Recognising continuing education for psychological psychotherapists

Step 1: At the beginning of the departmental training, submit an application to the Chamber for entry in the continuing education register.

Step 2: After successful completion of the departmental training (for this purpose, it is essential to observe the current requirements of the continuing education regulations of the LPK RLP), the application for recognition of an additional title can be completed and sent together with all necessary documents to the postal address of the chamber.

If the application is approved, you will immediately receive the notification of recognition and the certificate, with which you may use the additional designation.

If, on the other hand, there are any queries or evidence is missing, LPK RLP will contact you.

If your application is rejected, you will receive the rejection notice. Please note that the application is subject to a fee even then. You then have one month to file an objection if necessary.

Please contact the Landespsychotherapeutenkammer Rheinland-Pfalz.

• Point of single contact for administrative matters

In order to be recognised for continuing education, you must meet the following requirements:

• Licence to practise as a psychological psychotherapist or child and adolescent psychotherapist

• At the time of application for recognition of the additional title: Membership of LPK RLP

• Application for entry in the continuing education register at the beginning of the continuing education

• Completion of theoretical and practical continuing education at further education institutions recognized by a state chamber of psychotherapists

• Compliance with all requirements of the continuing education regulations, the certificates to be submitted are listed exactly in the application form.

• First of all: The form for entry in the continuing education register.
• On the website of the State Chamber of Psychotherapists you will find a separate application form for recognition of the respective additional title for each of the nine areas.

The fee for an application for the acquisition of an additional designation depends on the effort, but amounts to at least € 360.00.

There are no deadlines for submitting applications.

In the case of negative decisions, the opposition period is one month.

Usually: 1 to 4 weeks.

• Further education regulations of the LPK RLP
• Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG)

• Administrative Procedure Act: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vwvfg/
• In case of rejection, there are the possibilities of objection and then of the lawsuit.

All forms can be found on the homepage of the Landespsychotherapeutenkammer (LPK) RLP. under https://www.lpk-rlp.de/mitglieder-service/formulare/weiterbildung.html .

• Landespsychotherapeutenkammer RLP - Applications for further education recognition

The service described here is the possibility of further training. However, the new Psychotherapist Act, which was passed on 22 November 2019 and entered into force on 1 September 2020, will soon require far-reaching upheavals in the psychotherapeutic education and training landscape. In the psychotherapist chambers there will therefore also be the possibility of a further education in the future, which once again differs significantly from the service described here (area training). The LPK RLP informs on its homepage about important news and you will find information flyers on the new psychotherapy training.

• LPK RLP - Information on the new psychotherapy training

There is often uncertainty about the differences between education, training and further education. For clarification:

• The training includes everything that serves the acquisition of the license to practice medicine, i.e. Bachelor's and Master's degree as well as the subsequent at least three-year training as a psychological psychotherapist or child and adolescent psychotherapist.
• Departmental training: After approbation, PPs and KJPs have the opportunity to complete at least 18 months of advanced training at a recognized further education institution in order to deepen their knowledge in a specific area and to acquire an announceable additional title.
• Further training serves to secure, expand and update the basic knowledge acquired in education and training. Every chamber member who works as a psychotherapist is obliged to undergo further professional training. The training can take place, for example, by participating in workshops, seminars, congresses, symposia and lectures, case conferences, job shadowing, etc. Further training is also possible within the framework of self-study and through teaching and lecturing activities. All important information and documents on the subject of further training can be found here on our homepage.

28.09.2021

Frequently asked questions and answers on continuing education are also answered on the LP RLP website .

• Questions and answers on continuing education