Persian-speaking Mental health in Berlin

This page lists the Persian-speaking psychotherapists, psychiatrists and mental health practitioners registered with us in Berlin. How mental health care works in Germany is explained on Mental health. What follows is about Berlin.

In an emergency call 112. Outside practice hours the nationwide on-call medical number is 116117. For a free, round-the-clock conversation in a crisis, TelefonSeelsorge can be reached on 0800 1110111, 0800 1110222 or 116 123. This page is only a directory and is not an emergency service.

What the Verified badge does and does not say

Verified says one thing only: a real person stands behind this profile and manages it themselves. YabInfy does not check anyone's certificates, licences, experience or competence, and the badge is not for sale. Psychotherapists are licensed through the Psychotherapeutenkammer Berlin, and your own insurer can also tell you whether somebody holds a statutory contract.

When no contracted therapist has room, there is another route

This is the most important thing to know on the subject, and most people never hear it.

The number of therapists holding a statutory contract is limited and the wait can run to months. But the law says that if your insurer cannot provide necessary treatment that cannot be postponed, you may go to a therapist without a contract and have the cost reimbursed. This is the cost reimbursement procedure, and it rests on social insurance law.

The route requires evidence, and that evidence is what moves it along. Keep a note of your calls to therapists: the date, the practice, and the answer you were given. Collect several refusals in writing or by message. Then submit the application to your insurer together with a treatment recommendation from a licensed therapist.

Know two things in advance. Insurers frequently refuse the first application, and sometimes claim you have to use the appointment service, when that service provides an initial consultation and acute treatment rather than a course of therapy. A refusal is not the end, and you can appeal within the deadline printed on the letter.

Berlin is large, which makes the search both easier and more tiring

The largest registered Persian-speaking group in this field is in Berlin, but that also means many calls and scattered answers. So that it does not wear you down, plan the search like a task.

Make a list, call once a week, and note each practice's telephone hours, because most therapists answer the phone only within a set window of the day. This list also has a section showing practitioners who work online, and for somebody who finds a weekly journey across a city this size heavy, that may be the answer.

Ask before you start

• Do you hold a statutory contract, or does your work go through cost reimbursement?
• Do you offer an initial consultation, and how long is the wait?
• Will the therapy itself be in Persian, or only the first assessment?
• Do you keep a waiting list, and how long does it usually take?
• YabInfy checks none of this, so ask for it yourself, and ask to see the document where it matters.

If this group is not big enough for you

For therapy in your first language, online is a serious option and the therapist does not have to be in your city. Look at the other cities on this site too, and ask on the call whether they work by video. If the wait becomes long, take the reimbursement route above seriously.

Reviews and privacy

This section matters more here than anywhere else. We never store or show who opened a profile or who made contact. Only a review you choose to write goes public, under a name you pick.

If you do decide to write, say nothing about your own situation. Use a short name and stay with things that point to no part of your treatment: the wait, whether the phone was answered, and whether the terms and the cost were clear from the start. Do not pass judgement on the quality of therapy, because it goes differently for every person and your view of it is a poor guide for the next reader.

The full directory is at Mental health.