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 Kenya
- Gender Violence Recovery Centre, 0800 720 565, for gender-based violence: Tel: 0800 720 565 (toll-free) | Tel: 0719 638 006 (headquarters)
- NACADA Toll-Free Helpline, 1192, for alcohol and drug abuse: Tel: 1192
- Childline Kenya, 116, for children: Tel: 116 | Call or text: 0724 555 251 / 0732 263 554 | WhatsApp: +254 722 116 116
- Befrienders Kenya, for suicide prevention and emotional distress: Tel: +254 722 178 177 (call, SMS or WhatsApp — one number for all three)
- All crisis lines in Kenya
Kenya has 336 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including psychologists, counselling psychologists and clinical psychologists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 336 (Psychologists 75, Counselling Psychologists 52, Clinical Psychologists 40, Counsellors 34, Professional Counsellors 16, Psychological Counsellors 14, Family Therapists 11, Registered Psychologists 8). Professions given by 296 of them.
- Languages
- English 100%, Kiswahili 70%, Gujarati 2%, Afrikaans 2%, French 1%.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Kenya 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 Kenya available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in Kenya with therapists listed
Every other city in Kenya with a therapist listed (5)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (13)
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.
Athi River, Bumala, Gilgil, Gitaru, Homabay Town, Isinya, Kerugoya, Kirinyaga, Kombewa, Kutus, Nandi Hills, Roysambu, Tala
Counselling and psychology in Kenya are regulated by one statutory body, 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 an unlicensed person cannot recover a fee 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. Verify with Counsellors and Psychologists Board (CPB) or Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
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.
The funded route now runs through the Social Health Insurance Fund. Register with the Authority, then work up from empanelled primary care, with specialist psychiatric referral to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Nairobi and county psychiatric outpatient clinics. Privately, fees track a therapist's profession and seniority, with counsellors generally charging less than psychologists and psychiatrists, as medical specialists, the most.
What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. How to think about the cost of therapy in Kenya sets out the current picture.
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.