READ THIS FIRST. If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, please get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic immediately. If you are in crisis, consider these helplines and suicide hotlines worldwide.
Crisis numbers in India
- 112, India's emergency number: Tel: 112
- Tele-MANAS, 14416, the national mental health helpline: Tel: 14416 | Tel: 1-800 891 4416 (an alternative toll-free number, printed on the same page)
- KIRAN, 1800-599-0019, mental health rehabilitation: Tel: 1800-599-0019
- Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: Tel: +91 9999 666 555 | WhatsApp: +91 9999 666 555
- All crisis lines in India
India has 1,202 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including counselling psychologists, psychologists and clinical psychologists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 1,202 (Counselling Psychologists 416, Psychologists 156, Clinical Psychologists 115, Psychotherapists 113, Counsellors 86, Psychological Counsellors 30, Therapists / Counsellors (Qualifying) 19, Registered Clinical Psychologists 18). Professions given by 1,086 of them.
- Languages
- English 99%, Hindi/Urdu 85%, Tamil 10%, Marathi 9%, Gujarati 8%.
- Session fees
- Across India: ₹800 to ₹3,000 for a session, per our India fee guide. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across India 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 India available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in India with therapists listed
- Delhi (308)
- Bangalore (270)
- Mumbai (229)
- Gurgaon (93)
- Pune (82)
- Chennai (79)
- Kolkata (60)
- Hyderabad (54)
- Noida (49)
- Ahmedabad (32)
- Jaipur (17)
- Ghaziabad (16)
- Allahabad (12)
- Chigaranahalli (12)
- Hubballi (12)
- Lucknow (12)
- Chandigarh (10)
- Vadodara (7)
- Faridabad (6)
- Shimla (6)
- Bhopal (5)
- Dehradun (5)
- Indore (5)
- Ludhiana (5)
Every other city in India with a therapist listed (107)
A (8 cities)
B (4 cities)
C (5 cities)
D (3 cities)
E (2 cities)
F (2 cities)
H (5 cities)
I (3 cities)
J (3 cities)
K (13 cities)
M (6 cities)
N (11 cities)
P (10 cities)
R (4 cities)
S (12 cities)
T (4 cities)
U (1 city)
V (2 cities)
W (1 city)
Y (1 city)
Z (1 city)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (60)
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.
Aligarh, Alipurduar, Ambattur, Asarwa, Baghmara, Bakshi Ka Talab, Bangarapet, Bardez, Bareilly, Basi, Belagavi, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Dadri, Dhanbad, Dhuri, Dispur, Firozabad, Firozpur, Gamharia, Gopalganj, Gorakhpur, Haridwar, Himmatnagar, Jalukie, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jharsuguda, Jorhat, Kaksa, Kanayannur, Kanke, Kanpur Nagar, Kichha, Kolar, Kunnatnad, Madgaon, Mettur, Mulshi, Mumbai Goa Edinburgh, Ottapalam, Panvel, Pattambi, Penamaluru, Perinthalmanna, Ponneri, Raipur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Sanganer, Shahabad, Sivasagar, Tambaram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Udhampur, Ulhasnagar, Varanasi, Vatva, Yelahanka, Yercaud
In India, no single licence covers every mental-health role, and regulation is split by profession under separate laws. A clinical psychologist is enrolled on the Central Rehabilitation Register kept by the Rehabilitation Council of India, and only a person enrolled there may practise as a rehabilitation professional. Psychologists and counsellors register with the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions, which keeps a separate national register.
Membership of a professional association is not statutory registration. For a psychiatrist you can check the Indian Medical Register held by the National Medical Commission. Verify with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) or National Medical Commission (NMC).
Therapy fees in India are set by each therapist, and practitioners in the same city may charge very differently from one another. The wider price ranges quoted online come from blogs and market guides rather than any official source, so read them as advertising rather than evidence. On insurance, the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 requires every insurer to make provision for treatment of mental illness on the same basis as physical illness.
Ask your insurer what your policy covers before assuming therapy is out of pocket. The same Act gives a right to mental healthcare run or funded by the government. That route starts at a government hospital or a community health centre, where a nominal registration fee is followed by assessment and treatment inside the public system.
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics, not to investors or corporate interests. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
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.