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 the United Kingdom
- Samaritans: Tel: 116 123 (Free from any phone) | Tel: 0808 164 0123 (Welsh Language Line) | Tel: 18001 44 116 123 (Relay UK). 24 hours. The Welsh Language Line is open every day, 7pm to 11pm.
- Shout, text 85258: Text: 85258. 24 hours.
- NHS 111, the urgent mental health route (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 111 (then choose the mental health option). In Wales, 24 hours a day.
- CALM helpline: Tel: 0800 58 58 58. For people over 18. Every day, 5pm to midnight.
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Black Depression Psychotherapists in London. 6 in all.
That is 6 of the 114 psychotherapists listed in London.
These are practitioners who identify as Black on their profile. It is their own answer to a profile question. We do not check it.
This list answers a request for a practitioner of the same race or ethnicity. Cabral and Smith found the match made almost no difference to treatment outcomes 1.
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 2. You can ask a practitioner how they handle it.
How depression is treated
Effective psychological treatments include behavioural activation and cognitive-behavioural therapy 3. Interpersonal psychotherapy and problem-solving therapy are also used. In the World Health Organization's words: ‘Psychological treatments are the first treatments for depression.’ ‘They can be combined with antidepressant medicines in moderate and severe depression.’
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 Black identity, the specialism recorded as Depression and the professional title psychotherapist.
The London page answers more questions about therapy there.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in London?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth Talking Therapies. Phone +44 20 3228 6747. Talking Therapies care is free under the NHS. Adults aged 18 and older can refer themselves. You must live in Lambeth or have a Lambeth GP.
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.
What these practitioners record
Nearby places and related listings
- Asian Depression Psychotherapists in London
- Depression Psychotherapists in London
- Female Depression Psychotherapists in London
- Male Depression Psychotherapists in London
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- Psychotherapists in London
- All therapists listed in London (370)
- Relationship counselling, London
References
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, pp. 71-72, citing Kelly et al. (2020). Cultural humility, cultural competence and the therapeutic alliance.
[3] World Health Organization. Depressive disorder (depression).
[4] National Health Service (United Kingdom). Talking therapies.
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