Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen (Drittstaaten) als Fachpsychotherapeut/in

• License to practice medicine/ approbation service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325429/ You must already have a state licence to practise (Approbation) as a psychotherapist or a professional licence valid in Germany. • Equivalence of your professional qualification service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331403/en/ If your qualification is not automatically recognised, you must prove the equivalence of your professional qualification as a specialist psychotherapist.

• Application for recognition You can submit an application online or informally in writing by post. • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae in tabular form with details of further education and professional experience completed • Proof of identity Identity card or passport • License to practice medicine or professional permit Proof of German licence to practise medicine or professional permit and proof of equivalent level of training • Proof of qualifications Continuing education certificates and certificates of professional practice • Declaration on previous professional recognition procedures Explanation of whether you have already submitted an application for recognition to another Chamber of Psychotherapists • German translation If your documents are not available in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. The translations must be done by translators who are publicly appointed or authorised.

EUR 280,00 to EUR 500,00 depending on the effort, further fees may arise

• Weiterbildungsordnung für die Psychotherapeutinnen und Psychotherapeuten der Psychotherapeutenkammer Berlin (WBO P) § 24 www.psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de/media/2365 • Further training regulations of the Chamber for Psychological Psychotherapists and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in the State of Berlin § 17 www.psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de/system/files/document/ • Berliner Heilberufekammergesetz (BlnHKG) § 56 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-HeilBKGBEV11P56 • Schedule of Fees (Gebührenordnung) of the Berlin Chamber of Psychotherapists www.psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de/media/399 • Fee schedule (Gebührenverzeichnis) of the Berlin Chamber of Psychotherapists www.psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de/system/files/geb.verze

approx. 3-4 months, if all documents are complete

• Berlin Chamber of Psychotherapists www.psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de/ • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on "Recognition in Germany" www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (BQ-Portal) www.bq-portal.de/en • Financial assistance in the recognition procedure (recognition in Germany) www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Öffentlich bestellte Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer in Deutschland www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/en/ • Information on the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/

The application for recognition of a foreign professional qualification as a Fachpsychotherapeutin or Fachpsychotherapeut (specialist psychotherapist) must be submitted to the Psychotherapeutenkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Psychotherapists).