Psychotherapy pricing

Online Psychotherapy - Psychologists

Online psychotherapy has been around in some form - video, telephone, email or text messaging - for 20 years. Research has shown that online psychotherapy is equivalent to in-person care, and in most cases a leading alternative option for treatment.

Distance therapy sessions offer the advantages of flexible and easy scheduling, so you can have your sessions from the comfort of your home, or wherever you are!

How to choose the right psychologist?

Finding a psychologist can be stressful and time-consuming in the beginning. When you start looking for a practitioner, it’s common to imagine who that person might be, but it takes time to learn enough about them to know if they’re right for your needs.

We’ve taken the guesswork out of your search, with a customized matching process that finds the most suitable therapist for you, based upon your criteria and expressed needs.

How can technology choose the right psychotherapist for me?

Our technology is based upon the pillar of creating a strong therapeutic alliance between therapist and client. Our algorithm uses your stated criteria to search for a practitioner who most closely meets your needs, based on professional experience and specializations. We are constantly developing and improving our service to make the matching process faster and more exact.

We want you to be sure this approach to therapy is right for you. That’s why we offer the first session completely free of charge, so you can have one meeting with your psychologist without any obligation.

What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychotherapist?

Let's start with the basics, separating two professionals that are misused as synonyms: psychologist and psychotherapist.

A psychologist is a professional who has received a license to practice the profession of psychologist from the Greek state. Prerequisite for the license is the successful completion of basic psychology studies from a recognized university. However, the license to practice the profession of psychologist foresees and limits its holder to the provision of counseling services and not psychotherapy. Technically, the lisence holder can practice the profession of psychologist, however we, at ClicktoTherapy, do not consider it as a sufficient condition for someone to provide effective and quality psychotherapy.

A psychotherapist is a professional psychologist who, in addition, has followed a 4-year further training in psychotherapy specialization, which meets the criteria recommended by the European Psychotherapy Association. These criteria mainly include:

• Theoretical training in a psychotherapeutic approach (e.g. psychodynamic, systemic, existential, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, etc.)
• Specific number of supervision hours
• Personal psychotherapy
• Being under supervision

The partners psychologist of ClicktoTherapy belong to the category of psychotherapist, while they meet certain additional criteria that are considered necessary for an effective psychotherapeutic intervention, such as continuous personal analysis and the supervision of the incidents.

What is the cost of online Psychotherapy in Greece?

Before analyzing the online version of psychotherapy, it is important to highlight that the cost of psychotherapy may vary depending on each professional. In particular, the price of psychotherapy is higher if it is provided by a psychotherapist than a psychologist, which is better understood if we consider the difference in their degree of specialization. Additionally, online psychotherapy tends to be slightly more cost-effective than in-person due to lower maintenance cost of the practitioner's office. However, it is a common misconception that the online therapy is cheaper than in-person psychotherapy because it is less effective, and therefore of lower value which is further from the truth!

Let's focus on the cost of online psychotherapy by a psychotherapist. The cost of a session can depend on a number of factors, such as expertise, the reputation of the professional, the location of the professional (psychotherapy in the city tends to be more expensive than in the countryside), additional studies of the professional, etc. Considering all these factors, the average session cost is estimated at €60.

At Clicktotherapy, since we have managed to reduce the cost for the professional and at the same time help them not to waste time with administrative issues, we are able to reduce the session price. In addition, our main goal is to keep fixed the price of each session, so that the price is not a criterion for choosing a psychologist. Our purpose is to focus on essential criteria for assigning a professional to each client, such as psychotherapeutic specialization and experience, which are proven to be the most essential for the establishment of a successful psychotherapeutic relationship.

Should psychotherapy be free?

Psychologists and psychotherapists are professionals with many years of studies and continuous development to be able to practice their profession effectively and it is important that this professionalism is reimbursed. However, it is possible, from various organisations, to provide free counseling by volunteer psychologists, who generously allocate part of their time for this purpose. Free counseling in the context of volunteering programs can be useful as well as effective, especially in urgent cases.

On the other hand, psychotherapy is a systematic process, which requires an investment of both time and money, so that the client is essentially committed to it, and can effectively cooperate with the psychotherapist. In fact, it is believed that the commitment of the client to the psychotherapeutic process is maximized when the client takes on the cost of their therapy, given that it remains affordable.