I treat both publicly and privately insured patients, as well as self-paying clients in my practice.

Couples therapy and Gestalt therapy cannot be billed through public health insurance and must be paid for privately unless you have a
supplementary insurance
that covers the costs.

What costs are covered by health insurance?

Individual Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy is covered by both public and private health insurance.

Gestalt therapy is a humanist school of therapy, which is not covered by health insurance.

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy
is not part of the service catalog of public health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung – GKV).
The costs for treatment must be covered by you (see section Self-Paying Clients).

Group Therapy

Group therapy refers to psychodynamic group therapy, which is covered by public health insurance.

Process

Initial Consultation and Probatory Sessions for Insurance-Covered Therapy

The initial consultation is for an initial assessment: Here, we discuss your concerns, explore possible treatment options, and determine whether psychotherapy is indicated and appropriate. Up to three consultation sessions can be used.

The probatory sessions follow and allow for a more in-depth introduction. We clarify your therapy goals and assess whether the therapy method and collaboration are a good fit.
Up to four probatory sessions can be attended before therapy can be formally requested from the insurance provider.

These appointments are a prerequisite for insurance-covered therapy.

For privately insured clients, the process may differ—please check with your insurance provider.

Self-Paying Clients

For self-paying clients, the duration and frequency of sessions, as well as the fee, can be adjusted.

As a medical treatment, therapy is exempt from VAT (§ 4 German VAT Act No. 14.a)).

Please also read the Benefits for Self-Paying Clients section below carefully.
It may be beneficial for you to cover the costs yourself or consider coaching instead.

More information for self-payer

Self-payer is the term for those who pay themselves. The health insurance is not involved. You decide whether you pay directly for the individual sessions or whether I send you a monthly invoice which you can pay by bank transfer.

Advantages for Self-payers

  • Fast and unbureaucratic: neither the application procedure nor the approval of reimbursement by your health insurance company delays the start of therapy.
  • No diagnosis filed: no diagnosis (according to ICD-10) has to be made before treatment. This also means that there is no need for an entry in the medical record, which can be relevant in the case of impending civil service, life insurance or occupational disability insurance.
  • Free choice of methods: the choice of setting (individual, couple, group) is just as free as the method used (psychodynamic therapy, Gestalt therapy).
  • Individual planning: no limit of 50 minutes. Duration and frequency of sessions can be adapted to your needs.
  • Inform yourself: self-paid treatments may be tax deductible as extraordinary expenses.