Therapy in Balochistan
Online therapy by video, in Urdu or English, is a practical way to get regular sessions in Quetta, where trained psychotherapists have been hard to find. For psychiatric care in person, there is the government-run Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. In an emergency, call police on 15 or Edhi on 115.
Overview
Quetta is a city of several languages. In the 2023 census, about six in ten people in Quetta district gave Pashto as their mother tongue, around 15 percent spoke Brahui, and Balochi, Punjabi and Urdu were among the others.
The main public service is the Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, listed by the provincial health department as the Psychiatry Institute of Behavior & Mental Sciences. It is a tertiary psychiatric hospital that treats conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. Talking therapy has been harder to find: a psychotherapist writing in The Express Tribune in 2019 said she could not find a practising clinical psychologist or psychotherapist in Quetta.
Online therapy does not depend on who practises locally. Safe Healing sessions are one-to-one video calls on Google Meet for adults 18 and over, in Urdu or English, so you can talk from home with a therapist based anywhere in Pakistan. Therapists appear on this page from our live directory. Online sessions are not for emergencies; if you or someone near you is in danger, call for help first.
Safe Healing therapists
No Safe Healing therapists are based in Quetta yet. Sessions are online, so these approved therapists can see you wherever you are.
20 years of experienceTherapist · based in Islamabad
Approaches: Psychodynamic, Narrative therapy, Mindfulness-based, and more
5 years of experienceTherapist · based in Hyderabad, Sindh
Approaches: CBT, Solution-focused, Mindfulness-based, and more
4 years of experienceTherapist · based in Lahore
Approaches: CBT, Humanistic, Mindfulness-based, and more
4 years of experienceTherapist · based in Lahore
Approaches: CBT, Mindfulness-based, Solution-focused, and more
3 years of experienceTherapist · based in Lahore
Approaches: CBT, Mindfulness-based, Psychodynamic, and more
3 years of experienceTherapist · based in Lahore
Approaches: Mindfulness-based, Solution-focused, CBT, and more
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In person
Hospitals and institutes with psychiatry or psychology services, from official sources. Check before you go; Safe Healing is not affiliated with them.
A government tertiary psychiatric hospital in Quetta, listed by the Balochistan Health Department as the Psychiatry Institute of Behavior & Mental Sciences. A 2025 study from its ECT unit describes patients treated for conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
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If you or someone near you is in danger, call now. Safe Healing is not an emergency service.
Your rights
Balochistan Mental Health Act 2019
Balochistan’s own mental health law (Act No. IX of 2019) allows care and treatment on a voluntary basis, requires written informed consent before investigation or treatment, and keeps a patient’s identity out of the press unless they choose otherwise. Anyone who attempts suicide must be assessed by an approved psychiatrist and treated if they have a mental disorder.
Read the sourceOne-to-one video sessions with an approved therapist, in Urdu or English, wherever you are in Quetta.
FAQ
The Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences is Quetta’s government psychiatric hospital. The provincial health department lists it as the Psychiatry Institute of Behavior & Mental Sciences, Quetta.
Trained clinical psychologists and psychotherapists have been in short supply in Balochistan. A 2019 opinion piece in The Express Tribune, written by a psychotherapist, described a government clinical psychologist post that stayed unfilled because no applicant had the required training. Online therapy lets you see a therapist who lives elsewhere in Pakistan.
Balochistan’s 1122 service (MERC-1122) is described as covering the province’s major highways, and we could not confirm a city-wide 1122 service in Quetta from an official source. For immediate help in Quetta, call police on 15 or Edhi on 115.
Safe Healing sessions are in Urdu or English. Each therapist’s profile lists the languages they speak, so check the list on this page before you book.
The Balochistan Mental Health Act 2019. It covers voluntary treatment, written informed consent, confidentiality, and assessment and care for people who attempt suicide.
Not yet. Every session on Safe Healing is an online video call, so you can still see an approved therapist from another city while you are in Quetta.
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