{"id":43942,"date":"2026-05-27T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/ufaq\/are-coaching-and-counselling-reimbursed-by-health-insurers-or-the-government\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:03:23","slug":"are-coaching-and-counselling-reimbursed-by-health-insurers-or-the-government","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/en\/ufaq\/are-coaching-and-counselling-reimbursed-by-health-insurers-or-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Are coaching and counselling reimbursed by health insurers or the government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='date' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/43942' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-43942-lSsyrGh7aL' data-post_id='43942'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tAre coaching and counselling reimbursed by health insurers or the government?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>Coaching is generally not reimbursed by health insurers. This means that clients usually pay for coaching themselves, or that the costs are covered by an employer. <\/p>\n<p>Counselling may be reimbursed by some health insurers through supplementary health insurance policies. To qualify for reimbursement, counsellors must be registered in the VPMW Register of the NFG. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/en\/nfg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a> about the requirements for joining the NFG.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Are coaching and counselling reimbursed by health insurers or the government? Coaching is generally not reimbursed by health insurers. This means that clients usually pay for coaching themselves, or that the costs are covered by an employer. 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