
Costs
General information
I offer treatment for statutory insured clients as well as for private insured clients and for direct payers.
To coordinate the set-up for a treatment and its process, please get into contact with me. In a first interview, you can explain your situation and get some information about possible ways of treatment. For this initial clinical interview you do not need a letter of referral. After the first session there are usually 3 more sessions which are called “probatorische Sitzungen” or “probatory sessions“. During these sessions a diagnosis will be made as well as a plan for the next steps in the treatment. But most importantly, we will use these sessions to figure out if we’d like to work with each other.
General set-up
After we decided to work together, we will have weekly sessions which are usually around 50 minutes.
By taking into account the individual problems and goals, the decision is made either for a short-term-treatment (24 sessions) or a long-term treatment (60 sessions). An extension for up to 80 sessions is possible under certain circumstances. For direct payers the length of the therapy will be coordinated individually.
Applicable to all conversations, I am liable to the doctor-patient confidentiality.
Process and payment modalities differ depending on your type of health insurance respectively if you decide to pay directly. Information to the different modalities is found bellow:
Statutory health insurance
Since January 2025 I am allowed to treat patients with statutory health insurance. For the first session every quarter, you need to bring your insurance card. If you change your insurance company or if there are any other changes that relate to your insurance status, it is important to inform me as soon as possible. If you are not insured anymore, the costs for the sessions have to be covered by you privately.
Private health insurance
The costs for a psychotherapeutic treatment are usually covered fully or at least partly by private health insurance companies or so called “Beihilfestellen“ or aid agencies after the correct application for it. Please check out the conditions for the acceptance of the payment for a behavioral therapy at your health insurance company in advance.
If you have any questions concerning the process, please feel free to call me so we can figure out the conditions for a therapy at your insurance company.
Since July 2024 there is a new Gebührenordnung für Psychotherapeuten https://api.bptk.de/uploads/Uebersicht_Analogleistungen_gemaess_Abrechnungsempfehlungen_B_Pt_K_B_Ae_K_PKV_Beihilfe_2024_07_01_5d59d963de.pdf , so one session of 50 minutes is charged at 134,06 € or 134,07 €, depending on the session. Costs for biographical anamnesis are at 123,34 €, for test batteries at 75,75 €. If we need to more than 10 session or if a long term treatment is indexed, the report for a third party expert is at 67,03 €.
Direct payer
If you do not want your health insurance company to be informed about the beginning of a psychotherapy you can also choose to pay for the treatment privately. This might be helpful if you plan to apply for other insurances which require a health status in the future or if an appointment as a tenured German civil servant is in reach.
Please call me if you are interested in that model. After a phone conversation about the modalities we can make an appointment for a first interview.
Since July 2024 there is a new Gebührenordnung für Psychotherapeuten https://api.bptk.de/uploads/Uebersicht_Analogleistungen_gemaess_Abrechnungsempfehlungen_B_Pt_K_B_Ae_K_PKV_Beihilfe_2024_07_01_5d59d963de.pdf , so one session of 50 minutes is charged at 134,06 € or 134,07 €, depending on the session. Costs for biographical anamnesis are at 123,34 €, for test batteries at 75,75 €.
Please feel free to ask any questions concerning the costs.