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The list includes psychologists, counselling psychologists and clinical psychologists.
At a glance
- Who they work with
- Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, Organisations, Groups, All ages.
- Languages
- mostly English, then Kiswahili 70%, Gujarati 2%, Afrikaans 2%, French 1%.
Most of the practitioners listed here work in one city, and the grid below shows which. If that is where you are, start there. If it is not, the summary above sets out what the country's practitioners offer. You can also filter for practitioners who work by video.
Therapy fees in Kenya depend on the practitioner you see and on how you pay. Kenya's NHIF no longer exists. It was replaced by the Social Health Authority under the Social Health Insurance Act No. 16 of 2023, so any page telling you what NHIF covers describes a dissolved scheme.
Funding runs through the Social Health Insurance Fund. Register with the Authority, then start at a primary care clinic it pays for. That clinic can refer you to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Nairobi or a county psychiatric clinic.
Privately, fees track a therapist's profession and seniority, with counsellors generally charging less than psychologists and psychiatrists, as medical specialists, the most.
Read How to think about the cost of therapy in Kenya.
Registration and licensing
One statutory body regulates counselling and psychology in Kenya, the Counsellors and Psychologists Board, under the Counsellors and Psychologists Act, 2014. The titles counsellor and psychologist are protected, and using either without registration is an offence.
A practitioner also needs a current practising licence, and the law gives an unlicensed person no way to make you pay for the work. Psychiatrists are doctors and answer to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.
You can open the Board's eCitizen verification service, or open the KMPDC registers.
Therapists by profession and city
- Psychologists in Nairobi
- Counsellors in Nairobi
- Psychotherapists in Nairobi
- Male Psychologists in Nairobi, one filter on the full Nairobi psychologists list
Other cities with therapists listed (15)
- See the 1 therapist listed in Malindi
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kikuyu
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kitui
- See the 1 therapist listed in Vihiga
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kitale
- See the 1 therapist listed in Muranga
- See the 1 therapist listed in Karen
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kalimoni
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kericho
- See the 1 therapist listed in Kilifi
- See the 1 therapist listed in Mugumo Estate
- See the 1 therapist listed in Nairobi County
- See the 1 therapist listed in Olkalou
- See the 1 therapist listed in Parklands
- See the 1 therapist listed in Wanguru
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. 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)


