Costs of psychotherapy
The costs of psychotherapy sessions are in most cases covered by the health insurance company, although this depends very much on whether the patient actually suffers from a psychiatrically recognized illness and which form of psychotherapy the patient would like to take. For example, couple therapy is often not covered by health insurance, whereas most other forms of psychotherapy are covered by the statutory health insurance. However, it is important to know that the costs of psychotherapy are only covered by health insurance companies if the patient is undergoing treatment for a psychiatrically recognized illness.
Also, the costs for psychotherapy are usually only paid up to a certain level, which means that the patient is allowed to have a certain number of psychotherapy sessions per quarter and these sessions are also paid by the health insurance. Also, the costs for psychotherapy are not paid by the health insurance company if a patient wants to attend psychotherapy sessions with an unrecognized psychotherapist. In this case, the patient must pay the costs of the psychotherapy sessions himself/herself and is not entitled to reimbursement from the health insurance company.
Psychotherapy for an anxiety disorder
With the help of psychotherapy, patients with various mental illnesses can be cured. In addition, through psychotherapy they learn to live with their illness and not to be controlled by it. Psychotherapy is especially helpful in the case of anxiety disorders.
The main point here is that the patient learns to control his fears and not to let them control him. In general, there are different forms of psychotherapy to treat anxiety. A certain form of psychotherapy, the so-called behavioral therapy, is very successful.In this form of psychotherapy, an attempt is made to take away the fear of anxiety patients so that they can once again have a better quality of life and an unrestricted life.
In several therapeutic sessions, the factors that increase anxiety are discussed in a joint psychiatrist-patient conversation. The conversation should lead to an alleviation of the symptoms of anxiety. Subsequently, the anxiety-triggering behavior is revised with the help of psychotherapy and the patient and the therapist work out strategies together to better deal with the fear.
Afterwards, the patient can try out his or her learned behavior and face an anxiety-inducing situation (for example, a conversation in front of many other people). Psychotherapy can therefore help anxiety patients to overcome their fears. The patient becomes aware of his behavioral and thought patterns and begins to revise them. Night-time panic attacks can be very stressful for the person affected. You can find all the important information on this subject at Nocturnal panic attacks – what is behind them?
