Emergency and Low-Cost Support in Vienna
acute emergency
- Psychiatric Emergency Services Vienna, 24hrs daily, 01 31330
- Telephone Counseling Service: 142, 24hrs daily
- Crisis Intervention Centre, 01 4069 595
- Acute Psychiatric Units Vienna
phone consultation
- AMIKE-Telefon (Diakonie) when in psychosocial distress: anonymous support available in Farsi/Dari, Arabic, Kurdish, English, German, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian
Hotline for Eating Disorders: 0800 20 11 20, Mon – Thu, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Fully funded psychotherapy covered by health insurance
In Vienna, there are two care associations that have contracts with the health insurance providers and offer therapy places funded by health insurance. You can inquire about an insurance-covered therapy slot there and have your name placed on the waiting list.
You can also contact therapists who offer insurance-covered therapy slots directly and ask to be placed on their waiting list.
Assistance with Finding Affordable Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapeutischer Bereitschaftsdienst: Referral for affordable psychotherapy, one-time referral fee: €65 (free of charge for students)
- Frauen* beraten Frauen*: Support in finding publicly funded therapy slots
Free Support for People Without Insurance
- HEMAYAT – Care Center for Survivors of Torture and War: Focus on trauma therapy, treatment with interpreters
- Ambermed: Outpatient medical care, social counseling and medication assistance, with interpreter-supported treatment
- Neunerhaus – Praxis für Psychische Gesundheit: Psychosocial support
- AN.DOC.STELLE – Association for the Promotion of Bio-Psychosocial Healthcare for Socially Marginalized Groups and Individuals Affected by Chronic Illnesses: trans buddy and trans counseling, legal counseling, nutrition counseling, chemsex counseling, sexual health counseling, social services counseling, and psychotherapy.
Free and Low-Cost Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic Support in Vienna
Substance use disorders
- Counseling center Alkohol. Leben können.
- Verein P.A.S.S. – Help with addiction issues: individual and group therapy. Free of charge
- Dialog: Individual addiction support, psychosocial care. Free of charge
- Netzwerk Chemsex: Contact list of specialized support and counseling services. Partially free of charge
- Grüner Kreis: Psychotherapy as part of addiction treatment. Free of charge
Children and Youth
- Die Boje – Crisis intervention for children and adolescents: short- and long-term therapy, parental support for trauma, grief, and divorce. Free of charge
- Caritas Wien: Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with accompanying parental support and peer counseling. Free of charge
- Die Möwe Kinderschutzzentrum Wien: Psychotherapeutic treatment for children and adolescents following violence, crises, and trauma. Free of charge
- Tamar – Beratungsstelle für sexuellen Missbrauch: Psychotherapy for girls and adolescent girls. Free of charge
- Kinderhilfswerk: Child and adolescent psychotherapies up to 18 years of age. Free of charge
- Child Guidance Clinic: Short- and long-term psychotherapy, individual and accompanying parental therapy. Free of charge
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic Leopoldstadt, Landstrasse und Hietzing. Free of charge
Group Sessions
- PTA psychotherapeutische Ambulanz: Group psychotherapy. Free of charge
- Fairtherapy: Group psychotherapy with a focus on trauma. Free of charge
Services with Language Interpreters
- HEMAYAT – Care Center for Survivors of Torture and War: Psychotherapy for adults, children, and adolescents; movement groups; art therapy. Free of charge
- SINTEM Caritas: Intercultural psychotherapeutic and psychological care for people with a refugee background. Psychotherapy or psychological support, group work, social services. Free of charge
- Projekt Azima: Psychosocial care for young adults with a history of displacement or migration. Free of charge
- Peregrina: Psychological counseling and treatment for migrant women. Free of charge
- Psychosoziale Beratungsstelle Integrationshaus: Psychosocial counseling center for asylum seekers and refugees in primary care/Grundversorgung. Free of charge
- Männergesundheitszentrum MEN: Psychological counseling. €15 per session
Other Services
- An.Doc.Stelle: Psychotherapy focusing on challenges related to chemsex, HIV, trans identity, gender identity
- Frauengesundheitszetrum FEM Süd: Psychological/Psychotherapeutic counseling. Initial consultation free, further sessions €15 each
- Gesundheitszentrum Landstraße der ÖGK: Psychotherapy, group relaxation training. Free of charge
- HPE – Support for relatives of people with mental illness: Counseling and self-help groups. Free of charge
- Institut für Psychotherapie of the Psychosocial Services Vienna: with a day outpatient clinic for borderline disorder. Free of charge.
- Männerberatung Wien: Psychotherapy with income-based sliding scale fees
- Psychosoziales Zentrum ESRA: Psychotherapy including support for relatives. Free of charge
- Sowhat – Komeptenzzentrum für Menschen mit Essstörungen: Long-term individual and group psychotherapy. Free of charge
Training Clinics – Affordable Services Provided by Therapists in Training
- Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz der ÖAS: Individual, couples, child, and family therapy. Fees starting at €15
- Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz der Sigmund Freud-Universität: Individual, group, couples, and short-term therapy. Interpreter-supported sessions available. Income-based sliding scale fees
- PTA – ÖAGG Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz: Income-based sliding scale fees starting at €30
- Therapieambulanz AST – Outpatient systemic therapy: individual, couples, and family therapy. Sessions are transmitted via one-way mirror for training candidates. Cost: voluntary contribution
- Wiener Psychoanalytische Ambulatorium: Psychoanalytic initial consultations, counseling, and, subject to availability, treatment. Free of charge
- Beratungsstelle des Wiener Arbeitskreises für Psychoanalyse: Two free counseling sessions and, if applicable, referral to affordable psychoanalytic treatment. For adults oder parents/children/Youth
Emergency and
Low-Cost Support in Vienna
acute emergency
- Psychiatric Emergency Services Vienna, 24hrs daily, 01 31330
- Telephone Counseling Service: 142, 24hrs daily
- Crisis Intervention Centre, 01 4069 595
- Acute Psychiatric Units Vienna
phone consultation
- AMIKE-Telefon (Diakonie) when in psychosocial distress: anonymous support available in Farsi/Dari, Arabic, Kurdish, English, German, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian
Hotline for Eating Disorders: 0800 20 11 20, Mon – Thu, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Fully funded psychotherapy covered by health insurance
In Vienna, there are two care associations that have contracts with the health insurance providers and offer therapy places funded by health insurance. You can inquire about an insurance-covered therapy slot there and have your name placed on the waiting list.
