Since 1999 there are the protected job titles of psychological Psychotherapeut and/or "child and young person Psychotherapeut" by the Psychotherapeutengesetz (PsychThG); these require a national permission for the practice of the medicine (license to practise medicine).

The following conditions are required: A) for psychological Psychotherapeuten final psychology study, b) for child and young person Psychotherapeuten: final psychology, or study.

In order to be able to regulate the further training country widely legally, this had to get the designation "training", since training further are land thing. If recognized therapy schools are here psychoanalysis, Psychotherapie and behavior therapy depth-psychological-founded. The training in the training and test regulation for psychological Psychotherapeuten (PsychThG - APrV) is regulated and/or for Kinder-und young person Psychotherapeuten in the KJPsychTh - APrV.

While the Psychotherapie training leads a diploma psychologist the designation "Psychotherapeut in training" (shortened PiA or PPiA for "psychological Psychotherapeut in training") and is comparable with a Assistenzarzt, which is in the specialist further training. To be selected three-year full time training or five-year occupation-accompanying training can. Both possibilities were divided among other things into: 600 hours of theory; 1800 practical activity in 1 1/2 years, of it 1 year in a psychiatry, 1/2 year in a psychosomatischen hospital, psychiatry or in practice a Psychotherapeuten or a specialist for Psychotherapeuti medicine; 120 hours of self experience; 600 hours of patient treatment in institute for training or in a training practice; 150 hours of supervision. Altogether over 4000 hours in the three to five years training are completed.

A goal of the training as psychological Psychotherapeuten and child and young person Psychotherapeuten is often the cash permission, i.e. the possibility of the account with the legal health insurance companies. This can be given after the license to practise medicine and the physician register entry by the cash-medical combination. Since the cash-medical combinations computed a need of Psychotherapeuten and areas for the address wait many Psychotherapeuten from Psychotherapeuten to close, as soon as the computed number of established Psychotherapeuten is reached, by means of waiting lists for the distribution of a cash permission. Meanwhile it is usual to buy cash permissions of colleagues who go into the retirement - similarly as with physicians.

See also: Psychological disturbance, ICD-10

Related links

• Psychotherapeuten in training in the professional association of German Psychologinnen and psychologist
• PPiA net cross-linking of psychological Psychotherapeuten in training
• Training information with the German Psychotherapeutenverband

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