title: [Psychological Psychotherapy in Switzerland: Moving towards Transparency and Quality].
abstract: The article gives an overview of psychological psychotherapy in Switzerland. We describe the legal status of psychological psychotherapists, their position and role within the Swiss health-care system, the professional context they practice in, the format of psychotherapy training, various employment models of psychological psychotherapists, as well as the currently insufficient reimbursement situation of psychological psychotherapy. Reimbursement by mandatory health insurance is highlighted as the most important current challenge psychological psychotherapists face in Switzerland, on their way to be fully acknowledged as independent providers of psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Berne; Psychosomatic Competence Center, University Hospital for General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, House C.L. Lory, Berne.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grosse Holtforth
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology, University of Windsor, Canada; Département de Psychiatrie, Institut Universitaire de Psychothérapie et Service de Psychiatrie générale, University de Lausanne.
authors.forename: Ueli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Lausanne.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dauwalder