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The Healing Lounge Pakistan and Oladoc both help people access care in Pakistan, but they are built for very different jobs. One is a curated mental health practice. The other is a healthcare super-app where mental health is one category inside a much larger system.
Choose THL
People who want a mental-health-only space instead of a general medical app
Clients seeking long-term transformational work, coaching, hypnotherapy, or subconscious healing
First-time therapy seekers who want a more human and guided booking experience
What matters most
Prefer the curated route?
If you already know you want a personally vetted team and a more direct booking experience, you do not need to overthink the next step.
Founded
THL
2023
Oladoc
2016
Platform model
THL
Curated mental health team
Oladoc
Healthcare super-app
Provider scale
THL
4 trusted specialists
Oladoc
25,000+ doctors
Booking style
THL
Direct WhatsApp conversation
Oladoc
App, website, and helpline
Dedicated mental health platform versus a doctor-booking super-app
Free 10-minute consultation versus no free consultation
Stronger for holistic healing and coaching versus stronger for psychiatry, app features, and provider breadth
Choose Oladoc
People who need psychiatry, medication support, or a wider clinical directory
Clients who want to compare doctors by fee, city, rating, and experience
Users who prefer instant app-based booking, reminders, records, and other healthcare features in one place
Clients seeking long-term transformational work, coaching, hypnotherapy, or subconscious healing
First-time therapy seekers who want a more human and guided booking experience
Choose Oladoc
People who need psychiatry, medication support, or a wider clinical directory
Clients who want to compare doctors by fee, city, rating, and experience
Users who prefer instant app-based booking, reminders, records, and other healthcare features in one place
A dedicated mental health therapy platform versus Pakistan's doctor-booking super-app.
If you have been comparing online mental health options in Pakistan, you have likely seen both of these names. But before getting into pricing and services, the most important point is simple: The Healing Lounge Pakistan and Oladoc are not the same kind of product at all.
The Healing Lounge Pakistan was built as a mental health therapy and coaching space. Oladoc was built as a doctor-booking platform across all of medicine, with a mental health section inside a much larger healthcare ecosystem.
| The Healing Lounge Pakistan | Oladoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2016 |
| Platform Type | Closed, curated mental health team | Open healthcare super-app |
| Professionals | 4 hand-selected specialists | 25,000+ PMDC-verified doctors in 120+ specialties |
| Patients Served | 2,000+ | 50 million+ |
| Mental Health Focus | 100 percent of the platform | One vertical among many |
| Cities | All Pakistan, online only | 13+ cities, online and in-clinic |
| Consultation Mode | Online video and audio | Online video and in-clinic |
| Free First Consultation | Yes, free 10 minutes | No |
| Booking Method | WhatsApp, personal and conversational | App, website, or helpline |
| Mobile App | No | Yes |
| Lab Test Booking | No | Yes |
| Medicine Delivery | No | Yes |
| Medical Record Storage | No | Yes |
| Overseas Pakistanis | Yes | Yes |
| Session Fee Range | PKR 5,000 to 12,000 | Around PKR 1,200 to 3,500 for psychologist video consultations |
Launched in 2023 and based in Karachi, The Healing Lounge Pakistan was built around one deliberate decision: to keep the team small, trusted, and deeply aligned. It is a closed and curated platform. You are not booking with a stranger who simply passed a directory screening process. You are booking with someone the platform itself stands behind personally and professionally.
Its focus is clearly holistic healing and long-term transformation - trauma, inner child work, subconscious reprogramming, life coaching, and hypnotherapy - rather than only symptom management.
Originally launched in 2016 as MyDoctor.pk, Oladoc has grown into one of Pakistan's biggest digital healthcare platforms. It connects patients with more than 25,000 verified doctors across 120+ specialties, has served 50 million+ patients, and includes verified reviews, online consultations, lab bookings, medicine delivery, and medical record storage.
Mental health is one specialty inside the Oladoc ecosystem, alongside many others like dermatology, gynecology, cardiology, orthopedics, and more.
The Healing Lounge Pakistan is a healing practice. Every service, session, and intake conversation is about mental and emotional wellbeing.
Oladoc is booking infrastructure. It helps people search, compare, and book doctors across many fields, including mental health.
