Persian-speaking Mental health in Köln

This page lists the Persian-speaking psychotherapists, psychiatrists and mental health practitioners registered with us in Köln. The general account of this field is on Mental health and is not repeated here. What follows is about Köln.

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 in this state are licensed through the Psychotherapeutenkammer Nordrhein-Westfalen, and your own insurer can confirm contract status.

Who finds out that you are in therapy?

This question is rarely asked out loud in our community, and it keeps more people away than anything else. The answer is clear enough.

A therapist is bound by law to confidentiality, and that obligation is a serious one. Your employer does not find out. If you are signed off sick, what reaches your employer does not state a diagnosis. Family and partners hear nothing without your consent, even if they telephone themselves.

Statutory insurance receives some information in order to approve a course of treatment, but that file stays confidential with the insurer. The place to be genuinely careful is elsewhere. Some private insurance, and the questionnaires for life or occupational disability cover, may ask about a history of psychological treatment, and concealing it causes problems later. If such a contract is in your plans, talk about the sequencing with your therapist before you begin.

And one thing from us: we never show who opened this page or any profile on it.

Köln is large, and Köln and Düsseldorf are one catchment

Open the search to both cities from the start, since they are half an hour apart by train and under the same professional chamber. But for treatment that repeats weekly over months, judge the journey realistically.

If no place is free, two real options remain. One is the online practitioners in this list, which for therapy in your first language is often more sustainable than a weekly trip. The other is short-term acute treatment, which exists for urgent situations and is separate from a full course. Ask about that on the first call.

Ask before you start

• Do you hold a statutory contract?
• When could an initial consultation happen?
• Do you also work by video?
• If things become urgent, what is available during the wait?
• 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

Düsseldorf is the nearest option and the other cities in the state have their own lists. For therapy in Persian, take online seriously. And if the wait grows long, take an initial consultation with whoever has time, because the sheet from that session is useful at the later stages.

Reviews and privacy

Writing a review in this field is a personal decision and there is no obligation at all. Only a review you choose to write goes public, under a name you set, and we show nothing else.

If you do write, stay on the administrative side: whether the phone was answered, how long the wait was, and whether the terms were clear. Say nothing about the content of sessions or about the outcome. Therapy takes its own course for each person, and your experience, whatever it was, is a poor prediction for the next reader.

The full directory is at Mental health.