Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP)

What Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP) does

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP) is a Dutch scientific association (wetenschappelijke vereniging) founded in 1979 by members of the Nederlands Psychoanalytisch Genootschap (NPG) and the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse (NVPA). It serves licensed mental health professionals — psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists — across the Netherlands, with European reach via its membership in the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP), which links 30 national organizations. NVPP positions itself as 'een huis voor velen' (a house for many), housing six distinct psychoanalytic treatment registers: psychoanalytic psychotherapy (PP), Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), Affectfobie Therapie (AFT), Dynamische Interpersoonlijke Therapie (DIT), Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Kortdurende Psychoanalytische Steungevende Psychotherapie (KPSP), and Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT).

The association's core offering is a 4-year specialist training programme in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (delivered in Amsterdam, Groningen, and from September 2026 also in Valkenburg), supplemented by a supervisor training programme (launching April 2026, first cohort fully booked). Training includes a minimum of 125 hours of supervision across at least five treatment types, with additional required personal therapy (leertherapie). Beyond training, NVPP runs an annual Studiedag conference (~320 in-person and 90 online participants in 2025), publishes the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse & haar toepassingen jointly with six Dutch-language psychoanalytic societies, produces the 'In Gesprek' podcast series, and supports four regional psychoanalytic centres.

NVPP operates as a non-profit membership association with no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no external funding rounds. Revenue is generated through training fees (approximately €2,600 per year per trainee), supervisor training fees (~€1,800 per participant), intake procedure fees (€175), annual membership subscriptions (approximately €233.45 including journal access), and tiered event attendance fees. No revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Operations are run by a lean secretariat of 14 staff based in Leersum, Utrecht, supported by volunteer committees and a board led by chairman Juud Jonckheer, with long-serving ambtelijk secretaris Ina Wolff (40-year jubilee in 2025).

Name

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP)

Legal name

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP)

Website

https://nvpp.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NVPP is a Dutch scientific membership association founded in 1979 that delivers 4-year specialist training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, supervisor certification, and six treatment method registers to licensed psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists across the Netherlands.

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Product category

Professional Psychotherapy Training & Membership Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

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Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

Keywords

• Psychoanalytic psychotherapy training
• Specialist psychotherapy education
• Clinical supervision training
• Mental health professional membership
• Professional psychotherapy association

Headquarters

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Leersum

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

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B2C

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Revenue model

1. Training fees: Revenue from a 4-year specialist training programme in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Fees are approximately 2600 euros per year, plus additional costs for supervision and personal therapy.
2. Supervisor training fees: Revenue from a supervisor training programme (approximately 1800 euros at full enrollment of 10 participants), delivered over 8 Friday afternoon sessions.
3. Intake procedure fee: A 175 euro intake/admission procedure fee is charged to prospective training candidates.
4. Membership subscriptions: Annual membership fees. Aspirant-lid (candidate member) membership including subscription to the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse costs approximately 233.45 euros per year.
5. Event and conference fees: Revenue from annual studiedag (conference) attendance fees: 295 euros live, 275 euros online, 115 euros reduced rate live, 100 euros reduced rate online, 75 euros student live, 50 euros student online. Masterclass 75 euros (with studiedag) or 115 euros standalone.

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Core offering

NVPP is a Dutch scientific association for specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy that delivers a 4-year training programme in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (in Amsterdam and from September 2026 also in Valkenburg), a supervisor training programme, and maintains specialized registers for multiple treatment modalities (TFP, AFT, DIT, ISTDP, KPSP, MBT). It also provides annual membership subscriptions, an annual Studiedag conference, the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse scientific journal, and the 'In Gesprek' podcast series for mental health professionals in the Netherlands.

Product overview

The Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie (NVPP) operates as a professional association offering specialized training and multiple treatment method registers. The core offering is the 4-year Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie Opleiding, supplemented by a Supervisor Opleiding. The association maintains six specialized registers covering distinct psychoanalytic treatment approaches: TFP (Transference Focused Psychotherapy), AFT (Affectfobie Therapie), DIT (Dynamische Interpersoonlijke Therapie), ISTDP (Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy), KPSP (Kortdurende Psychoanalytische Steungevende Psychotherapie), and MBT (Mentalisation Based Treatment). Additional offerings include the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse & haar toepassingen journal, the 'In Gesprek' podcast series, and the annual NVPP Studiedag conference.

