Registration

To register at the practice, you need the following:

• A referral letter from your GP for Specialized Mental Health and Addiction Care (“gGGZ”), addressed to me and with a request for help in line with what is being treated in the practice. Your GP also provides me with relevant medical information.
• A medication overview of the medication you are currently taking. You can request this from your pharmacy (or general practitioner).

After receiving the referral letter and the medication overview, we will schedule a telephonic screening call of a maximum of 15 minutes. We determine whether the practice is the right place to offer you the best care. 

If we agree that we can proceed to the assessment, we will schedule the first three meetings. I will also send you a registration form, privacy statement and financial agreement via a secure email.

Upon receipt of your registration and financial agreement, we can proceed to scheduling your first assessment session.

Assessment

The assessment phase comprise of 2 to 3 sessions of one hour each:

• During our first appointment, we will register you at my practice. We check the privacy statement (everything about you is safe with me) and the financial agreement. Then the real work begins: we make an inventory of your concerns, symptoms, goals and background. We also immediately look at your medical complaints, current medication, and we go through the online intake form together. 
• In our second session, I do a diagnostic interview. We look at the results of your questionnaires (if applicaple) and further discover what you need. By looking at the connection between psychological, medical and social factors, we gain more insight into what is needed for your treatment and recovery. Sometimes, a second diagnostic appointment is necessary to complete the assessment phase. After this appointment, I will prepare a proposal for treatment.
• In the third appointment, we discuss the advice and draft the treatment plan. Then, we will can schedule your treatment appointments. If I can’t offer you appropriate treatment, we look at alternatives, and I help you with a referral (always in consultation with your GP).

Treatment

Your treatment is always aimed at helping you to recover. You (re) discover your strengths in a safe, neutral space. The treatment consists of psychotherapy often combined with medicines. Follow-up sessions last 15 to 60 minutes per session — depending on your needs. We regularly evaluate your progress through questionnaires or during interviews.

Rounding things up

Waiting time

I would prefer to help you today. That is why I try to keep waiting times as short as possible. Currently, there is an referral stop.

Advantages of the practice:

• Intake, diagnosis and treatment by a psychiatrist. Before we start treatment, I perform thorough diagnostics in which we map out all biological, psychological and social factors. Then, we link these factors with your goals and thus arrive at a treatment plan. As a doctor, one also looks at the effect of physical disorders and medication on the psyche.
• Blended care: So-called blended care means the practice works with a combination of online and in-person appointments. Online treatment saves travel time, is safer concerning COVID and fits easily into your working day. In principle, always online, unless meeting in person is necessary or desirable.
• Treatment according to the current guidelines, adapted to your specific needs. I follow the current guidelines. However, as a medical specialist, I adjust the care to suit your needs.
• Referral where necessary. Unfortunately, the setting of outpatient private psychiatry is not suitable for all forms of treatment. During the assessment phase, we look at the options together. If the practice cannot provide the right help, I will be happy to help you get appropriate assistance.

Reimbursements & rates

The practice does not have contracts with health insurers. In short, this means:

• The percentage of your reimbursement depends on your policy: with a reimbursement policy (“restitutiepolis”), you will be reimbursed 80-100%, with a “natura” policy 60-75% will be reimbursed.
• You contact your insurer before our first session to confirm the percentage they compensate and whether permission is needed for care in practice.
• That you pay the bill directly to the practice and claims back from to the insurer
  in terms of costs the following might serve as a general guideline:

If we only do the assessment without treatment the cost for 3 diagnostic sessions are 3 x €301,42 per session = €904,26

Therapy sessions of 60 minutes are €265,70

Medication consults of 15 minutes are €94,07

Your final invoice — which your health insurer reimburses partially or completely to you — may be higher or lower.
Disclaimer: These are exapmles based on the rates determined by the Dutch Health Authority, you can not derive any rights from these examples.

Emergency?

The practice is not available 24/7 and does does not provide any crisis care. Do you need an acute admission or are you struggling with acute suicidal behaviour? Then call the emergency services in your region via 112 or the on call GP (Huisartsenpost). Are you not in direct danger, but do you need immediate help to combat suicidal thoughts? Then call 113 immediately.

Addiction and interventions

Are you looking for targeted treatment for your addiction or interventions?