If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in Pakistan
- Sehat Tahaffuz 1166, the national health helpline: Tel: 1166
- Taskeen Health Initiative, 11 AM to 11 PM: Tel: +92 316 827 5336
- Rozan Counseling Help Line, 0800-22-444: Tel: 0800-22-444, toll-free. | Tel: 0304-111-1741; Rozan notes regular charges apply to this one.
- Sindh Mental Health Authority, for readers in Sindh: Tel: 021 111 117 642, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. | Tel: 022 111 117 642, Sir Cowasji Jahangir Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hyderabad. | Tel: 021 9921 5720, Dr Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi.
- All crisis lines in Pakistan
Pakistan has 242 therapists listed on TherapyRoute.
The list includes clinical psychologists, psychologists and psychotherapists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 242 (Psychologists 162, Psychotherapists 31, Counsellors 29, Psychiatrists 7, Psychoanalysts 2, Family Therapists 1). Professions given by 241 of them.
- Who they work with
- Children, Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, All ages, Parents.
- Languages
- English 96%, Hindi/Urdu 95%, Punjabi 35%, Arabic 1%, Bengali 1%.
- Session fees
- Across Pakistan: PKR 2,500 to PKR 8,000 for a session of 45 to 60 minutes with a psychologist or psychotherapist, per our Pakistan fee guide. Those are advertised prices.
Each city below carries its own list.
What a session costs
Across Pakistan, a session with a psychologist or psychotherapist commonly costs PKR 2,500 to PKR 8,000. Those are advertised prices.
Each practice in Pakistan sets its own therapy fees. If the fee is beyond your means, ask about a sliding scale based on income. Look at non-profit mental health services, university training clinics and group sessions, which usually cost a good deal less than individual ones.
Registration and licensing
In Pakistan, the Allied Health Professionals Council licenses psychology and counselling. The Allied Health Professionals Council Act, 2022 lists ‘Psychology and counseling’ as one discipline in its first schedule. So a psychologist and a counsellor register in the same discipline.
No one may practise a listed discipline without the Council's licence and registration. Claiming a registration you do not hold is a criminal offence under the same Act. Psychiatrists are doctors and answer to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council instead.
You can open the Allied Health Professionals Council site.
Therapists by profession and city
- Female Psychologists in Islamabad, one filter on the full Islamabad psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Lahore, one filter on the full Lahore psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Karachi, one filter on the full Karachi psychologists list
- Psychotherapists in Lahore
- Psychologists in Rawalpindi
- Female Psychologists in Rawalpindi, one filter on the full Rawalpindi psychologists list
- Psychologists in Karachi
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)