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 Sri Lanka
- CCCline 1333, the national 24/7 crisis line: Tel: 1333
- National Mental Health Helpline 1926: Tel: 1926
- Sri Lanka Sumithrayo, the national helpline: Tel: 0707 308 308 | WhatsApp: 0767 520 620
- All crisis lines in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has 21 therapists listed on TherapyRoute.
The list includes counsellors, psychologists and counselling psychologists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 21 (Psychologists 15, Counsellors 6). Professions given by 21 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 1 (5%), online and in person 20 (95%).
- Who they work with
- Children, Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, All ages, Parents.
- Languages
- mostly English, then Tamil 33%, Arabic 7%, Dutch 7%, Farsi 7%.
Each city below carries its own list.
What therapy costs in Sri Lanka
Each practice in Sri Lanka sets its own therapy fees. If the fee is beyond your means, ask whether the therapist works on a sliding scale based on income, and look at counselling through non-profit organisations and any assistance programme your workplace runs.
See how to think about the cost of therapy
Registration and licensing
In Sri Lanka the register to check depends on the title. Psychiatrists are medical doctors and appear on the Sri Lanka Medical Council's register of medical practitioners. Clinical psychologists register with the SLMC as allied health professionals, and you can search the council's Allied Health Register online.
For counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists outside the clinical register there is no statutory register, so the check is their qualifications and any SLMC registration they claim.
See who can legally provide therapy in Sri Lanka
Therapists by profession and city
- Female Psychologists in Colombo, one filter on the full Colombo psychologists list
- Psychologists in Colombo
- Counsellors in Colombo
- Male Psychologists in Colombo, one filter on the full Colombo psychologists list
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)