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Looking for groups offering mental health services? We’ve listed down 11 options for you
Mental health remains at the forefront of public discourse. With increasing awareness about the importance of mental well-being, the demand for accessible and effective mental health services has surged in the past few years, leading to the establishment of more mental health clinics and centres in the country.
We list some clinics, centres, and organisations around Metro Manila that cater to our mental health needs and help us access the support we deserve within the community.
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1. St Luke’s Medical Center
St Luke’s Department of Psychiatry was established to address the increasing demand of patients to seek psychiatric help due to traumatic events, addiction to drugs, alcohol, and gaming, and rising incidences of depression and anxiety. It offers the following services: addiction counselling, geriatric psychiatry services, a mood and anxiety disorder clinic, stress management packages, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry.
2. Makati Medical Center
The Makati Medical Center’s Department of Neuropsychiatry provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient behavioural health and psychiatric care for the elderly, adults, adolescents, and children with mental health problems. Their subspecialty clinic, the Mood and Anxiety Resource and Referral Center, also recommends treatment for clients with mental health concerns.
3. Kindred
Kindred offers mental health services for women. You can speak to their registered psychologist for mental health support to relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and grief. Their clinical psychologist also offers screening for ADHD.
4. PsychConsult, Inc
A pioneering psychological firm in the Philippines, PsychConsult, Inc is composed of Filipino psychologists focused on promoting their clients’ psychological health and well-being.
They offer psychotherapy, which aims to help children, adolescents, and adults address and work through various mental health issues or concerns that may be causing them distress or dysfunction in their daily lives.
5. Dear Future Self (DFS) Consulting
DFS renders professional services to individuals and companies about preventing, detecting, and recovering from their mental health concerns through counselling, coaching, training, and employee performance analysis.
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6. The Medical City
The Medical City is one of the few private tertiary hospitals that offers complete psychiatric care through its Psychiatry Unit. The 21-bed facility is located on the lower ground floor and is composed of medical staff who are trained to handle psychiatric emergencies and various psychopathologies.
7. We Thrive Consultancy and Wellbeing Services
As a team of professionals, We Thrive is dedicated to providing scientifically grounded, strengths-based, and compassionate mental health and wellbeing services that positively impact individuals and organisations.
8. Natasha Goulbourn Foundation
Founded in 2007, the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to educating people about depression through educational lectures, confidential crisis lines, and referrals to partner psychologists.
Hopeline Philippines is its flagship programme, a hub whose primary goal is to raise awareness about the recognition, prevention, and intervention of depression.
9. Better Steps Psychology, Inc.
The Better Steps Psychology, Inc. team is experienced in providing counselling and psychotherapy. Their clinicians employ diverse psychological approaches based on the latest scientific literature to ensure that services are delivered competently and effectively while maintaining client privilege, privacy, and confidentiality.
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10. Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA)
PMHA is a private, non-stock, non-profit organisation that provides premier mental health services through education, advocacy, intervention, and research.
The group has been at the forefront of mental health advocacy for 74 years, reaching out and changing millions of lives by raising individual productivity, fostering resilience, and equipping them with overall mental wellness.3
11. The National Center for Mental Health (NCMH)
The National Centre for Mental Health delivers preventive, curative, and rehabilitative mental health care services. On January 30, 1987, it was categorised as a Special Research Training Center and Hospital under the Department of Health.
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Angela Nicole Regis Guiral is the assistant digital editor of Tatler Philippines. She studied journalism and has since written features that look closely at how culture, lifestyle and social impact converge, while occasionally wandering into the worlds of style and travel.
