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 South Africa
- SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline: Tel: 0800 567 567. 24 hours.
- Cipla Mental Health Helpline: Tel: 0800 456 789 (24 hours) | Text: 31393 | WhatsApp: 076 882 2775 (8am to 5pm). 24 hours.
- LifeLine National Counselling Line: Tel: 0861-322-322 | WhatsApp: +27607154415. 24 hours.
- Dr Reddy’s Mental Health Helpline: Tel: 0800 21 22 23. 8am to 8pm.
- All crisis lines in South Africa
This page lists Black Anxiety Psychiatrists in Cape Town. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 6 psychiatrists listed in Cape Town.
These are practitioners who identify as Black on their profile. It is their own answer to a profile question. We do not check it, and nothing here is ranked.
The request is usually narrower: a practitioner who will name race early, without you having to explain yourself. Some family therapy approaches recommend the therapist raise it near the start 1. You can ask a practitioner how they handle it.
How anxiety is treated
Anxiety treatment is for fear and worry that persist and get in the way. It is not for ordinary nerves.
The treatments with the most evidence are based on cognitive behavioural principles 2. That includes exposure therapy, where you face what you have been avoiding, a step at a time.
A prescriber may also consider medicine, depending on age and severity 3. Ask a practitioner how they work with anxiety.
What a psychiatrist trained in, and what they can prescribe
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who then specialised in mental health. Psychiatrists can prescribe medication.
Many also offer talking therapy. Psychiatrists tend to see people whose medical, psychological and social needs all come together.
Ask a practitioner's office what a first appointment covers. Ask what they need before you book.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Black identity, the specialism recorded as Anxiety and the professional title psychiatrist.
What therapy costs here
Do affordable options exist in Cape Town?
Groote Schuur Hospital - Psychiatry Outpatient Services. Phone +27 21 404 9111. Western Cape public hospitals charge on a means-tested scale. Patients in the lowest band pay nothing for specialist outpatient visits. Public patients are accepted by referral from a district or secondary service. Each specialty has its own eligibility criteria.
Lower-fee services in Cape Town
- Western Cape Government primary healthcare clinics in Cape Town offers mental-health assessment, treatment, counselling and referral at primary healthcare clinics.4
The Cape Town page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in South Africa?
Our records name no register for the title psychiatrist in South Africa. See the South Africa page for the professions that do carry a register there.
Nearby places and related listings
- Anxiety Psychiatrists in Cape Town
- Female Anxiety Psychiatrists in Cape Town
- Male Anxiety Psychiatrists in Cape Town
- Black Anxiety Psychologists in Cape Town
- Black Depression Psychiatrists in Cape Town
- Black Female Psychologists in Cape Town, two filters on the full Cape Town psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Cape Town, one filter on the full Cape Town psychologists list
- Male Psychologists in Cape Town, one filter on the full Cape Town psychologists list
- Cape Town: all therapists listed (549)
- Marriage counselling, Cape Town
References
[1] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, pp. 71-72, citing Kelly et al. (2020). Cultural humility, cultural competence and the therapeutic alliance.
[2] World Health Organization. Anxiety disorders.
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