If you or your children are not safe, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or police station immediately. The lines listed below are gender-based-violence lines.
Crisis numbers in South Africa
- GBV Command Centre: Tel: 0800 428 428 | Text: 31531 (SMS for people with disabilities). 24 hours.
- LifeLine Gender Violence Helpline: Tel: 0800-150-150 | WhatsApp: +27800150150. 24 hours.
- TEARS Foundation helpline, for people affected by rape or abuse: Tel: 08000 83277. 24 hours.
This page lists Female Family Counsellors in Cape Town. 10 in all.
That is 10 of the 12 counsellors listed in Cape Town.
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.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
Assessment, diagnosis and medicine sit outside counselling; ask who provides them where you are. Open the profiles below to compare experience, language, fee, and whether they work online. Ask how soon each one can see you.
If you are afraid of someone in your family, say so to the practitioner before any joint session is booked. Ask to be seen on your own first. The support numbers at the top of this page are for that situation.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems.
The training emphasises the conversation itself. Sessions usually stay close to something happening now: a loss, a relationship, work, a decision. That focus is what most often separates counselling from longer psychotherapy.
A counsellor is not a medical doctor and does not prescribe or diagnose. Ask a counsellor what they work with, and for how long.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Family and the professional title counsellor.
The Cape Town page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in Cape Town
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
- Services to Families Programme in Cape Town offers family, marriage and couple counselling, reached through a social worker's assessment.3
Who registers therapists in South Africa?
The title you will see is Registered Counsellor. Search the register by name at Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
In South Africa psychologists and social workers must be registered to practise. No statute protects the plain title counsellor.
What these practitioners record
6 of the 10 have included their registration on their profile.
Sessions here are offered in English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa.
Nearby places and related listings
- Family Counsellors in Cape Town
- Female Family Psychologists in Cape Town
- Female Family Social Workers in Cape Town
- Female ADHD Counsellors in Cape Town
- Female Addiction Counsellors in Cape Town
- Female Anxiety Counsellors in Cape Town
- Psychologists in Cape Town
- Counsellors in Cape Town
- Cape Town: all therapists listed (488)
- Marriage counselling in Cape Town
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] 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)
