Vereniging van Haptotherapeuten

What Vereniging van Haptotherapeuten does

Vereniging Haptonomie (VH), legally "Vereniging van Haptotherapeuten" and operating under the shorthand "VH," is a Dutch professional association (vereniging) founded in 2022 and registered with KvK number 40517695, headquartered at Eerste Keucheniusstraat 35 H, 1051 HP Amsterdam. The organization represents and serves haptonomy practitioners in the Netherlands, with haptonomy being a therapeutic discipline focused on developing feeling awareness (gevoelsbewustzijn), body consciousness, and restoring contact with oneself and others through conversation, exercises, and touch.

The association operates a portfolio of member services anchored on three core platforms: (1) the Register Haptotherapie Nederland (RHN), a professional register providing verification of practitioner qualifications and hosted at haptotherapie-rhn.nl; (2) a Kennisplatform (knowledge platform) containing a mediatheek of scientific publications, articles, and educational content about haptonomy; and (3) a member administration system (Ledenadministratie) accessed via leden.haptonomie-vh.nl, which includes PE-online for continuing education tracking, the Zoeklijst practitioner search directory, and event management. In 2025, VH launched a new training program, "Haptonomie in de zorg," targeted at healthcare workers (nurses, caregivers) to teach feeling-based and contact-oriented client engagement. The organization also disseminates peer-reviewed research, including 2025 publications in the International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy on topics such as "Presence" and trauma-related symptoms.

VH's business model is a traditional membership-based association: practitioners pay annual contributions (contributie) collected via IBAN, and in return receive continuing education tracking, access to events and congresses, newsletters, digital journals, ethical guidance, and listing in the practitioner directory. The association does not publicly disclose pricing. Its primary customer segment is certified haptotherapists and haptonomy practitioners, with a secondary audience of therapy clients/patients who use the Zoeklijst to find registered professionals. The organization holds no patents, has no technology products with proprietary features, operates no apps, and has no disclosed headcount, revenue, or external investors. It is GDPR/AVG/UAVG compliant.

Name

Vereniging van Haptotherapeuten

Legal name

Vereniging Haptonomie

Website

https://haptotherapeuten-vvh.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Vereniging Haptonomie is a Dutch professional association founded in 2022 that represents haptonomy practitioners, offering member services including the RHN professional register, a knowledge platform with scientific publications, continuing education tracking, events, and a practitioner search directory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vereniging Haptonomie (VH) is a Dutch professional membership association for haptonomy practitioners. It delivers member services including a practitioner register (Register Haptotherapie Nederland / RHN), a knowledge platform with scientific publications (mediatheek), continuing education tracking via PE-online, a member login portal (Mijn VH / ledenadministratie), organization of congresses, seminars and webinars, ethical guidance, and a searchable practitioner directory (Zoeklijst) for the public.

Product overview

Vereniging Haptonomie (VH) is a professional association for haptonomy practitioners in the Netherlands. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio centered around a member administration system, professional register (RHN), and knowledge platform. Key offerings include the Register Haptotherapie Nederland (RHN) for practitioner verification, a knowledge platform with scientific publications (mediatheek), events organization (congresses, seminars, webinars), member login portal (Mijn VH), and continuing education tracking via PE-online. The association recently launched a 'Haptonomie in de zorg' training program for healthcare workers in 2025. The core membership service includes ledenadministratie, newsletters, and a practitioner search directory (zoeklijst).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership (Lidmaatschap VH)
• Register Haptotherapie Nederland (RHN)
• Kennisplatform (Knowledge Platform)
• Evenementen (Events and Congresses)
• Haptonomie in de zorg Training

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Register Haptotherapie Nederland (RHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegister Haptotherapie Nederland is the professional register for haptotherapists. The VH association is closely linked to RHN, with VH members potentially registered through RHN. The register provides verification of practitioner qualifications and professional standards, which VH promotes on its website through its 'Zoeklijst' (search list) feature.
• RBCZ (Registratie Beroepsbeoefenaren Complementaire Zorg)minorOthersRBCZ is referenced as the source of market data on complementary healthcare in the Netherlands. The VH references RBCZ's Marktmonitor which reports that one-third of Dutch adults used at least one form of complementary healthcare in the past twelve months.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ZHONG (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde): A Dutch professional association for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners with a similar member-services, register-based, and continuing-education operating model. Comparable as a sibling association in the Dutch complementary-care space.
• NGH (Nederlandse Groep van Haptonomen): A historical Dutch professional association for haptonomy practitioners that overlapped with the predecessor structures of VH. It is the most directly comparable organization in the same therapy discipline, member-services model, and Netherlands-only geography.
• FAGT (Federatie Adem- en lichaamsgerichte Therapieën): A Dutch federation of body- and breath-oriented therapy disciplines; comparable because it represents a sister modality to haptonomy under a similar professional-association governance and registry model in the Netherlands.
• NWP (Nederlandse Werkgroep van Praktizijns in de Natuurlijke Geneeskunst): A Dutch association for natural-medicine practitioners operating a register and member services. Comparable to VH in its professional-association model, Dutch focus, and complementary-care practitioner membership base.
• BATC (Beroepsorganisatie voor Adem-, lichaam- en cliëntgerichte therapieën): Dutch professional organization for body-, breath-, and client-oriented therapies with member registration and continuing-education services. A close structural analog to VH in size, scope, and operating model.
• LVNG (Landelijke Vereniging Natuurlijke Geneeswijzen): Dutch association for natural-medicine practitioners with analogous governance, dues-funded revenue, and member-directory services. Comparable as a structurally similar professional membership body within Dutch complementary care.
• RBCZ (Registratie Beroepsbeoefenaren Complementaire Zorg): The Dutch registration body for complementary healthcare practitioners; a partner and broader-umbrella peer to VH. Comparable because it governs practitioner standards, publishes the Marktmonitor market data cited by VH, and serves an overlapping complementary-care member base in the Netherlands.

Broad incumbents

• KNMG (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst): The Royal Dutch Medical Association, the broad incumbent professional body for physicians in the Netherlands. Comparable to VH only as a governance and continuing-education framework reference, but operates in mainstream medicine rather than complementary care.

Regional players

• Association Française d'Haptonomie (AFH): The French national haptonomy association; comparable because it serves the same therapeutic discipline but in a different (French) geography, offering insight into how VH's model might or might not translate cross-border.

Emerging players

• International Association of Haptonomy: An international haptonomy body providing an emerging cross-border forum for the discipline. Comparable to VH as an umbrella for haptonomy practitioners and a potential platform for internationalizing VH's research and training assets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/VerenigingVanHaptotherapeuten
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vvh-vereniging-van-haptotherapeuten

Compliance3 records

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