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 answer now:
Crisis numbers in Australia
- Lifeline Australia: Tel: 13 11 14
- 1800RESPECT: Tel: 1800 737 732
- 13YARN: Tel: 13 92 76
- Beyond Blue Helpline: Tel: 1300 22 4636
- All crisis lines in Australia
This page lists Female Depression Psychotherapists in Sydney. 8 in all.
That is 8 of the 10 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.
How depression is treated
Effective psychological treatments include behavioural activation and cognitive behavioural therapy 3. Interpersonal psychotherapy and problem-solving therapy are also used.
Effective treatment exists for mild, moderate and severe depression. A depressive episode means low mood, or loss of interest in things you enjoyed. It lasts most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.
Low mood after a loss or a hard year is not automatically a disorder, though support can help. Ask a practitioner what they would suggest, and why.
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 4.
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 Depression and the professional title psychotherapist.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
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
- Depression Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Depression Counsellors in Sydney
- Female Depression Psychologists in Sydney
- Female Addiction Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Couples Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Grief Psychotherapists in Sydney
- Female Trauma Psychotherapists in Sydney
- All therapists listed in Sydney (131)
- Couples counselling, Sydney
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Depressive disorder (depression).
[4] National Health Service (United Kingdom). Talking therapies.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
