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 South Africa
- SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline: Tel: 0800 567 567
- Gender-Based Violence Command Centre: Tel: 0800 428 428 | SMS: send the word help to 31531, published for people with disabilities
- Substance Abuse Helpline: Tel: 0800 12 13 14 | SMS: 32312
- Higher Health, for students and staff: Tel: 0800 36 36 36
- LifeLine Gender Violence Helpline: Tel: 0800 150 150 | WhatsApp: 0800 150 150
- All crisis lines in South Africa
This page lists Black Female Psychologists in Cape Town. 18 in all.
That is 18 of the 252 psychologists 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.
Why people ask for a woman, and what the evidence says
This list answers an explicit request for a woman 2. 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 3. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
What a psychologist does, and where assessment fits in
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.
Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.
Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Black identity, the practitioner's stated Female identity and the professional title psychologist.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
What does therapy cost in Cape Town?
Our Cape Town fee guide puts a session with a clinical psychologist at R1,100 to R1,900. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.
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.
The Cape Town page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
16 of the 18 have included their registration on their profile.
The areas of focus listed most often here are Anxiety (11), Mood Disorder (11) and Trauma (11).
Sessions here are offered in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sesotho.
Who registers therapists in South Africa?
Titles you will see include Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist and Educational Psychologist. Search the register by name at Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). A current entry is that body's own published record of the person.
In South Africa psychologists and social workers must be registered to practise. No statute protects the plain title counsellor. See the South Africa page.
Nearby places and related listings
- 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
- Psychologists in Cape Town
- Social Workers in Cape Town
- Counsellors in Cape Town
- Psychotherapists in Cape Town
- Every therapist listed in Cape Town (472)
- 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] TherapyRoute's own records.
[3] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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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)


