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Behavioral therapy is problem-oriented and focuses on the current problem. This method is based on the assumption that mental disorders arise through learning processes and therefore they are treated through learning processes. The usual treatment frequency is one session of 50 minutes per week. The treatment takes place in a sitting position.

The arrangement, both of a psychotherapeutic consultation and of psychotherapeutic acute treatment ("Psychotherapeutische Akutsbehandlung"), can be carried out by the appointment service office ("Terminservice-Stelle") of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians ("Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung"). However, you can also organize an appointment yourself. The appointment service offers you an appointment with a psychotherapist within one week. The waiting time between your call and your appointment is usually a maximum of five weeks; for appointments for acute treatment, the maximum is two weeks.

Further information: Appointment service office of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (in German)

Yes, even if you are not yet registered as a war refugee, you are already entitled to basic medical care.

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Psychotherapy is carried out by medical and psychological psychotherapeutic specialists. They have graduated in psychology or medicine and obtain their state treatment license (license to practice) in a special procedure, for example behavioral therapy, depth psychology-based psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, systemic psychotherapy. Only licensed psychotherapeutic professionals can bill the statutory and private health insurance funds.

When symptoms in the areas of thinking, experiencing, feeling and acting occur or worsen, can no longer be managed alone or with the support of relatives, and cause suffering, psychotherapy may be indicated. These symptoms include, for example, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, eating disorders, compulsions, addictions and psychosomatic symptoms - that is, physical symptoms for which no physical cause can be found.

Psychotherapy means "treatment of the soul" or treatment of mental problems in the areas of thinking, feeling, experiencing and acting.

Psychoanalysis is based on the assumptions of classical psychoanalysis and its further developments. It assumes that trauma experienced in childhood plays a major role in the development of mental illness. The usual frequency of treatment is 2 to 3 hours a week. The treatment can take place in a sitting or lying position.

Systemic therapy is based on the assumption that symptoms arise through social systems or interactions between members of the family and their social environment and that these can be used to alleviate the symptoms. The people involved do not necessarily have to be present in the therapy.

You can decide which therapy method is right for you with the help of a therapeutic specialist or by contacting your health insurance company.