I just hired one from my home country and do it via skype.
Costs me like 20 euros a session, i rather pay that than try to jump thru hoops with the german health insurance
Google and make a list of all possible therapists in a 100km radius, then get on the phone and start making calls.
Good luck, we’re in similar boat.
look up therapists online, check which one fits to your needs or condition, call them up, get put on a wait list and then call in every other week to get an update.
If you pay it yourself you have an appointment in a couple of days🥲
I got TK to pay for my therapy with a private therapist. It’s a long and stupid process and I was lucky to have my German partner help me with phone calls.
It’s really stupid the hoops they make sick people jump through. Like, oh you have crippling anxiety and depression? Here, call a bunch of people and get rejected! That will help!
Anyway, contact your insurance provider so they can give you the forms and tell you what you need to do.
You can call 116117 if you have a transfer note from your GP, they can at least give you a few appointments for therapists who then might put you on their waitlist. Otherwise I recommend gathering all therapists you would go to who have mail addresses and sending them all the same mail and put them in the BCC, saves lots of time
Finding a psychiatrist was actually quite easy for my wife. Three phone calls and the appointment was fixed. It was more complicated with the psychotherapy. The psychiatrist gave her a list of numbers and she just had to phone through them.
She was able to put her name on lists at some practices, but she had to call many of them several times to get someone on the phone, but after two weeks of phoning she had a prompt initial appointment. After that it took a few more weeks before the regular appointments could start, but all in all things were progressing steadily.
In the case that no therapist is found within a certain period of time, you can also try to find a therapist for private patients. The costs are then covered by statutory health insurance – many people don’t know this, but you can find all necessary information online or your own health insurance provider can advise you (do that before booking something anyway).
You can call your “Krankenkasse” and ask for adresses and telephone numbers. They make a list and send it to you. Then you can call them one by one. Usually they put you in a waitlist. It can take 6 months to 1 year till they call you.
Like many other people I went down the private road and got seen immediately.
I tried very hard to find a psychiatrist but was either turned away or put on a long waiting list. For students like me, the university’s counselling service is a boon.
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I just hired one from my home country and do it via skype.
Costs me like 20 euros a session, i rather pay that than try to jump thru hoops with the german health insurance
Google and make a list of all possible therapists in a 100km radius, then get on the phone and start making calls.
Good luck, we’re in similar boat.
look up therapists online, check which one fits to your needs or condition, call them up, get put on a wait list and then call in every other week to get an update.
If you pay it yourself you have an appointment in a couple of days🥲
I got TK to pay for my therapy with a private therapist. It’s a long and stupid process and I was lucky to have my German partner help me with phone calls.
It’s really stupid the hoops they make sick people jump through. Like, oh you have crippling anxiety and depression? Here, call a bunch of people and get rejected! That will help!
Anyway, contact your insurance provider so they can give you the forms and tell you what you need to do.
You can call 116117 if you have a transfer note from your GP, they can at least give you a few appointments for therapists who then might put you on their waitlist. Otherwise I recommend gathering all therapists you would go to who have mail addresses and sending them all the same mail and put them in the BCC, saves lots of time
Finding a psychiatrist was actually quite easy for my wife. Three phone calls and the appointment was fixed. It was more complicated with the psychotherapy. The psychiatrist gave her a list of numbers and she just had to phone through them.
She was able to put her name on lists at some practices, but she had to call many of them several times to get someone on the phone, but after two weeks of phoning she had a prompt initial appointment. After that it took a few more weeks before the regular appointments could start, but all in all things were progressing steadily.
In the case that no therapist is found within a certain period of time, you can also try to find a therapist for private patients. The costs are then covered by statutory health insurance – many people don’t know this, but you can find all necessary information online or your own health insurance provider can advise you (do that before booking something anyway).
You can call your “Krankenkasse” and ask for adresses and telephone numbers. They make a list and send it to you. Then you can call them one by one. Usually they put you in a waitlist. It can take 6 months to 1 year till they call you.
Like many other people I went down the private road and got seen immediately.
I tried very hard to find a psychiatrist but was either turned away or put on a long waiting list. For students like me, the university’s counselling service is a boon.
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