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Aybüke
Amsterdam on Jul 2026
I am really happy with Zeliha Stefanie, actually, and I feel really lucky with her. She is very, very professional, always helpful, always ready, and she always answers my messages. She is on time and communicates well with me. I would of course recommend her, and the price felt really good to me.
Anonymous
Amsterdam on Aug 2026
I got some help from Monica during a very busy period, with a lot of family stuff and work stuff piling on. It was really useful to be able to voice what I needed outside of everything, and she was there to hear it out, be a sounding board, and help me reframe things and approach the anxiety that comes when life stuff piles on at the same time. She created a very calming environment and did not dismiss anything, which I really liked. Also, being an expat with family far away, she really understood that and helped me reframe certain things.
Fleur
Amsterdam on Aug 2026
I got in touch with Susan about two years ago through a find a therapist site, and we immediately made an appointment, which I really liked because you can talk to someone right away and feel if it’s a match. I joined her in a project for a year and a half and also did one on one sessions with her. She is just a very nice person, she really listens, there is space for your emotions, and there is no judgment. Susan really helped me climb out of the hole, and I’ve already sent other people to her too.
Real price ranges from the jobs our vetted psychologists actually do. Updated July 2026
How much does an in-person therapy session cost in Amsterdam?
Paying for it yourself, a session at an Amsterdam practice costs about €97 for 50 minutes or €115 for 60 minutes, and you do not need a verwijzing (referral letter) from your huisarts (family doctor) to book one. With a referral, the same session is billed to your insurer under the basisverzekering (basic health insurance) and you pay only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible). The practices we looked at sit across the centre, west and south of the city, several keep evening and weekend slots, and English is widely spoken.
How much does an online therapy session cost in Amsterdam?
Online sessions are priced the same as sitting in the room, roughly €97 for 50 minutes and €115 for 60 minutes when you pay yourself. One Amsterdam practice gives you a free 20-minute online intake first, which is a gentle way to find out whether you click with someone before any money changes hands. The practices that work online run the same funded care through a screen, so with a verwijzing (referral letter) from your huisarts (family doctor) the bill goes to your insurer under the basisverzekering (basic health insurance) and you pay only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible). English-speaking psychologists are easy to find here, and working online widens the choice further.
How much does acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) cost in Amsterdam?
ACT is taught in two quite different ways, and the price follows the format rather than the method. As a group course it is a fixed price: Dutch providers charge €320 for eight evenings of two hours including the workbook, €398.50 for a similar eight week course, and around €225 for a shorter five session follow-up. One to one it is billed as ordinary therapy, about €97 to €115 a session in Amsterdam, with blocks bought upfront costing less. A group course sits outside the basisverzekering (basic health insurance), so no verwijzing (referral letter) is needed and your eigen risico (the yearly deductible) stays untouched, though some insurers do reimburse part of a training like this. Courses run in person and online, and both providers teach in groups.
How much does mindfulness-based therapy cost in Amsterdam?
Mindfulness is sold two ways and they cost very different amounts. As a group course one Dutch provider caps its mindfulness training at €290 and runs a five session mindfulness and ACT course for sleep at €100, with a free introduction session first. One to one with a psychologist it is simply an hour of therapy, about €97 to €115 a session in Amsterdam. A group course sits outside the basisverzekering (basic health insurance), so no verwijzing (referral letter) is needed and your eigen risico (the yearly deductible) is untouched, while some insurers reimburse part of a training like this from an aanvullende verzekering (supplementary policy). That is worth one phone call before you book.
How much does CBT cost in Amsterdam?
CBT, or cognitieve gedragstherapie, is billed by the session rather than as a course, so the number that really matters is how many sessions you need. One Amsterdam practice puts a full CBT course at 12 to 16 sessions and sells them upfront at €1,225 for 12 or €1,590 for 16, which comes out cheaper than paying €115 a session as you go. With a verwijzing (referral letter) from your huisarts (family doctor), CBT inside the basisverzekering (basic health insurance) is billed to your insurer instead, at the NZa rate of €177.89 an insured hour for 2026, and you pay only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible).
How much does EMDR therapy cost in Amsterdam?