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Products and services

• Psychoanalytische Psychotherapie Opleiding (4-year specialist training) A 4-year specialized professional training programme in psychoanalytic psychotherapy for psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists, leading to NVPP membership and recognized specialization. Includes a minimum of 125 hours of supervision across at least 5 different types of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Tuition is approximately 2,600 euros per year, plus additional costs for supervision and personal therapy (leertherapie). Admission requires an intake procedure (175 euros).
• Supervisor Opleiding (Supervisor training) Training programme for NVPP members to become qualified supervisors in psychoanalytic psychotherapy techniques. Delivered as 8 sessions of 3 hours each (Friday afternoons), with tuition of approximately 1,800 euros at full enrollment of 10 participants.
• NVPP Membership Annual professional membership in the Dutch scientific association for psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Membership tiers include Aspirant-lid (candidate member), with annual subscriptions including access to the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse, peer community, and the right to use NVPP-recognized specialization credentials.
• NVPP Studiedag (Annual Conference) Annual professional development conference featuring international and national speakers on psychoanalytic theory and practice. Open to members and non-members with tiered pricing (295 euros live full rate, 275 euros online full rate, 115/100 euros reduced rate, 75/50 euros student rate). A follow-up Masterclass on the Saturday is offered at 75 euros combined or 115 euros standalone.
• Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse & haar toepassingen (Scientific Journal) A scientific journal published collaboratively by six Dutch-language psychoanalytic societies, including NVPP. Covers psychoanalysis and its applications. Included in Aspirant-lid membership. Board representatives from NVPP include Greet Kuipers, Sasja de Vos, and Linda Dil.
• Podcastserie 'In Gesprek' A podcast series produced by NVPP featuring conversations from the psychoanalytic perspective on professional developments, societal changes, the person of the psychotherapist, and intersections with art. Hosted by Marc Hamburger, with multiple episodes across Jaargang 1 (12 episodes).
• Kortdurende Psychoanalytische Steungevende Psychotherapie (KPSP)

Quantifiable outcome

• Psychoanalytische psychotherapie is a methodische and bewezen effectieve therapie (evidence-based, as documented by NVP factsheet and literature)

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EFPP (European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVPP is a member of the EFPP, a European umbrella organization that unites national networks in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. EFPP has four sections: adults, child/adolescent, group, and partner relations/family. Currently 30 countries are affiliated with EFPP.
• Stichting BreukvlakkencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the series 'De Biografie in Psychoanalyse' and other events. A non-profit foundation that organizes literary-theatre events connecting psychoanalysis with culture and biography.
• Reinier van Arkel AcademieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the symposium 'Emoties in de behandelkamer' (12 February 2026).
• TFP NederlandcoreOthersTFP Nederland is an affiliated specialist network within the NVPP that maintains its own membership and training programme for Transference Focused Psychotherapy.
• RINO Amsterdam / RINO ZuidminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRINO Amsterdam and RINO Zuid provide venues and some administrative support for AFT and other specialist training courses.
• Nederlandse Psychoanalytische Vereniging (NPaV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NVPP and NPaV jointly pursue outreach policies to reach different target groups and collaboration partners. Together they have established a commission for Psychoanalytic Centres and coordinate activities across psychoanalytic centres in the Netherlands.
• Psychoanalytische Kern Zuid-NederlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional psychoanalytic network in South-Netherlands that co-organizes events such as the series 'De Biografie in Psychoanalyse' and symposia with the NVPP.

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Direct peers

• Nederlandse Psychoanalytische Vereniging (NPaV): The Dutch psychoanalytic society (analyst-level training). Closely comparable to NVPP as a sibling psychoanalytic organisation founded from the same 1979-era lineage, with which NVPP jointly coordinates outreach policies, psychoanalytic centres, and the Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse.
• Vereniging EMDR Nederland: The Dutch EMDR association. Comparable as another single-modality specialist psychotherapy association training and registering mental-health clinicians, competing with NVPP for the same trainee candidate pool but with a shorter, manualised treatment format.
• Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie en Cognitieve Therapie (VGCT): The Dutch scientific association for behavioural and cognitive therapy. A direct peer to NVPP as a competing Dutch psychotherapy modality association, competing for the same pool of clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and trainees with a CBT/evidence-based focus rather than an analytic focus.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychotherapie (NVP): The Dutch umbrella scientific association for psychotherapists across all modalities. Comparable to NVPP as the broader national psychotherapeutic society with overlapping membership, joint factsheets (e.g., psychodynamic psychotherapy factsheet), and shared governance influence over Dutch psychotherapy training standards.

Broad incumbents

• Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP): The Dutch professional institute for psychologists, with a broad remit across clinical, occupational, and research psychologists. Comparable as the larger umbrella body that NVPP members typically also belong to, and that influences BIG-registration and Dutch mental-health policy in ways that shape NVPP's addressable training market.
• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): The global umbrella for psychoanalytic societies. Comparable as the international parent-tier body setting standards that NVPP-adjacent psychoanalytic training aligns with, and providing cross-border conferences and accreditation that affect how NVPP positions its curriculum internationally.
• European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP): The European umbrella federation of which NVPP is a member. Comparable as a coordinating body across 30 national psychoanalytic psychotherapy associations, offering conferences and study days that complement NVPP's domestic offering and shape the European training standards NVPP aligns with.

Regional players

• RINO Amsterdam: A Dutch regional training institute for mental-health professionals that provides venues and administrative support for AFT and other NVPP-affiliated specialist trainings. Comparable as a complementary regional training provider in the same Dutch psychotherapy CPD market, with a broader CBT/systemic curriculum alongside analytic content.

Others

• Stichting Breukvlakken: A Dutch non-profit foundation organising literary-theatre events at the intersection of psychoanalysis, biography, and culture. Listed as a co-organiser (with NVPP) of 'De Biografie in Psychoanalyse' series; relevant as a content and audience-development partner rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Groepspsychotherapie (NVGP): The Dutch association for group psychotherapy. Comparable as a smaller specialty psychotherapy association competing for trainee attention and continuing-education spend, with a narrower modality focus than NVPP but an overlapping clinical membership base.

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