Private psychologist in central Oslo? Our psychologists and psychologist specialists have cutting-edge expertise in talk therapy and couples therapy. We are located in inviting premises in the center of Oslo but also offer an online psychologist - online psychologist where you are. Our starting point is that all people deserve good health, freedom, joy, good bonds with others and the unfolding of their own potential both at work and in private.

We are committed to assisting ourselves as whole people and the best of professional knowledge to help you on the way there, no matter what starting point you may have.

What can we assist as your Private Psychologist in Oslo?

Our private psychologists in central Oslo help with everything from normal life difficulties such as various crises and dilemmas to more pronounced symptoms, and to long-term and complex difficulties related to self-esteem and relationships. We offer couples therapy for couples with all issues.

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We adapt the methods according to the client. Our private psychologists in central Oslo are proficient in, among other things, psychodynamic therapy, ISTDP, emotion-focused couple therapy, EMDR, existential psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, mindfulness and metacognitive therapy.

We also provide advice for various career choices and life choices, lectures, sick leave measures and other business offers. We have both male and female psychologists available.

Psychological work - your private psychologist in Oslo?

If you contact us, you can expect quick and easy access to psychological help of the best quality, from private and highly qualified psychologists in the center of Oslo. You do not need to make any special preparations. Just get in touch for the hour and come as you are, and we'll take it from there.

If you are not sure whether you have the opportunity to choose a private psychologist, you can read more in detail about the various options for a psychologist in Oslo below.

Public or private psychologist?

There are three factors that determine this choice: How long you can afford to wait, what you can afford to pay and whether you will be granted a public offer at all. There are also some advantages and disadvantages associated with the framework of the various public services that we will elaborate on more.

Award for private psychologist and public psychologist in Oslo

With a public psychologist, you only pay deductibles up to the exemption card limit, which for 2017 is NOK 2,205. Everything above this is covered by the public sector. Price for a single hour up to this maximum limit is 345 kroner and the price is 505 kroner for a double hour.

An analysis of the top 10 organic hits when searching for psychologist Oslo on Google shows an average price with a private psychologist in Oslo of about NOK 1170 for an hour (45-50min) during the day. An hour with a private psychologist in the evening usually costs a couple of hundred kroner more.

Many private psychologists in Oslo also offer double hours, which basically provide even better value for money. Psychologists who offer intensive short-term psychodynamic therapy (ISTDP) are also happy to provide block hours of 3 hours for those who have a long journey or want to get started faster.

The price for a private psychologist depends mostly on how many hours you need, which is very individual, but something you can ask your psychologist to consider during the very first meetings.

Psychological help in Oslo - various offers.

We will eventually show a total of 9 ways to get in touch with a psychologist in Oslo. Simplified, we can say that you are faced with two options.

The first is to make direct contact with a private psychologist in Oslo and get an appointment within a few days. You must then pay yourself or have expenses covered through health insurance or the employer. Here you are of course free to choose who you want to go to.

Option two is to contact your GP and discuss which of the public services you can qualify for and get a referral there. Then you only pay deductibles, but are not guaranteed intake and 1-3 months waiting time should be expected.

You can also make direct contact without referral when you contact emergency services, Nav's center for job mastery, the family protection offices and if you need quick mental health help (guided self-help) at the districts that offer this. More about that below.

Nine alternatives for a psychologist in Oslo

Now we will look in more detail at the 9 different ways to get in touch with a psychologist in Oslo. This way you can find out which alternatives you qualify for and which of the relevant offers will suit you best.

Psychologist in Oslo #1 - Private psychologist without an appointment - «helprivat»

Private psychologist without an appointment has many benefits. The most important are perhaps high availability and short or no waiting time. Here you usually get an appointment within a few days, or even during the day. It is also easy to get in touch with a private psychologist by searching on google, using the online booking function, email or phone. You can expect to receive an answer directly or within a few hours. You do not need to go through the GP to get a referral.

With a private psychologist, you choose a psychologist yourself, you are free to agree on double hours, the treatment has no upper time frame and there is great flexibility in terms of frequency. The disadvantage for most people is, of course, that with a private psychologist you basically have to pay for it yourself.

However, many regular health insurances (either privately or through work) also cover psychologist hours. Some employers may also be willing to cover treatment even without health insurance. If you choose to go for this option you can quickly and easily send request or book an appointment with us here.

Psychologist in Oslo #2 - Private psychologist with appointment - «appointment specialist»

In addition to a private psychologist without an appointment, there is another main group that also organizes itself privately. The difference is that they have an agreement with the public sector which means that you only pay deductibles up to the exemption card limit. The agreement these psychologists have with the public sector is often called a reimbursement scheme, operating grant or operating agreement and the psychologists are often called contract specialists.

In addition to the advantage of a lower price, all contract specialists have extensive experience. The disadvantage is that for many it can be difficult to make contact and that the waiting time is often long.

Book an appointment with your GP and ask for a referral. Ask your GP if the so-called «cluster scheme» works. This is a system where contract specialists are linked to specific GP offices. This is done precisely to increase accessibility, but unfortunately it does not matter how well this scheme works.

If the cluster scheme does not work where you are affiliated, you can call «free choice of hospital» on telephone 800 41 004. Say that you are looking for a psychologist and want information about which contract specialists currently have a short waiting time. You can also get some information about the methods that the various psychologists work with. This means that you can start with a shorter list of psychologists in Oslo with a relatively shorter waiting time.

Know that most people have limited phone time. Many people want you to write a few words about what you want help with. Feel free to send a standard letter of up to one page to several psychologists at once. Then you do not have to waste time waiting for one and one if you do not get intake anyway.

