Compare mental health services in Thailand, from hospital psychiatry and a psychiatric hospital to counselling practices, on who prescribes, language and cost. Check services, staff, fees and availability with each provider before you book.
Decide first whether you need a psychiatrist (diagnosis, medication, admission) or a psychologist or counsellor (talking therapy).
Language matters more in therapy than in most care, so confirm the individual practitioner's language.
Several counselling practices publish session fees; hospital clinics mostly do not.
If you take prescribed medicine, check Thailand's rules before you travel and see a psychiatrist here well before your supply runs out.
Our method for this page
We read each provider's own web pages on mental health services in Thailand and kept only statements we could trace to a source. Nobody paid to be included, and the list is not a quality ranking. Criteria:
Bumrungrad's Behavioral Health Center offers two routes. Psychiatrists (14 are listed, two with geriatric psychiatry) diagnose and treat depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, phobias, OCD, insomnia and alcohol or drug use with medication, psychotherapy and CBT, which can include take-home assignments. A neurological assessment is arranged when a physical cause is suspected.
The second route is counselling without medication with a psychologist, for stress and burnout, early-stage low mood, relationship and family issues and stress-related sleep problems. The listed psychologist holds an MA in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, works in Thai and English, and can be booked by telehealth. Groups named include adolescents, couples, pregnant and postpartum women, carers and older people.
The centre says counselling is not suitable for severe or complex conditions, anyone at risk of harming themselves or others, or anyone who needs medication; they should see a psychiatrist directly. Fees are not published.
14 psychiatrists listed
Counselling without medication
Psychologist sessions in Thai and English
Telehealth booking
Neurological assessment available
Behavioral Health Center, Building B, 4th floorMon–Sat 09:00–20:00; closed Sunday+66 2 066 8888
Worth confirming: The psychologist is not listed on Thursdays or Sundays; confirm the session language for your psychiatrist when booking.
JCI clinical care programme certifications (stroke, acute coronary syndrome, lung cancer, orthogeriatric; listed to 2027)
Bangkok Hospital's Special Clinic (Psychiatry) at the Soi Soonvijai headquarters sees children, adolescents and adults. Treatment can be outpatient or inpatient depending on severity, and combines medication, psychotherapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
The child and adolescent list covers developmental delay, autism, ADHD, intellectual disability, eating disorders and behavioural problems; for adults and older people it names memory, sleep and sexual disorders, depression and stress. Individual therapy is listed for addiction, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic, trauma, grief and relationship issues, with family therapy and a wide range of psychological testing.
It is open daily 08:00–18:00. Languages and fees are not published. It may suit Bangkok families who want child and adult psychiatry, testing and TMS within one hospital clinic.
Children, adolescents and adults
TMS listed
Neuropsychological and personality testing
Open daily 08:00–18:00
Special Clinic (Psychiatry), Bangkok Hospital HeadquartersDaily 08:00–18:00+66 2 310 3013
Worth confirming: Languages and fees are not published; ask for an English-speaking psychiatrist and a cost estimate when booking.
MedPark's psychiatry clinic is an outpatient service whose team combines psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists and psychiatric nurse specialists. Its page names seven psychiatrists, including subspecialists in child and adolescent, geriatric, addiction and palliative psychiatry.
The conditions list is broad, from depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to PTSD, OCD, ADHD, eating disorders, gambling disorder, burnout and sleep problems. Treatment options are medication, psychotherapy, behavioural therapy, and occupational and physical therapy. Named counselling services cover older adults, loss after miscarriage, changes linked to dementia or physical illness, and support for patients admitted to the hospital for other treatment.
Initial outpatient counselling is for people aged 15 and over. Session languages, online consultations and fees are not published, and the page describes no psychiatric ward or crisis service. It may suit adults who want a psychiatrist within a general hospital with long daily hours.
Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai's Psychiatry Department (Mental Health Clinic) is mainly outpatient and staffed by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, specialised nurses and counsellors. It sees children, adolescents, working-age adults and older adults, as well as couples and families, and treats both Thai and foreign patients.
Listed conditions run from depression, anxiety, bipolar and psychotic disorders to eating disorders, learning and attention problems, insomnia and behavioural addictions. Individual, group and family counselling is available with or without medication. Substance use treatment covers tobacco, alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis, and methadone therapy is offered for opiate or heroin use.
Admission is for withdrawal or for psychiatric patients with other medical conditions. Inpatient packages for adults aged 18 and over, after a hospital psychiatrist's assessment, cost THB 26,000 for one day, 71,000 for three and 149,000 for seven, covering room, nursing, meals and group therapy. Outpatient fees and session languages are not published.
