If you or someone close to you is in danger now, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service or hospital. The Department of Social Development Substance Abuse Helpline (Tel: 0800 12 13 14) answers day and night. Other crisis lines:
Crisis numbers in South Africa
- Department of Social Development Substance Abuse Helpline: Tel: 0800 12 13 14 | Text: 32312. 24 hours.
- Ke Moja Substance Abuse (WhatsApp): WhatsApp: 087 163 2025. 8am to 5pm.
- 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.
- All crisis lines in South Africa
This page lists Male Addiction Counsellors in Cape Town. 8 in all.
That is 8 of the 26 counsellors listed in Cape Town.
These are practitioners who identify as male 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 man. While many people prefer this, we found no research on whether it changes how the therapy goes.
Identifying as a man is a different thing from working with men's concerns. A client and a practitioner always differ, whatever they share 2.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
The counsellors listed in Cape Town for addiction offer talking sessions of about an hour 3. Counselling usually runs weekly, for a set number of sessions.
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.
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 3.
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 Male identity, the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title counsellor.
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.
The Cape Town page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
4 of the 8 have included their registration on their profile.
Sessions here are offered in English and Afrikaans.
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). 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
- Addiction Counsellors in Cape Town
- Female Addiction Counsellors in Cape Town
- Male Addiction Psychologists in Cape Town
- Male Anxiety Counsellors in Cape Town
- Male Couples Counsellors in Cape Town
- Male Depression Counsellors in Cape Town
- Male Grief Counsellors in Cape Town
- Male Trauma Counsellors in Cape Town
- Every therapist listed in Cape Town (549)
- 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)
