In Switzerland there are the following therapist professions at different levels:

• Certificate
  • Learning therapist
  • Psychotherapist
  • Riding instructor
• Professional examination
  • Work educator
• Higher professional examination
  • Work educator
  • Counselor in the psachosocial field
  • Complementary therapist
  • Art therapist
  • Animal physiotherapist
• Higher technical college
  • Activation specialist
• University professions
  • Occupational therapist
  • Speech therapist
  • hysiotherapist
  • Psychomotor therapist
• Various specialization professions

As a therapist, you can opt for different types of therapy. The most important therapists are

• Occupational therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Cranio Sacral Therapists
• Psychotherapists
• Complementary therapists
• Respiratory therapists
• Movement therapists
• Talk therapists
• Learning therapists
• Design therapists
• Social therapists
• Behavioral therapists

To train as a therapist, you should fulfill the following personal requirements:

• Empathy
• Communication skills
• Physical strength
• Mental resilience
• Ability to self-reflect
• Good powers of observation
• Networked thinking and action
• High flexibility
• Willingness to undergo continuous further training

Sound therapist training involves much more than just learning a specific therapy method. Therapist training also teaches important fundamentals and practical skills that are essential for successful work in the therapeutic field. These include, among other things

• Building a trusting and appreciative relationship with clients
• Professional recording of complaints, clinical pictures and functional impairments
• Identification and promotion of personal resources
• Development of individual therapy goals and structured therapy plans
• Support in the process of self-awareness and awareness
• Stimulating new perspectives and possibilities for action
• Support in implementing solution- and motivation-oriented changes in everyday life

This learning content complements the respective therapy method and strengthens the professional attitude and practical implementation skills in everyday life.

Depending on the training, specialist content such as legal principles, practice management or the basics of interviewing can also be added. In this way, participants are comprehensively prepared for working as a therapist.

Important to know: Each educational institution determines its training content individually. The exact curriculum can therefore vary. For binding information, our platform offers a practical contact form. This can be used to contact the respective school directly and ask specifically about the current training content.

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The following is important in therapy:

• The relationship between therapist and client must be right
• Empathy and openness of the therapist
• Competence of the therapist
• Trust on the part of those seeking help
• Understanding of the therapists
• Self-disclosure: clients should speak openly and honestly about their feelings, thoughts, memories, experiences and problems
• Therapists listen and do not impose an opinion
• Causes of the complaints should be better understood
• Clients must learn to deal better with negative thoughts and challenges
• Therapists respond to clients and take sufficient time
• Client must understand the meaning and purpose of the therapy measures

Continuing education, further training for therapists takes different lengths of time depending on the direction and type of degree. However, good and well-founded therapist training usually takes three to six years. As a rule, the aim is to learn about people, their health, various disease diagnoses and therapeutic approaches in a mixture of theory and practice. Depending on the specialty, the medical basics must be learned first. Acquiring therapeutic knowledge takes a long time and is important in order to be able to provide good therapeutic work. The training providers provide information on the exact duration of their training courses.

Systemic therapy is a psychotherapeutic method. Problems are not seen by systemic therapists as a disorder of an individual, but as a consequence of a disorder in the social environment of that individual (the system). The family, school or work environment can be a system. As systemic therapists focus on strengths, solutions and resources, the therapy works relatively quickly. In systemic therapy, patients are encouraged to quickly take life back into their own hands.

Of course, word of mouth usually helps when looking for a good therapist. Otherwise, there are usually professional registers or directories of therapists that can help. When choosing a therapist, it is also important to clarify in advance whether the health insurance company will pay for the therapy and whether the therapist can bill the health insurance company. Otherwise, recommendations from doctors or therapists from other areas, online reviews or a preliminary phone call or trial appointment can also help.