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
- UKNA helpline, for help with drug addiction: Tel: 0300 999 1212. Every day, 10am to midnight. Calls from withheld numbers do not connect.
- 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.
- National Gambling Helpline (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 0808 80 20 133. 24 hours.
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Female Addiction Psychotherapists in London. 18 in all.
That is 18 of the 33 psychotherapists listed in London.
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 addiction treatment covers
Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.
For drug use disorders, the WHO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime list treatments that work, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, contingency management and family therapy 3.
Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence 4. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.
Detoxification on its own does not treat a drug use disorder. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.
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 5.
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 Addiction and the professional title psychotherapist.
The London page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in London
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.
3 of these psychotherapists offer a sliding scale.
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
Sessions here are offered in English, French, Mandarin and Spanish.
Nearby places and related listings
- Addiction Psychotherapists in London
- Asian Addiction Psychotherapists in London
- Black Addiction Psychotherapists in London
- Male Addiction Psychotherapists in London
- Female Addiction Counsellors in London
- Female Addiction Psychologists in London
- Psychologists in London
- Psychotherapists in London
- London: all therapists listed (370)
- Relationship counselling, London
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[4] World Health Organization. Opioid overdose.
[5] National Health Service (United Kingdom). Talking therapies.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
