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Crisis numbers in Portugal
- Emergency numbers, 112 and 144: Tel: 144
- Linha Nacional de Prevenção do Suicídio, 1411, the national line: Tel: 1411
- SNS 24 psychological counselling, 808 24 24 24, option 4: Tel: 808 24 24 24, then select option 4
- CIG, 800 202 148, for domestic violence: Tel: 800 202 148 | SMS: 3060
- All crisis lines in Portugal
Portugal has 94 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including clinical psychologists, psychologists and psychotherapists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 94 (Clinical Psychologists 28, Psychologists 16, Psychotherapists 14, Registered Clinical Psychologists 3, CBT Psychotherapists 2, Clinical Mental Health Counsellors 2, Family Therapists 2, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists 2). Professions given by 89 of them.
- Languages
- English 87%, Portuguese 57%, Spanish 15%, French 9%, Russian 9%.
- Session fees
- Across Portugal: EUR 40 to EUR 70 for a session of 50 to 60 minutes with a psychologist, most between EUR 50 and EUR 60, per our Portugal fee guide. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Portugal 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 Portugal available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in Portugal with therapists listed
- Lisbon (43)
- Porto (14)
- Braga (6)
- Cascais (6)
- Coimbra (3)
- Lagos (3)
- Madeira (2)
- Viana do Castelo District (2)
- Almada (1)
- Caldas da Rainha (1)
- Entroncamento (1)
- Figueira da Foz (1)
- Funchal (1)
- Leiria (1)
- Maia (1)
- Murtosa (1)
- Parish of Sao Goncalo (1)
- Quarteira (1)
- Rebordosa (1)
- Sao Bartolomeu de Messines (1)
- Sintra (1)
- Vendas Novas (1)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (9)
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.
Abrantes, Arcos de Valdevez, Aveiro, Barcelos, Loule, Mafra, Montemor O Velho, Parish of S O Gon Alo, S O Bartolomeu de Messines
In Portugal, psychology is a regulated profession. The professional title and the right to practise both depend on registration with the Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, which grants the title and issues the cédula profissional, the professional card. The Order runs a public directory that confirms whether a person is registered, searchable by name or by cédula number.
Psychiatrists are doctors and sit under medical regulation, so this directory does not answer for one. You can search the Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses directory. Verify with Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (OPP).
Therapy fees in Portugal are set by each practice, so what a psychologist or psychiatrist charges depends on their qualifications, the length of the session and where they work. Therapists generally set what they charge with their own cost of living in mind.
If you have private health insurance, ask what it pays per session, how many sessions a year it covers, and whether it pays for a practitioner outside its network. If the fee is beyond your means, ask about a sliding scale based on income, and look at community mental health services and university training clinics.
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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.