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 Female Counsellors in London. 60 in all.
That is 60 of the 75 counsellors 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 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 3.
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. 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 and the professional title counsellor.
The London page answers more questions about therapy there.
What therapy costs here
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.
6 of these counsellors offer a sliding scale.
Who registers therapists in the United Kingdom?
See the United Kingdom page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
3 of the 60 have included their registration on their profile.
The areas of focus listed most often here are Anxiety (46), Mood Disorder (33) and Relationship Issues (33).
Sessions here are offered in English, Hindi/Urdu, Italian and Portuguese.
Nearby places and related listings
- Black Female Psychotherapists in London, two filters on the full London psychotherapists list
- Black Male Psychotherapists in London, two filters on the full London psychotherapists list
- Male Psychotherapists in London, one filter on the full London psychotherapists list
- Female Psychotherapists in London, one filter on the full London psychotherapists list
- Psychologists in London
- Psychotherapists in London
- Counsellors in London
- Every therapist listed in London (385)
- Relationship counselling in London
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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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)