It covers outpatient care, prevention, follow-up, emergencies and home visits.

Primary care units and community mental health centres sit at that level. The law also requires a crisis intervention unit in each specialised general hospital. Law 12-06 sets no scale of charges. Nor does Law 22-01, which created the Dominican College of Psychologists.

See how to think about the cost of therapy.

Psychology in the Dominican Republic is governed by Ley 22-01 of 2001. That law created the Colegio Dominicano de Psicólogos. It asks for three things: an exequátur granted by the Executive, registration with the college, and permanent residence in the country. Clinical work needs more.

The law asks for a postgraduate specialisation in clinical psychology. Registration with the college must be in that category. Practising or holding yourself out as a psychologist without meeting the law is an offence. It carries fines and a prison term.

Ask a practitioner for the exequátur and the college registration, and ask to see both.

You can read how therapy regulation differs between countries.