Children to older adults
Methadone therapy
Fixed-price inpatient packages
Open daily 08:00–17:00
Psychiatry Department (Mental Health Clinic), Bangkok Hospital Chiang MaiDaily 08:00–17:00+66 52 089 865
Worth confirming: The inpatient packages run until 31 December 2026 and exclude other medical fees; confirm the language of your sessions before booking.
The Mental Health Center on Bangkok Hospital Phuket's 2nd floor focuses on diagnosing, treating and preventing mental health problems. Its page describes medication, talking therapy, counselling and outpatient follow-up, chosen according to each person's diagnosis and symptoms.
The centre's doctor directory lists general psychiatrists and two child and adolescent psychiatrists, so it can see younger patients as well as adults. Its overview page does not describe specific conditions, inpatient care or online sessions.
It is open daily 08:00–17:00 and can be reached by phone, email or LINE (@phukethospital). Fees and session languages are not published. It may suit Phuket residents and longer-stay visitors who want an outpatient psychiatrist, including for a child or teenager, within a general hospital.
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya's Mental Health Center, on the 2nd floor of Building E, offers both outpatient and inpatient care. Listed conditions include depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, PTSD and ADHD, treated with medication, CBT, supportive and psychodynamic therapy and, for trauma, EMDR.
The centre lists transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and has an inpatient psychiatric ward for people who need close observation. A separate Sunlight Clinic handles addiction with withdrawal plans and rehabilitation. Its doctor directory lists eight psychiatrists, one with a sleep medicine sub-specialty; the profile we checked lists English and Thai.
Music therapy is the only priced service: THB 800 for one individual session or THB 2,800 for four. It may suit Pattaya residents who need a psychiatrist and may need admission or more intensive treatment close to home.
At Bangkok Hospital Siriroj, mental health care is published through the Children's Clinic on the 3rd floor of Building 3, which sees children up to 15 and lists specialised psychological and neurological care. The hospital's directory lists a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the clinic, trained at Yuwaprasart Waithayopathum Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, who lists English and Thai.
The clinic page does not describe adult psychiatry, inpatient care or specific conditions such as ADHD or autism. It publishes an age-appropriate development enhancement package priced from THB 800 to 7,200.
Open daily 08:00–20:00, it may suit Phuket parents who want a child psychiatrist's opinion on development, behaviour or emotional difficulties within a general hospital.
Sriphat Medical Center is a Chiang Mai University hospital, and its Psychiatric Clinic is staffed by Faculty of Medicine psychiatrists; the clinic page names seven, including professors and associate professors. One is also listed for developmental and behavioural paediatrics.
The clinic diagnoses, treats and advises on mental, behavioural, mood and personality disorders that affect daily life, work, learning or relationships, naming panic disorder, depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. The page does not describe inpatient care, therapy programmes or prices.
It sits on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the OPD Sriphat building with its own phone line, and the hospital's Foreign Center offers Japanese, Chinese and Burmese interpreters. It may suit Chiang Mai residents who want a university psychiatrist for diagnosis and medication.
Manarom is a mental health hospital rather than a department, so psychiatry, psychology and therapy sit under one roof. Its outpatient clinic sees adjustment problems, work and marital stress, grief and crises as well as depression, anxiety, panic, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders and alcohol or substance use. Specialist clinics cover sleep (with sleep studies), memory disorders and sexual dysfunction.
For more intensive care there is a 30-bed locked inpatient ward with medication, individual, group and milieu therapy, and a day hospital, Monday to Saturday 08:30–16:00, with individual and group therapy plus occupational and recreational activities. Art, dance, music, occupational and physical therapy are listed, and children, adolescents, adults and older people are seen.
Ward activities are in Thai; staff speak English, and foreign patients can ask for an interpreter or an English-speaking counsellor. Fees, outpatient hours and online sessions are not published. It may suit someone who may need more than a weekly appointment.
30-bed inpatient unit
Day hospital Monday–Saturday
Sleep studies
Memory disorder service
Interpreter on request
Worth confirming: The site publishes no emergency line or outpatient hours; new patients need to book in advance by phone.
NCS is a counselling service, not a psychiatric clinic: its pages describe counsellors and therapists, not psychiatrists or prescribing. Counsellors see children, adolescents, adults, couples and families at two Bangkok sites, NCS Heartspace on Sukhumvit Soi 23 near Asok and NCS Home in Saphan Khwai.
Issues listed include anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, grief, addiction and crisis intervention. Approaches on the team page range from CBT, emotion-focused and psychodynamic therapy to EMDR, Satir, Gottman and creative therapies, and each counsellor's training and registrations are listed, with staff working under supervision marked.
