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 the Netherlands
- 113 Zelfmoordpreventie, the national suicide-prevention line: Tel: 113 | Tel: 0800-0113, the older free number, still live and no longer promoted by the service itself
- De Luisterlijn, the national listening line: Tel: 088 0767 000
- All crisis lines in the Netherlands
This page lists Female Depression Psychotherapists in Amsterdam. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 4 psychotherapists listed in Amsterdam.
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 it.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman.
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. In the World Health Organization's words: ‘Psychological treatments are the first treatments for depression.’ ‘They can be combined with antidepressant medicines in moderate and severe depression.’
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.
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.
The Amsterdam page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in the Netherlands?
The title you will see is Psychotherapeut. Search the register by name at BIG-register (CIBG). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
In the Netherlands the protected titles include gezondheidszorgpsycholoog, klinisch psycholoog and psychotherapeut, and each of them requires entry on the statutory healthcare register.
Nearby places and related listings
- Depression Psychotherapists in Amsterdam
- Female Depression Counsellors in Amsterdam
- Female Depression Psychologists in Amsterdam
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Amsterdam
- Female Couples Psychotherapists in Amsterdam
- Female Psychologists in Amsterdam, one filter on the full Amsterdam psychologists list
- Psychologists in Amsterdam
- Counsellors in Amsterdam
- Amsterdam: all therapists listed (53)
- Marriage counselling, Amsterdam
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Depressive disorder (depression).
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)