If you are established in EU/EEA country, you have freedom to provide services on temporary and occasional basis, without obligation of establishment in Croatia, mandatory membership in Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists and without a prior check.
An online declaration is sent in the mentioned case to the Point of Single Contact or directly to the competent authority at tajnistvo@hkpt.hr (Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapist), along with a photo or a scan of the following documents (signed, without a stamp):
If EU/EEA nationals do not provide the required documents, a competent authority will check their data via the Internal Market Information System (IMI).
If you are established in EU/EEA country, you as a physical or legal person have freedom to provide services on a permanent basis, provided that you register in the Directory kept by the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists and submit the following documents:
Request for issuing a permit for independent psychotherapeutic work
If EU/EEA nationals do not provide the required documents, a competent authority will check their data via the Internal Market Information System (IMI).
Depending on the basic higher education qualification possessed by the psychotherapist, A request for recognition of qualifications is submitted to the body responsible for recognizing qualifications for a certain regulated or unregulated profession, according to an automatic or general system (depending on the qualification possessed by the psychotherapist). For additional information, you can contact the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists at tajnistvo@hkpt.hr.
300 HRK for chamber registration fee (only in cases with business origin)
600 HRK for annual chamber membership fee
IBAN: HR3924020061100956407
Reference number: OIB (Croatian personal identification number) of the member
The purpose of the payment: chamber registration fee or/and annual chamber membership fee
User: Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists, Maksimirska 51a, Zagreb
tajnistvo@hkpt.hr (for sending photographed or scanned documents; signed, without a stamp)
Do you need an assistance? Contact us.
Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10 000 Zagreb
+385 1 555 7039
Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists
Maksimirska 51a, Zagreb
+385 994922307
Psychotherapy Activity Act (OG 64/18)
Ordinance on the manner of advertising and displaying the names of private practices of psychotherapists and counseling therapists, conditions of space and equipment for the work of psychotherapists and counseling psychotherapists and the manner of keeping and storing documentation (OG 4/21)
Decision on admission to the membership of the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists
Decision on issuing a permit for independent performance of psychotherapy activities
Deadline: 30 days
No appeal is allowed against the Decision on admission to the membership of HKPT and the Decision on issuance a permit, but an administrative dispute may by filing a lawsuit with the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia competent for the plaintiff’s residence, within 30 days of receiving the Decision.
Last updated on 20 November 2021