Also remember that many do not get answers at all. Unfortunately, this is common and you should not be led astray into believing that it is about the content of your particular letter.

The contract specialists otherwise have the same advantages as other private psychologists with a fairly free framework in terms of duration and frequency.

Psychologist in Oslo #3 - Referral to the district psychiatric center

DPS stands for district psychiatric center and each district in Oslo is affiliated with a DPS. You need a referral from your GP who sends this to an admissions office at DPS. Based on given criteria, they decide whether you are entitled to health care within given deadlines. More serious cases are given priority, but where the list is is difficult to determine and is also city-dependent.

Just tell your GP how you are doing and it is up to him to assess whether a referral here may be appropriate. You are entitled to be informed of whether you have been admitted, and how long the waiting time is, within 30 days. The waiting time is anywhere between 4 - 20 weeks, with around 12 weeks waiting time as the most common.

At DPS, there is interdisciplinary collaboration between a psychologist / psychologist specialist, a doctor in specialization, a psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse and a (clinical) sociologist. This is a potentially great advantage compared to the private offers. Especially if you need more complex services.

It may also be worth noting that at DPS you do not necessarily get a psychologist as a primary care provider. The most important thing for the benefit you get from talk therapy is regardless of the quality of the collaboration you and your therapist are able to establish.

Psychologist in Oslo #4 - Faster return outpatient clinics

"Faster return" is a public psychologist service in Oslo that belongs to DPS, but where it is easier to get admission. If you are on sick leave or your GP considers that there is a danger of this, you can qualify for this offer. If you have been on sick leave for more than a year, you are no longer in the target group.

The waiting time is somewhat variable but usually a couple of months. The therapists are mainly experienced psychologists. It is a time-limited offer where you work purposefully based on the difficulties that prevent or threaten job participation - but not exclusively this.

Psychologist in Oslo #5 - Nav's center for job mastery

Here, work-oriented cognitive therapy is provided by psychologists and other personnel with health / social work education, who have further education in cognitive therapy. In addition, individual job support is provided by so-called job specialists. These are personnel in NAV with good knowledge of career guidance and the local labor market. The offer is free.

Psychologist in Oslo #6 - specialized units - third-line services.

If you have tried psychological help before without sufficient help, we point out that there are even more specialized units, so-called 3rd line services. There are, for example, separate treatment options for trauma disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and relationship difficulties. If after a round or two in the treatment apparatus you have not received the help you need, you can discuss referral to the third line with your GP.

Psychologist in Oslo #7 - Students and occupational health services

Students in Oslo have access to a psychologist through the student organization. Here you only pay deductibles. Many employees in larger companies will also have access to free psychological help through occupational health services.

Psychologist in Oslo # 8 - Family protection

The family protection offices constitute a free offer from the child, youth and family agency, where counseling, therapy and guidance are offered in the event of difficulties in the relationship or the family. Various professional groups, including psychologists, work at the family protection offices.

You have state offices through Bufetat, but there are also church family protection offices. These are also part of the public offer. The waiting time varies, preferably a few weeks up to a few months. You can contact as an individual for family-related problems, but you can not expect to receive regular individual follow-up. An overview of the various family protection offices with a free psychologist in Oslo can be found here: https://www.bufdir.no/Familie/kontorer_oversikt/

Psychologist in Oslo #9 - Offer for urgent needs

If you are in urgent need of an appointment, contact the emergency department at DPS in your district within normal working hours. Below is a list of contact information. Outside normal working hours, you can call or show up at the emergency room in Storgaten 40, telephone 116 117. Referral is not necessary, you only pay a deductible and there is a short waiting time, for many less than an hour. For further information about the psychiatric emergency room in the main street, you can press this link.

Which psychologist should I choose?

Research shows that some psychologists are able to help all their clients, while others only help a small percentage. The therapist is much more important for the outcome than the method. At the same time as we know that the choice of therapist is important, we know very little about who can be a good psychologist for the individual.

The result depends very much on the relationship and the collaboration the client and therapist manage to establish. You can read on the website to get a certain feeling, but in the end you have to test a collaboration. Try to take responsibility for your part of the relationship - neither more nor less. Try as best you can to be clear and honest about your experiences both inside and outside the therapy room. Try to behave in an active and constructive way. Then the rest is up to the therapist.

Some processes take time and unfortunately it is rare that psychological help involves a quick-fix. At the same time, it is a bad sign for further progress if you do not feel you have gotten anything out of the contact within the first few hours. Then you should discuss it with the psychologist, go for a walk with yourself, and if nothing comes of it, consider switching.

If there are the same difficulties that you experience in other relationships that may block progress, such as trust issues, you may want to work through it. Sometimes it's as much about finding confidence in oneself as it is about finding someone you can trust.

How to find a recommended psychologist in Oslo?

It is not an easy task to find good recommendations from psychologists when searching online. From the past, a number of recommendations from psychologists are available through the website Recommended.no. However, this page was acquired by Gulesider and with that, the opportunity to post reviews anonymously disappeared, which means that it no longer generates reviews.

Some psychologist sites publish recommendations from previous patients. It can give an indication, but also has limitations in value. Perhaps the best thing is therefore if you can get recommendations from someone you know or trust. You can also ask your GP about recommended psychologists. However, no such tips on recommended psychologists provide any guarantee. A psychologist can be very good for one person, but not so good for another. In the end, as I said, you just have to jump in, and test a collaboration to find out if the psychologist can be good for you. If you do not feel that you have gotten anything significant out of the contact during the first five hours, you should strongly consider changing.

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