Sessions are offered in English, Thai, Chinese, Cantonese and Dutch. NCS also runs employee assistance programmes and critical incident support for organisations. Fees and hours are not published. It may suit expatriate families and couples who want talking therapy in their own language.
Two Bangkok locations
Five session languages
EMDR and Gottman listed
Employee assistance programmes
Worth confirming: Counsellors do not prescribe; ask about referral to a psychiatrist if medication may be needed, and ask for fees when booking.
Counselling Thailand provides counselling and talk therapy only. It says it is not a licensed medical practice and does not offer psychiatric or clinical psychological treatment, diagnostic assessments or prescriptions, and points people who need these to hospitals.
Its team of over 20 includes British counsellors and Thai therapists, and clients can choose a male or female counsellor and the session language, including English, Thai, Mandarin, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Korean. It sees adults, teenagers, children, couples (including Thai–Western relationships) and families, using approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, EFT, Gestalt, Satir and motivational interviewing, in person or online within Thailand and abroad.
A free Zoom call (15 minutes for individuals, 30 for couples and families) comes first. Sessions cost THB 2,765 for 60 minutes or THB 3,745 for 90, charged per session rather than per person, with the same rate in the evenings and at weekends. It may suit couples and expatriates who want therapy in their own language.
Free introductory Zoom call
Fees per session, not per person
Online sessions in Thailand and abroad
Choice of counsellor gender and language
Worth confirming: Cancellations with under 48 hours' notice are charged in full and insurance claims are not handled; confirm where in-person sessions take place.
This is a single-therapist practice. Richard L. Fellner describes nearly 25 years as a psychotherapist, couple and sex therapist, mainly in Vienna, and says he is listed in the Austrian BMSG psychotherapist database, with ECP and WCP certification. In Thailand he sees clients in central Pattaya (3rd Road) and Jomtien.
The practice is aimed at expats dealing with work, relationship, stress, burnout or alcohol and drug problems, and at travellers who want a block of sessions while abroad. Hypnotherapy, sex therapy and work with children and teenagers are offered; it is talking therapy, not psychiatric prescribing.
Fees in Thailand are published: THB 3,000 for a 50-minute individual or couple session (charged per couple, not per person) and THB 1,200 for a 90-minute group session. It may suit expat couples in Pattaya who want a European-trained therapist.
Published THB fees
Couple fee charged per couple
Sex therapy and hypnotherapy
Pattaya and Jomtien rooms
Worth confirming: He works in Thailand only part of the year and does not prescribe; check availability first, and see a psychiatrist if medication may be needed.
Golden Leaf Counseling Services (Therapy Phuket) is a small counselling practice in Phuket Town. Its two therapists hold US licences, one as a professional counsellor with a Johns Hopkins master's and the other as a clinical social worker; both list EMDR training, alongside CBT and Gestalt approaches.
It sees children, teenagers, adults, couples and families, in Thai or English, in person or online, and says it welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Neither therapist is a psychiatrist, so medication is not part of the service.
Fees are published per 50-minute session: THB 3,300 for an individual first consultation, THB 3,500 for individual therapy and THB 4,500 for couples or family sessions. It may suit Phuket families and couples who want talking therapy with a trauma-trained counsellor.
Published 50-minute session fees
Thai or English sessions
EMDR-trained therapists
In person or online
Worth confirming: Hours are not published and late cancellations are charged in full; ask about psychiatric referral if you may need medication.
Finding mental health support abroad can feel harder than finding other care. You need someone with the right training for what you are dealing with, who works in a language you can think and feel in, and whose fees and insurance terms you understand before the first session. If you take medication, you also need a plan for keeping it going.
This guide covers the types of practitioner, language, online sessions, medication, crisis support, confidentiality and cost. It is general information, not medical or psychological advice. If you are in immediate danger, call 1669 or go to the nearest hospital emergency department now.
Psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or counsellor
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who has specialised in mental health. Psychiatrists can diagnose, prescribe and adjust medication, arrange tests and admit patients to hospital. Because they are doctors, their licence and recorded specialty can be checked on the Medical Council of Thailand's public lookup.
Clinical psychologists provide psychological assessment and talking therapies; they do not prescribe. In Thailand clinical psychology is a licensed branch of the practice of the art of healing, overseen by a professional committee under the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Health Service Support, which publishes practice standards for the profession. Ask a psychologist for their Thai licence, or for their registration abroad if they trained elsewhere.
Counsellors and therapists offer supportive talking therapy for stress, relationships, grief or adjusting to life abroad. Training varies widely, so ask where a counsellor trained, which professional body they belong to and how they are supervised.
Language and cultural fit
Therapy depends on being able to put feelings into words, so language matters more here than in most specialties. Check the language of the individual practitioner, not just the hospital or clinic.
