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.
- Pharma Dynamics Police & Trauma Helpline: Tel: 0800 20 50 26. 8am to 8pm.
- All crisis lines in South Africa
This page lists Female Trauma Counsellors in Johannesburg. 22 in all.
That is 22 of the 28 counsellors listed in Johannesburg.
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.
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 Trauma and the professional title counsellor.
The Johannesburg page answers more questions about therapy there.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Johannesburg?
The Family Life Centre - FAMSA Johannesburg. Phone +27 11 788 4784. Fees are assessed on a sliding scale. Johannesburg residents can request an appointment.
Lower-fee services in Johannesburg
- Emthonjeni Centre, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg offers trauma counselling and psychotherapy for a nominal fee, and free psychotherapy through its community psychology clinic.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
12 of the 22 have included their registration on their profile.
Sessions here are offered in English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and seTswana.
Nearby places and related listings
- Black Trauma Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Male Trauma Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Trauma Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Female Trauma Psychologists in Johannesburg
- Female Addiction Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Female Anxiety Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Psychologists in Johannesburg
- Counsellors in Johannesburg
- Every therapist listed in Johannesburg (252)
- Marriage counselling in Johannesburg
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] Emthonjeni Centre, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand.
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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)
