Finding Your Way Through the Care System
Anyone seeking psychotherapeutic help faces a system that is hard to navigate: treatment approaches, funding bodies, outpatient clinics, waiting lists. These pages bring together what you need to find your bearings — from the route to a therapy place, through clinic and crisis contacts, to your rights concerning the electronic patient record.
Paths to Treatment
How Do I Find a Therapy Place?
Which routes lead to a therapy place in Munich and across Germany: Institutsambulanzen (institute outpatient clinics), the Terminservicestelle (central appointment service), cost reimbursement — with procedures, waiting times and practical tips on making contact.
To the guide →Outpatient Psychotherapy
What psychotherapy is, how it proceeds and who is qualified to provide it — which approaches the statutory health insurers cover, from the initial consultation and trial sessions through to funding approval.
To the essentials →Clinics, Psychiatry & Crisis Services
Clinics
Inpatient and day-clinic facilities — organised by region, treatment concept and specialisation. For situations in which a more intensive form of treatment may be appropriate.
To the overview →Psychiatrists & Outpatient Clinics
Psychiatric practices and institute outpatient clinics in Munich: how they differ from psychotherapy, who is responsible for what — and when which form of care is the right one.
Find your bearings →Crisis & Emergency
Immediate help in mental health crises in Munich: crisis helplines, emergency departments and counselling services — ordered by urgency. For those affected and their relatives.
To the contact points →In acute emergencies: Krisendienst Bayern (Bavarian crisis service) +49 800 655 3000 · Emergency services 112
Understanding What Lies Behind It
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Germany
The history, development and care landscape of psychoanalytic psychotherapy — for context and understanding.
Learn more →Psychoanalysis & Evidence
Does psychodynamic therapy work? Do its concepts hold up? What is justified in the classic objections? An honest appraisal of the research.
To the research →Health Policy & Your Care
What the current reforms mean for waiting times and therapy places — and for this practice’s capacity to take on new patients. A measured assessment.
To the analysis →