NVPMT

What NVPMT does

NVPMT (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychomotorische Therapie) is the recognized professional association for psychomotor therapists in the Netherlands, founded in 1960 and headquartered in Amersfoort. The association operates as a Dutch not-for-profit "vereniging" with 17 employees and is a constituent member of Vaktherapie Nederland, the federation of seven arts therapy disciplines. NVPMT serves certified practicing therapists, students at HBO-level PMT training programs, recent graduates, and indirectly the clients and referrers who use its public therapist directory. The association contributes to over 25 multidisciplinary GGZ care standards and participates in the Zorginstituut Nederland trajectory assessing arts therapy effectiveness — a position with regulatory weight that no parallel sub-discipline association holds.

Its core offerings center on four membership tiers (Normal €400/year, Student €50, Reductie €232, Belangstellend €232) and the "Doen & Meten" outcomes measurement system, which deploys nine validated PMT-specific questionnaires — MAIA-2, BIS, DKB-35, DERS, CISS-21, LIVAS, REI, PACES, and IOA — via the Re:sponse digital platform to measure transdiagnostic mechanisms such as body awareness, emotion regulation, tension regulation, and movement behavior. Adjacent products include the quarterly Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie journal, AGB code registration via Vektis, the Kwaliteitsregister Vaktherapie quality registry, a legal fund, working groups by practice field, and the biennial Klaas van Roozendaalprijs award (since 2002). Members work across GGZ providers (Mondriaan, Altrecht, Eleos, Vincent van Gogh), youth care (Mentaal Beter, Koraal Brabant), disability and brain-injury care (Hersenz/Amarant), and small ambulatory practices.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through annual membership dues (subscription recurring model) plus per-client fees for the Re:sponse platform (€19.50/client/therapist/practice, with a one-time €275 connection fee reimbursed by NVPMT). Go-to-market is community-led — acquisition via the website, professional networks, and word-of-mouth — and distribution is direct-to-consumer (professional). There is no venture capital, private equity, or public ownership; the organization is funded exclusively through member subscriptions.

Name

NVPMT

Legal name

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychomotorische Therapie

Website

https://nvpmt.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NVPMT is the Dutch professional association for psychomotor therapists (PMT'ers), founded in 1960. It provides membership services, the Doen & Meten outcomes measurement system on the Re:sponse digital platform, quality registration, and represents the profession in national GGZ standards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amersfoort

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: NVPMT generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees charged to psychomotor therapists. Four membership tiers are offered: Normal (€400/year for certified PMT therapists), Student (€50/year for active students), Reductie (€232/year for recent graduates within two years of diploma), and Belangstellend (€232/year for non-practicing individuals wanting to stay connected to PMT).

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Core offering

NVPMT is a Dutch professional membership association for psychomotor therapists. It sells annual memberships in four tiers (Normaal €400, Student €50, Reductie €232, Belangstellend €232), granting members access to quality-registry registration, the Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie journal, studiedag discounts, legal support, working groups, and a public therapist directory. It also operates the Doen & Meten outcomes measurement system with the Re:sponse digital platform and awards the Klaas van Roozendaalprijs research prize.

Product overview

NVPMT (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychomotorische Therapie) is a professional association for psychomotor therapists in the Netherlands, offering membership services and professional development resources. The association provides four membership tiers (Normaal, Student, Reductie, and Belangstellend) with benefits including registration support, publications, studieday discounts, and working group access. Key products include Doen & Meten, a package of PMT-specific questionnaires administered via the Re:sponse digital platform for measuring therapy outcomes, and the quarterly Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie journal. The association also awards the Klaas van Roozendaalprijs to recognize contributions to the field.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Doen & Meten: A package of questionnaires focused on PMT for measuring therapy effects and contributing to research and scientific substantiation of psychomotor therapy.

