Find a Therapist In Germany

Germany has 161 therapists listed on TherapyRoute.

The list includes clinical psychologists, psychologists and psychological counsellors.

Practitioners here are spread across a number of places rather than gathered in one. Each city below carries its own list. You can also filter for practitioners who work by video, wherever they are.

In Germany the question is usually which insurance you have rather than what a therapist charges. Statutory health insurance covers prescribed psychotherapy with no co-payment for the sessions, and the system's own standard treats waiting more than three months as unreasonable.

If no covered therapy place is found, your insurer can agree in advance to reimburse a private practice, on documented evidence of the failed search. The Patientenservice 116117 arranges appointments with psychotherapists for people with statutory insurance.

Not every licensed psychotherapist can bill statutory insurance; a Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie normally cannot. Paying privately, fees are set by each practitioner and rarely published, so ask the rate per session before you begin.

Read How to think about the cost of therapy in Germany.

In Germany the title to look for is Psychotherapeut. Only a state-licensed person may use it, and that licence is the Approbation, granted under the Psychotherapeutengesetz. A psychology-trained holder is a Psychologischer Psychotherapeut, and the licensed title for work with children and young people is Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeut.

Someone described as Psychologe holds a psychology degree rather than a treatment licence. A Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie works under a different permission and is normally paid privately. You can open the federal chamber's therapist search.