If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in Australia
- Lifeline 13 11 14: Tel: 13 11 14 | Text: 0477 13 11 14. 24 hours.
- Suicide Call Back Service: Tel: 1300 659 467. 24 hours. For ages 15 and over.
- Beyond Blue support service: Tel: 1300 22 4636. 24 hours.
- 13YARN: Tel: 13 92 76. 24 hours.
- All crisis lines in Australia
This page lists Counsellors in Sydney. 22 in all.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems.
The training emphasises the conversation itself. Sessions usually stay close to something happening now: a loss, a relationship, work, a decision. That focus is what most often separates counselling from longer psychotherapy.
A counsellor is not a medical doctor and does not prescribe. Ask a counsellor what they work with, and for how long.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the professional title counsellor.
The Sydney page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in Sydney
Do affordable options exist in Sydney?
Sydney Local Health District Community Mental Health Service. Phone 1800 011 511. NSW public hospital and community mental-health services are free. The service is open to the public. You reach it through the NSW Mental Health Line, which assesses you clinically and refers you on. Local catchment areas apply.
4 of these counsellors offer a sliding scale.
Who registers therapists in Australia?
See the Australia page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
The areas of focus listed most often here are Anxiety (16), Relationship Issues (14) and Mood Disorder (12).
Sessions here are offered in English and Hindi/Urdu.
Nearby places and related listings
- Male Psychologists in Sydney, one filter on the full Sydney psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Sydney, one filter on the full Sydney psychologists list
- Male Counsellors in Sydney, one filter on the full Sydney counsellors list
- Family Therapists in Sydney
- Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Psychologists in Sydney
- Sydney: all therapists listed (130)
- Couples counselling in Sydney
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
