Tanuja Babre / iCALL Psychosocial Helpline

  Mumbai, Maharashtra

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, V. N. Purav Marg, Sion Trombay Road, Mumbai, Pin 400 088; 022 2552 1111; icall@tiss.edu; chat on nULTA app

All counsellors hold at least a Master's degree in clinical or counselling psychology and are trained in-house on knowledge, skills and perspectives of helpline counselling

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Yes, with mental health professionals across the country, community based organizations and web-based services sensitized to the concerns of queer people

Mon-Sat, 8.00 am to 10.00 pm

Phone, email, Skype / video conference / other chat (nULTA app)

No charge

If client cannot afford to make a phone call, iCALL can call them

  • Advice or information on legal rights of queer people
  • Confusion, dysphoria, anxiety, depression around gender, sexuality, HIV status
  • Disclosure around gender and sexuality
  • Family acceptance around gender and sexuality
  • Gender transition psychosocial issues
  • Gender, sexuality and ageing
  • Gender, sexuality and disabilities
  • HIV disclosure, marriage / relationships, succession planning
  • Marital / relationship issues
  • Mental health and reproductive health
  • Sexual assault / sexual abuse - emotional impact
  • Stigma, discrimination, violence around gender-sexuality in education, employment, public services
  • Stigma, discrimination, violence around HIV or disability in education, employment, public services

Other services provided:

Counselling in crisis situations (suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm)
  • Family planning, safer child birth, abortion
  • Gender transition medical procedures
  • HIV - counselling and testing
  • HIV - prevention, care, support, treatment
  • RTI / STI - testing and treatment
  • Sexual dysfunction and injuries
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