Fit goes beyond language. You may want someone who understands expatriate life, a particular faith or culture, LGBTQ+ experience or the pressures of a cross-cultural family. It is reasonable to ask for a short introductory call first, and to change practitioner if the fit is not right.
Online or in person
Online sessions can widen your choice of language and specialism, and can let you keep seeing a practitioner from your home country. They also have limits: a practitioner abroad may not be able to prescribe in Thailand, arrange an admission or respond quickly in a crisis.
Ask an online practitioner whether they may treat someone located in Thailand and what they would do if worried about your safety, and keep a local contact, such as a hospital department or psychiatrist, for anything that needs to happen in person.
Medication and continuity
Thai drug laws are strict, even for medicines prescribed legally elsewhere. The Royal Thai Embassy in London advises that ordinary medicines can be brought in for personal use for up to 30 days of prescribed use, in their original labelled containers with a letter or prescription from your doctor. Medicines containing controlled psychotropic or narcotic substances need a permit from the Thai Food and Drug Administration, applied for online at least two weeks before travel.
Some medicines prescribed abroad may not be available or legally sold in Thailand. Ask your current prescriber about alternatives before you travel, and see a psychiatrist in Thailand well before your supply runs out. Do not stop or change medication without talking to a doctor.
Crisis pathways
In an emergency, call 1669, Thailand's free medical emergency number, or go to a hospital emergency department. The Department of Mental Health runs the 1323 mental health hotline, available 24 hours a day. The UK government lists Samaritans of Thailand on +66 (0)2 113 6789, pressing 2 for English.
Ask any practitioner you see regularly what to do between sessions if things get worse, and which hospital they would refer you to. Be aware that, according to the UK government, a person in Thailand can be admitted to hospital without consent if they appear to be a danger or need urgent treatment and cannot make decisions for themselves.
Confidentiality
Thailand's National Health Act states that personal health information is confidential and limits disclosure without the person's consent unless a specific law requires it. Even so, ask who can see your notes and what would be shared with an employer, school or insurer.
An insurer may need a diagnosis or report; ask what it will contain before you sign a release.
Costs and insurance
We have not found official fee schedules for psychiatry or therapy, so ask for the fee for a first appointment and for follow-ups, the session length, and whether medication, tests and online sessions are charged separately. The UK government describes private psychiatric care as expensive and says private psychiatric hospitals require a deposit or payment guarantee before admission.
Insurance cover for mental health varies widely between policies. Check whether yours covers outpatient psychiatry, therapy with a psychologist or counsellor, and inpatient care; whether it needs a doctor's referral; and whether there is a limit on the number of sessions.
Questions to ask before you book
Are you a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or counsellor, and where did you train?
Are you licensed in Thailand, and with which body?
Which languages do you work in, and do you offer online sessions?
What experience do you have with the issue I am seeking help for?
What does a first appointment cost, how long is it, and what do follow-ups cost?
Can you prescribe, or will you work alongside a psychiatrist if medication is needed?
What should I do if I need urgent help between sessions?
Who can see my notes, and what would you share with my insurer or employer?
Can you provide receipts and reports for an insurance claim?
If you see clients online, are you permitted to treat someone located in Thailand?
Warning signs
A practitioner who cannot or will not say what their qualification is or where they are licensed.
Promises of a guaranteed cure or a fixed number of sessions before any assessment.
Advice to stop prescribed medication from someone who is not a doctor.
No plan for what to do in a crisis, or no local contact if sessions are online.
Unclear fees, or pressure to pay for a long block of sessions up front.
Pressure to share personal information beyond what your care requires.
The Department of Mental Health runs the 1323 hotline, available 24 hours a day. Where someone's life is at risk, call 1669 or go straight to an emergency department.
Can I bring my psychiatric medication to Thailand?
Thai drug laws are strict, even for medicines prescribed legally elsewhere. The Royal Thai Embassy in London advises that ordinary medicines can be brought in for personal use for up to 30 days of prescribed use, in their original labelled containers. Check the current rules with a Thai embassy before you travel, and do not stop or change medication without your prescriber's advice.
Can I keep seeing my therapist from home online?
Possibly, but a practitioner abroad may not be able to prescribe in Thailand, arrange an admission or respond quickly in a crisis. Ask whether they may treat someone located in Thailand, and keep a local contact for anything that must happen in person.
Is mental health information kept confidential in Thailand?
Thailand's National Health Act states that personal health information is confidential and limits disclosure without consent unless a specific law requires it. Ask any provider who can see your notes and what an insurer would receive.
About the writer and reviewer
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Pimchanok Srisawat
Health writer
Writes guides and comparisons for Thai Clinic Guide, keeping a link to the page behind every detail so readers can check it themselves.
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Kittisak Wongsawat
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