Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH

What Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH does

Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH (IVT) is a state-recognized private training and continuing education institute for psychotherapy, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Lübben (Spreewald), Germany. The institute delivers accredited training (Ausbildung), further specialization (Weiterbildung), and continuing professional development (Fortbildung) for licensed psychotherapists, physicians, and Psychological Psychotherapists (PP) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (KJP), primarily under German PsychThG frameworks and the new Weiterbildungsordnung. Its curriculum spans behavioral therapy, systemic therapy, EMDR trauma therapy, clinical hypnosis, relaxation procedures (PMR, autogenic training), group therapy, and IFA/Supervision certification.

IVT operates through a distributed network of regional institutes and teaching practices (Lehrpraxen) across six eastern German federal states (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen) and Berlin, covering the OPK (Ostdeutsche Psychotherapeutenkammer) catchment area. In addition to training delivery, the institute runs outpatient psychotherapy services for adults and children/adolescents through its teaching practices, and offers partnership and billing support services to external clinicians and clinics. The Kompass portal provides administrative and learning management functionality for participants.

The business model is professional services revenue: tuition and course fees for multi-year training programs, short continuing education modules, and certification tracks, supplemented by therapy service fees and partnership/cooperation revenue. The company holds 52 employees, holds no disclosed funding, has no parent company, and operates as a privately held GmbH with no public ticker. There is no AI/ML technology layer; the offering is human-delivered clinical education grounded in evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods.

Name

Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH

Legal name

Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH

Website

https://ivt-brandenburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Institut Für Verhaltenstherapie GmbH (IVT) is a state-recognized psychotherapy training institute, founded in 1989, based in Lübben, Germany, serving psychotherapists, physicians, and PP/KJP trainees across six eastern German states and Berlin with accredited Ausbildung, Weiterbildung, and Fortbildung programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Spreewald (Regional Headquarters)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Aus- und Weiterbildungsgebühren (Training and Education Fees): The institute generates revenue through fees charged for psychotherapy training programs, continuing education courses, and specialized certifications. Programs include training for psychotherapists under both new and legacy regulations, specialized courses for doctors, and continuing education in methods such as EMDR, hypnosis, and relaxation techniques. Revenue is likely program-based with tuition or course fees structure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

IVT is a state-recognized training institute that delivers psychotherapy Ausbildung (training) and Weiterbildung/Fortbildung (continuing education) programs for psychotherapists, physicians, and PP/KJP practitioners, alongside outpatient psychotherapy services for adults and children/adolescents. Programs combine evidence-based methodologies (behavioral therapy, systemic therapy, EMDR, clinical hypnosis, relaxation techniques) with practical clinical placements across a network of teaching practices and partner clinics in eastern Germany.

Product overview

IVT Institut für Verhaltenstherapie is a state-recognized training and continuing education institute with over 30 years of experience, operating across six eastern German federal states and Berlin. The institute offers a unified portfolio organized into three core areas: (1) Weiterbildung comprising specialized training programs for Psychotherapists (Für Psychotherapeut:innen), Physicians (Für Ärzt:innen), and Psychological Psychotherapists/Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (Für PP/KJP), as well as classical Ausbildung under the old Psychotherapy Act; (2) Fortbildung featuring professional development modules including relaxation techniques (Entspannungsverfahren), EMDR trauma therapy, clinical hypnosis, group behavioral therapy, child/adolescent specialization (Zusatzqualifikation KJP), supervision/IFA, and annual work meetings; and (3) therapy services providing outpatient psychotherapy for adults and children/adolescents. The institute also offers cooperation services for billing support and partnership programs. All programs are interconnected through the institute's regional network of training centers and teaching practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weiterbildung für Psychotherapeut:innen (Continuing Education for Psychotherapists)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OPK (Ostdeutsche Psychotherapeutenkammer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVT is an approved (zugelassenes) continuing education institute recognized by the Ostdeutsche Psychotherapeutenkammer (East German Chamber of Psychotherapists), enabling the institute to offer officially recognized training programs for psychotherapists in the region.
• Regional Clinics and Teaching PracticescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVT maintains a strong, established network of renowned clinics and teaching practices across the OPK region. These partnerships provide practical training placements and clinical experience opportunities for trainees, and enable therapy services for patients.
• Partner Practices and SpecialistsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIVT offers cooperation models for practices, clinics, and specialists including billing support, teaching assignments, supervision services, and network partnerships. Partners can utilize IVT's institutional recognition to offer complete continuing education offerings without their own accreditation requirements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Helios Kliniken: One of Europe's largest hospital operators, part of Fresenius. Provides inpatient and outpatient mental health services and operates teaching/training capacity at scale, overlapping with IVT's therapy and training footprint but as part of a much broader healthcare portfolio.
• Asklepios Kliniken: Major German private hospital group with significant psychiatry and psychosomatic treatment capacity. Overlaps with IVT's clinical training network role (Lehrpraxen/partner clinics) but operates as a broad incumbent across all medical specialties rather than focused on psychotherapy training.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Germany's largest university hospital, located in IVT's home Berlin market. Operates psychotherapy training programs and outpatient mental health services, overlapping with IVT's training and therapy offerings but embedded in a broader academic medical center context.
• SRH Hochschulen: Large private German education group operating universities and continuing education programs across multiple fields including health. Comparable to IVT as a regulated education provider with state-recognized accreditations, but operates at national scale across many disciplines rather than psychotherapy specialty.

Others

• Deutsche Psychotherapeuten Vereinigung (DPtV): Major German professional association for psychotherapists that offers continuing education programs and represents practitioner interests. Adjacent to IVT as a stakeholder in the psychotherapy training ecosystem, though primarily a membership/advocacy organization rather than a training institute.

Direct peers

• IFT Institut für Therapieforschung: Munich-based psychotherapy research and training institute offering state-recognized Ausbildung and Weiterbildung programs. Comparable to IVT in mission (psychotherapy training and continuing education), though more research-oriented and southern German in geographic focus.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie (DGVT): Germany's largest professional association for behavioral therapy and a major provider of psychotherapy training and continuing education. Directly comparable to IVT as a psychotherapy Aus- und Weiterbildungsinstitut with similar curriculum focus on Verhaltenstherapie.

Emerging players

• MindDoc: German digital mental health platform offering online psychological support and therapist-led programs. Comparable to IVT on the outpatient therapy services side, representing the digital-delivery model that could disrupt IVT's in-person training and therapy approach.
• Selfapy: Berlin-based digital psychotherapy provider offering online courses and treatment programs for mental health conditions. Comparable to IVT's therapy services arm, representing a different (digital, scalable) delivery model for outpatient psychotherapy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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