Frequently Asked Questions

For a long time it was thought that the therapist had to see the client in real life to arrive at a proper diagnosis and treatment. In this, new insights have already come several years ago.

Face-to-face contact via a screen has been shown to be just as effective. An additional advantage at GGZonline: being able to choose your own time of day (possibly even in the evening or at the weekend), makes it possible for you to go deeper into questions in your own environment at a time that suits you.

Also, you don’t have to worry about having to get on your bike, on public transport or in your car after the interview. GGZonline provides treatment exclusively online. You can use your laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone for this purpose.

Special software is not required. Online treatment offers many advantages such as no travel times; you undergo your treatment in your own familiar environment.

Online diagnosis and treatment / E-health is also supported by the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa)

GGZonline focuses on treating depression/depressive mood disorders, anxiety disorders and panic attacks.

GGZonline focuses on people with depression (also called depressive mood disorders) and people with anxiety disorders. Incidentally, it is common for people who suffer from depression to also suffer from anxiety disorders.

Depression and anxiety disorders are the most common conditions within the mental health system.

In order to treat these indications, an institution must be able to offer Specialist Mental Health treatments and that is the case at GGZonline. Therefore, we can help you properly and quickly if you suffer from depression and/or anxiety disorders.

EMDR is a treatment method that is considered the 1st choice therapy in the Netherlands for trauma and anxiety disorders. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, abbreviated to EMDR, is a therapy for people who continue to suffer from the effects of a shocking experience, such as an accident, sexual assault or violent incident.

EMDR was first described by American psychologist Francine Shapiro more than 25 years ago. In the years that followed, this procedure was further elaborated and developed into a full-fledged and effective therapeutic method. (see also https://www.emdr.nl/wat-is-emdr/ )

GGZonline has very special and professional software available to apply EMDR during online treatment. This way of using EMDR has proven to be very successful.

All therapists at GGZonline are psychologists. You will have contact with the treating psychologist and the directing clinician during treatment. According to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Dutch Care Authority (NZa), the primary care physician is a GZ-psychologist, psychotherapist, clinical psychologist or psychiatrist.

The directing clinician determines the diagnosis according to the DSM-5 classification, has regular contact with you and the psychologist during the treatment and is involved in the conclusion of the treatment and makes the final report and feedback to the referring physician.

GGZonline offers specialty non-contracted mental health care covered by your health insurance provider’s basic insurance and operates without waiting lists. This means that you are always entitled to a reimbursement (partial or otherwise) if you have a Dutch health insurance policy. The amount of reimbursement depends on your health insurance company and policy. GGZonline calculates 94% of the rates set by the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa).

If you have a full reimbursement policy, GGZonline’s costs will be fully reimbursed. If you have a natura policy, then you must consider a co-payment.

As a client, you will receive a monthly invoice for the calls you have had. This invoice lists the performance codes for these conversations. The most common performance codes at GGZonline are CO0652 (for a 75-minute intake interview with a WO psychologist) and CO0717 (for a 75-minute treatment interview with a WO psychologist). *

You pay the bill and can submit it yourself to your health insurance company for reimbursement.

*Performance codes may vary by practitioner, length of call, as well as applicable setting. See the link below for more performance codes. Within GGZonline, you will receive care within the Ambulatory – Setting III setting. Within this, depending on your care needs, monodisciplinary or multidisciplinary care is deployed. If you would like to know how much is reimbursed under your policy, please contact your insurer.

We use Webcamconsult so that the image calling is secure. You will receive a code from us for this after you are signed up.

In principle, both you and your GP (as referrer) receive the report in which the diagnosis and the result of the treatment are described. We’ll go over that with you and your doctor.

In our treatment agreement, we already ask you for permission to do so. Therefore, unless you actively withdraw consent yourself, the GP will also receive the information. This will be done via secure mail.

No, you don’t need any special software. And you don’t have to download any software either. All you need is an email address.

After registering, you will be sent a link that will take you to the Embloom ‘environment’, where a questionnaire can be completed. This questionnaire will help you arrive at a 1st diagnosis.

You will then receive a link and a code to log in to Webcamconsult, a secure image calling environment. You can log in from 30 minutes prior to your appointment and you will enter the virtual waiting room. The treating psychologist can then have you come in to the “virtual consulting room.

You can use a desktop, a laptop or a tablet. Even with a good smartphone, you can log in without question.

It’s no problem at all if you have little experience with computers, or with image calling. All you need is an email address.

We will send you a link. Clicking on it will take you to an automated questionnaire. Then you will also be sent a link with which you can log in to Webcamconsult from half an hour before the first appointment. Everything goes automatically after that.

It doesn’t matter where you live. So you can also live abroad. There are many Dutch people living abroad who need care. Even if you live in a different ‘time zone’, treatment at GGZonline is no problem.

If you don’t speak Dutch, but you do speak English, we will see if an English-speaking practitioner is available.

Both the client and the referring physician receive a final report from us upon completion of treatment. You will be asked to give permission for this at the start of treatment.

The treatment agreement is a legal requirement to enter treatment at GGZonline.

You will need this treatment agreement to get your costs reimbursed by your health insurance.

This treatment agreement contains the agreements made with you, the client. This treatment agreement complies with various requirements, guidelines, laws and regulations as described in the Medical Treatment Agreement Act (WGBO).

You can also apply for treatment without a referral from a general practitioner or psychiatrist. However, GGZonline recommends that a client does contact a general practitioner first, because even after treatment it is important that the general practitioner continues to support you.

A referral letter is important if you want to claim the costs from the health insurance company. The health insurance company will only reimburse the costs if the referral letter from a general practitioner or psychiatrist is dated BEFORE the diagnosis and treatment started. So you have to take that into account.

For burnout/burnout symptoms, you do not need a referral. Health insurance companies do not reimburse the cost of burnout treatment. The cost of burnout treatment is usually reimbursed by the employer, however. You must discuss this with the employer in advance.

GGZonline may, if you wish, contact the employer in advance to explain the treatment.

Other frequently asked questions areIf you also have other conditions such as autism, addiction disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, burnout or any other condition, online treatment for depression, anxiety disorder or panic attacks is usually quite possible.

It is best to request a free and non-binding informative talk by phone 088-2015500 or via email info@ggzonline.nu.

This is a common question! Indeed, many clients report that they perceive their symptoms to be very severe and limiting. Almost nothing works anymore and everything looks bleak and bad…! This is a very normal picture.

Fortunately, the treatments are proven successful and over 90% of people with depression and anxiety symptoms experience rapid relief from their symptoms. Approximately 70-80% even become completely symptom free again and in 20-40% the symptoms become so minor that they can cope well.

At GGZonline, the emphasis is on getting the severity of the symptoms down quickly in the first place, getting the “pain” out. You then quickly have the feeling that you can participate in society again, lead a normal life. EMDR (see www.emdr.nl) can be an excellent tool for this.

In addition, where possible, we will schedule 2 sessions per week to get results as quickly as possible.