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 Female Grief Counsellors in Durban. 11 in all.
That is 11 of the 13 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 the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
The counsellors listed in Durban for grief 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 Female identity, the specialism recorded as Grief and the professional title counsellor.
What therapy costs here
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
7 of the 11 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
- Grief Counsellors in Durban
- Female Grief Psychologists in Durban
- Female Couples Counsellors in Durban
- Female Trauma Counsellors in Durban
- 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
- Every therapist listed in Durban (90)
- 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)