One is a destination. The other is a large directory with transaction and healthcare infrastructure on top.
| Professional | Role and specialisation |
|---|---|
| Saba Mohsin | Integrative life coach, clinical trauma specialist, inner child practitioner, relationship healing and trauma recovery |
| Sana Manzur | Transformational guide, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, past life regression specialist |
| Aasia Bibi | Mindset and subconscious transformation coach focused on women entrepreneurs, self-doubt, perfectionism, and confidence |
| Muhammad Shafiq Langah | Clinical psychologist, hypnotherapist, psychometric assessment specialist for trauma, addiction, and OCD |
Within mental health specifically, Oladoc includes:
It also uses platform-level trust signals like ratings, verified reviews, and "Platinum Doctor" style badges for strong performers.
| Service | The Healing Lounge Pakistan | Oladoc |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychologist | Yes | Yes |
| Psychiatrist | No | Yes |
| Marriage and Relationship Counselling | Yes | Yes |
| Anxiety Therapy | Yes | Yes |
| Depression Therapy | Yes | Yes |
| Trauma-Informed Therapy / PTSD | Yes | Yes |
| Anger Management Therapy | Yes | Yes |
| Stress Counselling | Yes | Yes |
| Grief and Loss Counselling | Yes | Yes |
| OCD / Panic Disorders | Yes | Yes |
| Addiction Disorders | Yes | Yes |
| Child and Adolescent Psychology | No | Yes |
| Autism / ADHD | No | Yes |
| Eating Disorders | No | Yes |
| Psychotic Disorders / Bipolar | No | Yes |
| Sleep Disorders | No | Yes |
| Neuropsychology | No | Yes |
| Sexology / Psycho-sexual Wellness | No | Yes |
| Hypnotherapy | Yes | Yes, via individual listed practitioners |
| NLP / Subconscious Work | Yes | Yes, via individual listed practitioners |
| Past Life Regression | Yes | No |
| CBT | Yes, within sessions | Yes, dedicated specialists available |
| Life Coaching | Yes | No listed category |
| Women Entrepreneurship and Career Coaching | Yes | No |
| Exam Anxiety / School Coaching | Yes | Yes |
| Psychometric Assessment | Yes | Yes |
| Couples Therapy | Yes | Yes |
| Service | Oladoc |
|---|---|
| In-clinic doctor appointment booking | Yes |
| Medicine delivery | Yes |
| Lab test booking | Yes |
| 120+ medical specialties | Yes |
| Medical records and prescription storage | Yes |
| Appointment reminders | Yes |
| Surgery booking | Yes |
| Corporate health partnerships | Yes |
| The Healing Lounge Pakistan | Oladoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Booking Channel | WhatsApp, direct conversation | App, website, or helpline |
| Free First Consultation | Yes, free 10 minutes | No |
| Confirmation Speed | Manual, real person responds | Instant in-platform flow |
| Filtering Options | Choose from 4 known professionals | Filter by specialty, city, fee, gender, rating, and experience |
| Consultation Modes | Online video and audio | Online video and in-clinic |
| Medical History Storage | No | Yes |
| Appointment Reminders | Manual or WhatsApp | In-app reminders |
The Healing Lounge uses a more personal intake by design. Oladoc is optimized for scale and speed.
| The Healing Lounge Pakistan | Oladoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Session Cost | PKR 5,000 to 12,000 | Around PKR 1,200 to 3,500 for psychologist video consultations |
| Hypnotherapy | Included in session pricing | Wide range depending on practitioner |
| Psychiatrist Fee | Not applicable | Higher specialist rates depending on provider |
| Free Consultation | Yes | No |
Oladoc's wider and lower fee range reflects a marketplace with many individual providers. The Healing Lounge's pricing reflects a curated team and a more specialist-style positioning.
This is an area unique to Oladoc. It has built institutional healthcare partnerships and broader consumer-health infrastructure that a small mental-health-only team is not trying to replicate.
Examples mentioned publicly include:
| The Healing Lounge Pakistan | Oladoc | |
|---|---|---|
| In-platform Reviews | Not a marketplace review system | 300,000+ verified reviews |
| Social Media | Active on Instagram and Facebook | Large social presence |
| Blog / Education | Mental health blog in English and Urdu | Broader health blog across specialties |
The Healing Lounge Pakistan is the stronger fit when you want a more intimate, trusted, mental-health-first experience.
Oladoc is the stronger fit when you want scale, infrastructure, broader clinical coverage, and the speed of a mature healthcare app.
Both solve real problems. They just solve different ones.
This comparison page is based on the provided editorial brief and public-facing platform information referenced in that brief as of May 2026.
