How much does art therapy cost?
Most statutory health insurances don’t yet cover art therapy. But private healthcare costs can be claimed as extraordinary expenses (außergewöhnliche Belastungen) in your tax return.
My fees:
Preliminary appointment:
Free of charge
Trial sessions (max. 4 ):
60 min. = € 65
One-to-one sessions:
60 min. = € 78 for adults
€ 70 for children/adolescents
Reductions can be agreed for the unemployed and people on ‘basic income’ or Hartz 4.
Group therapy:
2,5 h = € 58
Reductions can be agreed here too.
Starting in February 2027 there will be spots available in two groups:
2. Once a Month, Friday evening/Saturday morning
Spots may also become available at a later date.
For teenagers and young adults, there is an open Open Studio on Fridays. Here it is possible to come to individual sessions with short-term advance registration.
There are ways of applying for funding:
To apply for partial funding from a health insurer you need a medical certificate containing a diagnosis and a recommendation for art therapy.
Children and adolescents with disabilities can receive funding through the social-security statutes §§ 53, 54 SGB XII and from the Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) (§ 35a Abs. 1a SGB VIII).
As a person with disabilities you can apply for finance through the ‘persönliches Budget’.The following link takes you to a version in simple German:
https://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/a722-pers-budget-einfachesprache.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3