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Your profession: Specialised psychotherapist - children and adolescents (m/f)

Professional activities

Specialised psychotherapists for children and adolescents diagnose mental and psychosomatic illnesses in children and adolescents. They carry out preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative measures to maintain, promote or regain mental and physical health.

Fields of work

Specialised psychotherapists for children and adolescents work, for example,

  • in psychotherapeutic practices
  • in the inpatient and day-care sector, e.g. in clinics or hospitals
  • in advisory centres
  • in facilities of the public health service


The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).