Psychotherapy may only be practiced by persons trained for this purpose. You can practise it if you have a license to practice

• as a psychotherapist or
• as a medical doctor.

If you do not have this license, you can also work as a non-medical practitioner in psychotherapy. For this you need

• an unrestricted license or
• a license limited to the field of psychotherapy

As a non-medical practitioner in the field of psychotherapy, you can help people in various crisis situations.

However, the following are not permitted

• the dispensing of pharmacy-only medicines
• the prescribing of prescription medicines
• issuing medical certificates or sick notes

The professional title "psychotherapist" is protected. As a non-medical practitioner, you are not permitted to use this title.