EMDR is one of the few methods Amsterdam practices price on its own, though only one of the lists we read does so, which is why we would treat this as the shape of it rather than a fixed rate. That practice charges €100 for a 50-minute EMDR session, close to the €97 to €115 that individual therapy costs here. If EMDR is part of care you were referred into by your huisarts (family doctor), it is billed to your insurer under the basisverzekering (basic health insurance) at the NZa rate of €177.89 an insured hour for 2026, and you pay only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible).
How much does psychodynamic therapy cost in Amsterdam?
Psychodynamic work tends to run longer than other therapy, so the figure to look at is the session rate multiplied by the months, not a single price. No Amsterdam list we read names it separately, and individual therapy here costs about €97 to €115 a session when you pay yourself, with blocks bought upfront costing less, for example €425 for four sessions or €844 for eight. With a verwijzing (referral letter) from your huisarts (family doctor), treatment inside the basisverzekering (basic health insurance) is billed to your insurer at the NZa rate of €177.89 an insured hour for 2026, and you pay only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible).
How much does an ADHD or autism assessment cost in Amsterdam?
No Amsterdam price list we read publishes a figure for an ADHD-onderzoek (ADHD assessment) or an autism assessment, and we would rather say that than guess. What the Dutch practices that do publish rates show is the shape of the bill: assessment time is charged by the hour, about €140 privately, and anything added beyond a standard test is quoted per case on top of that hourly rate. Inside insured care the NZa sets a diagnostic hour at €200.99 for 2026, billed to your insurer once your huisarts (family doctor) has written a verwijzing (referral letter), leaving you only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible). Ask for the full cost in writing before you begin.
How much does a psychological assessment cost in Amsterdam?
An onderzoek (assessment) is priced as a piece of work rather than as an hour of talking, so ask for the whole figure before it starts. Inside insured care the NZa sets a diagnostic hour with a GZ-psycholoog at €200.99 for 2026, billed to your insurer once your huisarts (family doctor) has written a verwijzing (referral letter), which leaves you your eigen risico (the yearly deductible). Paying privately, Dutch practices charge about €140 an hour and quote whole assessments upfront: roughly €275 to €425 for a single intelligence test with a written report, and €1,250 to €1,850 for a long one covering every subtest. One practice states plainly that its assessments are not reimbursed by health insurers, so ask that question early.
How much does a neuropsychological assessment cost in Amsterdam?
Nothing we read prices a neuropsychologisch onderzoek (neuropsychological assessment) on its own, so this stays a gap rather than an answer. The nearest published figures are for assessment of executive functions bought alongside an intelligence test, which one Dutch practice puts at about €2,380, and for assessment time charged by the hour at around €140 privately. Inside insured care the NZa sets a diagnostic hour at €200.99 for 2026, billed to your insurer after a verwijzing (referral letter) from your huisarts (family doctor), leaving you only your eigen risico (the yearly deductible). Ask for the whole figure in writing before anything is booked.
How much does a psychologist for adults cost in Amsterdam?
There are two routes, and they cost very different things. If your huisarts (family doctor) writes you a verwijzing (referral letter) into the GGZ (the Dutch mental health system), sessions are billed straight to your insurer under the basisverzekering (basic health insurance), and all you pay is your eigen risico (the yearly deductible) until it is used up. The NZa, the authority that sets these rates, puts an insured hour with a GZ-psycholoog at €177.89 for 2026, which is what your insurer is billed rather than what you hand over. If you would rather skip the referral and pay for it yourself, Amsterdam practices charge around €97 for 50 minutes or €115 for 60 minutes, and several sell blocks of sessions for less. English-speaking psychologists are easy to find here, so language is rarely the thing that holds you back.
How much does a psychologist for children and adolescents cost in Amsterdam?
For a child the money works differently, and this is the part parents new to the Netherlands most often get wrong. Care for under 18s is not paid by your health insurer at all: your gemeente (the city council) funds jeugd-GGZ (youth mental health care) under the Jeugdwet (the national youth care act), either as care the council arranges or as a persoonsgebonden budget (a personal budget you spend yourself). There is no eigen bijdrage (own contribution) for it, and the eigen risico (the yearly deductible) that applies to adult care does not come into it. Practices bill the council directly and send you a bill only for whatever the council will not cover, so ask about that before you start, and if your child turns 18 during treatment the youth rules usually continue. Paying privately instead, Dutch youth practices that publish their rates charge around €150 a session.
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