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 States of America
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988: Tel: 988 | Text: 988 | Tel, for a Spanish-speaking counsellor: 988, then press 2 | Text, for a Spanish-speaking counsellor: AYUDA to 988
- Veterans Crisis Line, 988 then press 1: Tel: 988, then press 1 | Text: 838255
- Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741: Text: HOME to 741741 | Text, in Spanish: HOLA to 741741
- Boys Town National Hotline: Tel: 800-448-3000 | Text: VOICE to 20121
- All crisis lines in the United States of America
This page lists Black Female Counsellors in Houston. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 17 counsellors listed in Houston.
These are practitioners who identify as Black on their profile. It is their own answer to a profile question. We do not check it, and nothing here is ranked.
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.
Why people ask for a woman, and what the evidence says
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 5.
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 or diagnose. 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 Black identity, the practitioner's stated Female identity and the professional title counsellor.
Paying for therapy in Houston
Do affordable options exist in Houston?
Bo's Place. Phone +1 713 942 8339. All the grief support programmes are free of charge. Bereaved people in Greater Houston can register for a group in English or Spanish. You do not have to be in crisis.
The Houston page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in the United States?
Titles you will see include Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
A practitioner must hold a current licence from the state board where they practise. See the United States page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Female Counsellors in Houston, one filter on the full Houston counsellors list
- Counsellors in Houston
- All therapists listed in Houston (41)
- Couples therapy, Houston
References
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, pp. 71-72, citing Kelly et al. (2020). Cultural humility, cultural competence and the therapeutic alliance.
[3] TherapyRoute's own records.
[4] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
