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 Switzerland
- Die Dargebotene Hand, La Main Tendue, Telefono Amico, Tel 143: Tel: 143, answered day and night, 365 days a year. | Tel, English line: 0800 143 000, from 6 to 11 pm.
- All crisis lines in Switzerland
The list includes psychologists, counsellors and clinical psychologists.
At a glance
- Who they work with
- Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Parents, Groups, Organisations, All ages.
- Languages
- mostly English, then French 26%, German 24%, Russian 20%, Italian 13%.
Each city below carries its own list.
Read How to think about the cost of therapy in Switzerland.
Who registers therapists in Switzerland
In Switzerland, psychotherapy is a federally recognised profession, and the register that proves recognition is PsyReg, run by the Federal Office of Public Health. It carries federally recognised psychotherapists alongside recognised child and adolescent psychologists.
To bill basic health insurance, a psychological psychotherapist needs a PsyReg entry, a cantonal licence to practise, admission to bill that insurance, and a doctor's prescription for the therapy. You can check a psychotherapist on the federal PsyReg register.
Under the Psychologieberufegesetz, article 4, Psychologe means a recognised psychology degree and nothing more. Practising psychotherapy independently needs a federal postgraduate title and a practice licence from the canton, under article 22.
Therapists by profession and city
- Psychologists in Zurich
- Female Psychologists in Zurich, one filter on the full Zurich psychologists list
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
