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 the United Kingdom
- Samaritans, answered day and night: Tel: 116 123
- Shout, text 85258, the national text crisis line: Text: 85258, texting the word SHOUT
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline: Tel: 0808 2000 247
- Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline: Tel: 0800 027 1234 | Text and WhatsApp: 07401288595
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Female Depression Psychotherapists in Edinburgh. 6 in all.
That is 6 of the 11 psychotherapists listed in Edinburgh.
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.
How depression is treated
Effective psychological treatments include behavioural activation and cognitive behavioural therapy 3. Interpersonal psychotherapy and problem-solving therapy are also used.
Effective treatment exists for mild, moderate and severe depression. A depressive episode means low mood, or loss of interest in things you enjoyed. It lasts most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.
Low mood after a loss or a hard year is not automatically a disorder, though support can help. Ask a practitioner what they would suggest, and why.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours 4.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Depression and the professional title psychotherapist.
The Edinburgh page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
Who registers therapists in the United Kingdom?
In the United Kingdom the practitioner psychologist titles are protected and held on a statutory register; counsellor and psychotherapist are not. See the United Kingdom page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Depression Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Male Depression Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Female Depression Psychologists in Edinburgh
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Female Couples Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Female Psychologists in Edinburgh, one filter on the full Edinburgh psychologists list
- Psychologists in Edinburgh
- All therapists listed in Edinburgh (27)
- Relationship counselling, Edinburgh
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Depressive disorder (depression).
[4] National Health Service (United Kingdom). Talking therapies.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