Products and services

• NVPMT Membership (Normaal) Full annual membership for recognized and trained psychomotor therapists at €400 per year, providing access to professional development resources, the Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie journal (three times a year), quality-registry registration support, legal support up to 24 hours, studiedag discounts, working-group participation, and inclusion in the public therapist directory.
• NVPMT Membership (Student) Student annual membership at €50 per year for students actively studying at NVPMT-recognized HBO psychomotor therapy programs, providing access to working-group information, participation in working groups and commissions, and invitations to study days (without voting rights).
• NVPMT Membership (Reductie) Reduced annual membership at €232 per year for recently graduated psychomotor therapists from NVPMT-recognized programs, valid up to two years after graduation, including the Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie.
• NVPMT Membership (Belangstellend) Associate annual membership at €232 per year for individuals who want to stay connected to psychomotor therapy but do not actively practice as a therapist, including invitations to studiedays and without voting rights.
• Doen & Meten A package of nine PMT-specific validated questionnaires (MAIA-2, BIS, DKB-35, DERS, CISS-21, LIVAS, REI, PACES, IOA) used by psychomotor therapists to measure transdiagnostic therapy mechanisms including body awareness, body investment, body attitude, emotion regulation, coping styles, physical competence, exercise motivation, and physical activity enjoyment, with repeated-measurement capability and reference-score comparison.
• Re:sponse Browser-based digital questionnaire administration platform used to deploy the Doen & Meten questionnaires, enabling therapists to send questionnaires to clients, track therapy progress with repeated measurements, securely store data, compare with reference scores, and link to electronic patient records. Priced at €275 one-time connection fee (reimbursed by NVPMT) plus €19.50 per client/therapist/practice subscription.
• Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie Quarterly professional journal covering arts therapy and related fields, published three times a year by the Federatie Vaktherapeutische Beroepen and provided free of charge to members of affiliated professional associations including NVPMT.
• Klaas van Roozendaalprijs Biennial research prize introduced in 2002 to recognize individuals who have made valuable contributions to psychomotor therapy development through publications, awarded in three categories: Professionals, Master-level Students, and Bachelor-level Students, including prize money, a work of art, and a jury report.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 200 PMT professionals gathered at the 2026 NVPMT Study Day at HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vaktherapie NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPMT is a constituent member of Vaktherapie Nederland, the federation of seven arts therapy (vaktherapie) professional associations in the Netherlands (including music therapy, dance therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, play therapy, psychomotor child therapy, and psychomotor therapy). The federation provides collective representation, cao negotiation via FBZ, quality standards development, and a shared knowledge platform. NVPMT participates in monthly meetings with knowledge innovators from all seven disciplines.
• European Forum of Psychomotricity (EFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPMT participates in the European Forum of Psychomotricity (EFP), an international body advancing the field of psychomotricity across Europe. Pim Hoek serves as the chairperson of the EFP. NVPMT has contributed to EFP projects including the TOP-10 cards (profession activity summaries by age group and country) and the QuEP 2024 questionnaire on European psychomotricity.
• Akwa GGZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAkwa GGZ is the quality institute established by GGZ organizations to develop and maintain care standards in Dutch mental health. NVPMT contributes professionals to the development and update of multidisciplinary guidelines, care standards, and generic modules, ensuring PMT interventions are included in national quality standards for reimbursement.
• Hogeschool Windesheim (Lectoraat Bewegen, Gezondheid en Welzijn)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe research lectorate at Hogeschool Windesheim developed the 'Doen & Meten' questionnaire package and the Re:sponse digital platform in collaboration with NVPMT. The lectorate also conducts ongoing PMT research including the Ambulatorium (student counseling service) and contributes to the evidence base for PMT through multiple research projects.
• VU Amsterdam (Faculteit Gedrags- en Bewegingswetenschappen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVU Amsterdam's Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences is a key academic partner for PMT research, hosting multiple PhD candidates and producing influential PMT research including work on PTSD, gross motor performance in children, and bipolar disorder intervention development.
• HAN University of Applied Sciences (Lectoraat Vaktherapie in de Gezondheidszorg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHAN's lectorate on arts therapy in healthcare contributes to PMT research and education. The lectorate hosts the annual NVPMT Study Day at its Nijmegen campus and contributes researchers to the 'Doen & Meten' program and the Klaas van Roozendaal Prize committee.
• Universiteit Utrecht and RadboudumcminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearchers from Utrecht University and Radboudumc collaborated with NVPMT members Ramona Paans, Daniëlle Salemink, and Diecke Munneke on a pilot study on PMT and body awareness in Parkinson's disease, conducted as part of the PMT Parkinson project.
• SKILZ (Stichting Kwaliteitsimpuls Langdurige Zorg)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPMT participates in the development of multidisciplinary guidelines for long-term care through SKILZ, including guidelines on movement habits, loneliness, pain in people with intellectual disabilities, sexuality and intimacy, and aging in people with intellectual disabilities.
• VIVEONminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPMT participates in the advisory group for the development of the 'psychotrauma for people with intellectual disabilities' guideline developed by VIVEON.
• Zorginstituut Nederland (ZIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough Vaktherapie Nederland, NVPMT participates in a formal trajectory with Zorginstituut Nederland (ZINL) to assess the effectiveness of arts therapy professions within GGZ, in active collaboration with field lectorates. This trajectory is critical for PMT's reimbursement status under the health insurance system.
• Netwerk Kwaliteitsontwikkeling GGZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPMT participates in this network that brings together patients, relatives, healthcare professionals, care providers, and health insurers to develop quality standards for accessible, high-quality, and affordable mental healthcare.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• European Forum of Psychomotricity (EFP): International body advancing the field of psychomotricity across Europe. NVPMT participates in EFP projects and Pim Hoek chairs the organization. Comparable as an international counterpart in the same discipline representing the same profession across European borders.
• Vaktherapie Nederland: The federation of seven Dutch arts therapy professional associations, of which NVPMT is a constituent member. Provides collective representation, cao negotiations via FBZ, and quality standards development across all arts therapy disciplines. Acts as parent federation rather than direct competitor.
• Akwa GGZ: The Dutch quality institute for mental healthcare (GGZ) that develops and maintains care standards. NVPMT contributes professionals to its guideline development, making it a key ecosystem partner in quality assurance and standards setting.

Direct peers

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dramatherapie (NVD): The Dutch Association for Drama Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing drama therapists. Comparable peer organization with similar professional association structure serving a complementary arts therapy discipline.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Beeldende Therapie (NVBT): The Dutch Association for Art Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing art/beeldende therapists. Operates with similar structure, membership tiers, and advocacy role for the art therapy profession.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Danstherapie (NVDaT): The Dutch Association for Dance Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing dance and movement therapists. Comparable peer within the same federation with similar mission and membership structure.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Muziektherapie (NVvMT): The Dutch Association for Music Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing music therapists. Comparable as a parallel professional body within the same federation, offering similar membership services, professional development, and quality standards for a complementary arts therapy discipline.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Speltherapie (NVSpT): The Dutch Association for Play Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing play therapists. Comparable peer organization with similar role, structure, and membership services for a related therapy discipline.
• NVPKT (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychomotorische Kindertherapie): The Dutch Association for Psychomotor Child Therapy is a sister association within Vaktherapie Nederland representing psychomotor therapists specialized in children and youth. Directly comparable as a parallel professional body with similar membership and advocacy structure serving a subfield of psychomotor therapy.

Broad incumbents

• Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP): The Dutch Institute of Psychologists is a larger professional association representing the broader psychology profession in the Netherlands. Comparable as a larger incumbent in adjacent mental health professional representation, with overlapping scope in clinical psychology and therapist professional development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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