You can also contact therapists who offer insurance-covered therapy slots directly and ask to be placed on their waiting list.
Assistance with Finding Affordable Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapeutischer Bereitschaftsdienst: Referral for affordable psychotherapy, one-time referral fee: €65 (free of charge for students)
- Frauen* beraten Frauen*: Support in finding publicly funded therapy slots
Free Support for People Without Insurance
- HEMAYAT – Care Center for Survivors of Torture and War: Focus on trauma therapy, treatment with interpreters
- Ambermed: Outpatient medical care, social counseling and medication assistance, with interpreter-supported treatment
- Neunerhaus – Praxis für Psychische Gesundheit: Psychosocial support
- AN.DOC.STELLE – Association for the Promotion of Bio-Psychosocial Healthcare for Socially Marginalized Groups and Individuals Affected by Chronic Illnesses: trans buddy and trans counseling, legal counseling, nutrition counseling, chemsex counseling, sexual health counseling, social services counseling, and psychotherapy.
Free and Low-Cost Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic Support in Vienna
Substance use disorders
- Counseling center Alkohol. Leben können.
- Verein P.A.S.S. – Help with addiction issues: individual and group therapy. Free of charge
- Dialog: Individual addiction support, psychosocial care. Free of charge
- Netzwerk Chemsex: Contact list of specialized support and counseling services. Partially free of charge
- Grüner Kreis: Psychotherapy as part of addiction treatment. Free of charge
Children and Youth
- Die Boje – Crisis intervention for children and adolescents: short- and long-term therapy, parental support for trauma, grief, and divorce. Free of charge
- Caritas Wien: Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with accompanying parental support and peer counseling. Free of charge
- Die Möwe Kinderschutzzentrum Wien: Psychotherapeutic treatment for children and adolescents following violence, crises, and trauma. Free of charge
- Tamar – Beratungsstelle für sexuellen Missbrauch: Psychotherapy for girls and adolescent girls. Free of charge
- Kinderhilfswerk: Child and adolescent psychotherapies up to 18 years of age. Free of charge
- Child Guidance Clinic: Short- and long-term psychotherapy, individual and accompanying parental therapy. Free of charge
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic Leopoldstadt, Landstrasse und Hietzing. Free of charge
Group Sessions
- PTA psychotherapeutische Ambulanz: Group psychotherapy. Free of charge
- Fairtherapy: Group psychotherapy with a focus on trauma. Free of charge
Services with Language Interpreters
- HEMAYAT – Care Center for Survivors of Torture and War: Psychotherapy for adults, children, and adolescents; movement groups; art therapy. Free of charge
- SINTEM Caritas: Intercultural psychotherapeutic and psychological care for people with a refugee background. Psychotherapy or psychological support, group work, social services. Free of charge
- Projekt Azima: Psychosocial care for young adults with a history of displacement or migration. Free of charge
- Peregrina: Psychological counseling and treatment for migrant women. Free of charge
- Psychosoziale Beratungsstelle Integrationshaus: Psychosocial counseling center for asylum seekers and refugees in primary care/Grundversorgung. Free of charge
- Männergesundheitszentrum MEN: Psychological counseling. €15 per session
Other Services
- An.Doc.Stelle: Psychotherapy focusing on challenges related to chemsex, HIV, trans identity, gender identity
- Frauengesundheitszetrum FEM Süd: Psychological/Psychotherapeutic counseling. Initial consultation free, further sessions €15 each
- Gesundheitszentrum Landstraße der ÖGK: Psychotherapy, group relaxation training. Free of charge
- HPE – Support for relatives of people with mental illness: Counseling and self-help groups. Free of charge
- Institut für Psychotherapie of the Psychosocial Services Vienna: with a day outpatient clinic for borderline disorder. Free of charge.
- Männerberatung Wien: Psychotherapy with income-based sliding scale fees
- Psychosoziales Zentrum ESRA: Psychotherapy including support for relatives. Free of charge
- Sowhat – Komeptenzzentrum für Menschen mit Essstörungen: Long-term individual and group psychotherapy. Free of charge
Training Clinics – Affordable Services Provided by Therapists in Training
- Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz der ÖAS: Individual, couples, child, and family therapy. Fees starting at €15
- Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz der Sigmund Freud-Universität: Individual, group, couples, and short-term therapy. Interpreter-supported sessions available. Income-based sliding scale fees
- PTA – ÖAGG Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz: Income-based sliding scale fees starting at €30
- Therapieambulanz AST – Outpatient systemic therapy: individual, couples, and family therapy. Sessions are transmitted via one-way mirror for training candidates. Cost: voluntary contribution
- Wiener Psychoanalytische Ambulatorium: Psychoanalytic initial consultations, counseling, and, subject to availability, treatment. Free of charge
- Beratungsstelle des Wiener Arbeitskreises für Psychoanalyse: Two free counseling sessions and, if applicable, referral to affordable psychoanalytic treatment. For adults oder parents/children/Youth
