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 Black Trauma Social Workers in Randburg. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 5 social workers listed in Randburg.
These are practitioners who identify as Black on their profile. It is their own answer to a profile question. We do not check it.
The request is usually narrower: a practitioner who will name race early, without you having to explain yourself. Some family therapy approaches recommend the therapist raise it near the start 1. You can ask a practitioner how they handle it.
What the social workers on this page do, and how to choose one
The social workers listed in Randburg for trauma work with the person and their situation. That can mean regular sessions, help with services, or work with the family 2.
Where an assessment, a diagnosis or medicine is needed, ask who provides it 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 social work covers, from counselling to housing and income
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title social worker. Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline 3. It promotes social change, cohesion and the empowerment of people.
The training emphasises the systems around a person. Housing, income, schooling, child protection and family conflict are part of it.
In mental health that often means talking work alongside practical support. Ask a practitioner what parts of your situation they would work on.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Black identity, the specialism recorded as Trauma and the professional title social worker.
The Randburg page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in South Africa?
Titles you will see include Social Worker and Student Social Worker. Search the register by name at South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP). 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.
Nearby places and related listings
- Trauma Social Workers in Randburg
- Black Trauma Psychologists in Randburg
- Black Female Psychologists in Randburg, two filters on the full Randburg psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Randburg, one filter on the full Randburg psychologists list
- Male Psychologists in Randburg, one filter on the full Randburg psychologists list
- Psychologists in Randburg
- Counsellors in Randburg
- Social Workers in Randburg
- Every therapist listed in Randburg (84)
- Marriage counselling in Randburg
References
[1] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, pp. 71-72, citing Kelly et al. (2020). Cultural humility, cultural competence and the therapeutic alliance.
[2] MSD Manual, Consumer Version. Treatment of mental illness (Overview of mental health care).
[3] International Federation of Social Workers. Global definition of the social work profession.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
