What is SIMHA

SIMHA is a multidisciplinary professional association of therapists who provide mental health services to the international communities in Shanghai.

How to Choose a Therapist

Seeking mental health support in a foreign country can be more difficult than it would be in your home country. Where do you go for help?

Want to join SIMHA?

Want to join the SIMHA counselor team? Membership with SIMHA can bring many benefits and opportunities for qualified therapists.

What Is Mental Health?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

Over the course of your life, if you experience mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:

  • Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry
  • Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
  • Family history of mental health problems

Mental health problems are common but help is available. People with mental health problems can get better and many recover completely.

Mental Health Specialists and Therapist's Languages

Depression

Languages

Get the help you need with a SIMHA professional therapist

53

SIMHA Therapists

12

Languages Spoken

13

Countries Represented

75

Services / Specialties Offered

SIMHA News

Aug 2024
28th Aug 2024

Women’s Process Group

This group is conducted in Chinese. Please get in touch with the facilitators for future English groups.
May 2024
Apr 2024

To Make an Appointment

1) Chose a therapist from “Our Therapists” (see above) or SIMHA Therapists

2) Review their contact information on their profile.

3) Email/Phone/Wechat them directly for appointmentsm (and other information).

Appointments with therapists cannot be made directly through the SIMHA website.

Looking for a Mental Health Group/Service in Shanghai?

Group Examples

  1. Mindfulness
  2. Grief and Loss
  3. Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs
  4. Early Loss
  5. Encounter Group
  6. The Psychology of Eating

Shanghai International Mental Health Association (SIMHA)