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 Female Counsellors in Durban. 16 in all.
That is 16 of the 17 counsellors listed in Durban.
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 the answer, and nothing here is ranked.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman. 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 2. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
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 Female identity and the professional title counsellor.
Paying for therapy in Durban
Do affordable options exist in Durban?
King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex - Psychiatric Services. Phone +27 31 242 6000. KwaZulu-Natal applies the Uniform Patient Fee Schedule. It publishes categories that receive free care, among them old age pensioners, children under six, and pregnant patients without medical aid. Public patients follow the provincial referral pathway. The hospital charter describes external referrals and a weekday reception for psychiatric outpatient and psychology care.
The Durban page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
10 of the 16 have included their registration on their profile.
The areas of focus listed most often here are Stress / Burnout (11), Grief & Loss (8) and Life Transitions (7).
Sessions here are offered in English, Afrikaans, Sesotho sa Leboa and seTswana.
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
- Black Female Psychologists in Durban, two filters on the full Durban psychologists list
- Male Psychologists in Durban, one filter on the full Durban psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Durban, one filter on the full Durban psychologists list
- Counsellors in Durban
- Social Workers in Durban
- Psychologists in Durban
- All therapists listed in Durban (66)
- Marriage counselling, Durban
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)
