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Old Jul 25, 2021, 11:35 AM
Whereto52 Whereto52 is offline
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Originally Posted by downandlonely View Post
I am not sure how they do it in Germany, but in the US, you do need a diagnosis for them to bill your health insurance. That's for any doctor or therapist. However, I did have a therapist who told me she usually just puts "adjustment disorder" which is kind of a vague way of saying someone needs help adapting to change. She doesn't usually use things like major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. For medication, we need a diagnosis as well.
They put forth a hypothesis for the insurance but usually dismiss them throughout the sessions. The real diagnosis usally come after 12 sessions. At least thats how I was told by my last therapist.