Find a Therapist in Erlangen, Germany

Germany has 145 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including clinical psychologists, psychologists and psychological counsellors.

The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Germany differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in Germany available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.

Cities in Germany with therapists listed

A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.

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.

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 can be found, you have a legal right to have treatment at a private practice reimbursed by your statutory insurer.

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.

What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. How to think about the cost of therapy in Germany sets out the current picture.