If you or someone close to you is in danger now, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service or hospital. The Family Drug Support 24/7 National Support Line (Tel: 1300 368 186) answers day and night. Other crisis lines:
Crisis numbers in Australia
- National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline: Tel: 1800 250 015. 24 hours a day, except from South Australia: 8.30am to 10pm.
- Family Drug Support 24/7 National Support Line: Tel: 1300 368 186. 24 hours.
- 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.
- Gambling Help Online chat: Chat: www.gamblinghelponline.org.au. 24 hours. Not for crises; in a crisis, seek help right away.
- All crisis lines in Australia
This page lists Female Addiction Psychotherapists in Sydney. 4 in all.
That is 4 of the 6 psychotherapists listed in Sydney.
These are practitioners who identify as female on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check the answer, and nothing here is ranked.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman. While many people prefer this, we found no research on whether it changes how the therapy goes.
A client and a practitioner always differ; what matters is what that means to you and how you work with it 2. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
What addiction treatment covers
Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.
Screening, brief intervention and treatment all exist for hazardous drinking 3. Those services do not reach most of the people who need them.
Treatments used include cognitive behavioural and behavioural therapies 4. Some work through a person's social network and environment.
Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence 5. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.
Detoxification alone is not treatment 6. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours 7.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title psychotherapist.
What therapy costs here
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.
The Sydney page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Who registers therapists in Australia?
Our records name no register for the title psychotherapist in Australia. See the Australia page for the professions that do carry a register there.
Nearby places and related listings
- Addiction Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Addiction Counsellors in Sydney
- Female Addiction Psychologists in Sydney
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Couples Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Depression Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Grief Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Trauma Psychotherapists in Sydney
- All therapists listed in Sydney (130)
- Couples counselling, Sydney
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Alcohol.
[5] World Health Organization. Opioid overdose.
[7] National Health Service (United Kingdom). Talking therapies.
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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)
