Waiting times

Below you can see the waiting times. The number of weeks is an indication. This means that the number of weeks may be higher or lower than the number shown below. We do our best to keep waiting times as short as possible. Once you have registered, we will contact you by phone to make an appointment for an intake interview.

Registration and treatment waiting time
In the table you can see the 'registration waiting time' and the 'treatment waiting time'. The registration waiting time is the average time you have to wait from the moment you are registered with us until you come for an intake interview. The treatment waiting time is the average time between the intake interview and the actual treatment. Since November 1, an intake stop has applied to English-speaking clients.

If you have any questions, please call the Central Registration Department Arkin: 020 – 590 44 44.

To prepare for your treatment, you can view the Factsheet Ready before the start .

Average registration waiting timePeriod from registration to intake. Average treatment waiting timePeriod from intake to treatment.

Amersfoort/Utrecht: 4 weeks

Amsterdam: 35 weeks

Amersfoort/Utrecht: 22 weeks

Amsterdam: 19 weeks

Publication date: 14 November 2025

NPI Online

Module Waiting time registration Waiting time treatment
NPI Online 17 weeks 12 weeks
Publication date: 27 October 2025

Complaint & Coping

Module Waiting time treatment
GIT-PD 9 - 11 months
Publication date: 27 October 2025

Focal treatment

Module Waiting time treatment
KPSP 12 - 15 months
AFT individual 11 - 12 months
ST group short-term 3 - 4 months
AFT group 1 - 5 months
GST-C 1 - 4 months
Publication date: 27 October 2025

Personality Structure Change Ambulatory

Module Waiting time treatment
PD Individual 9 - 12 months
PD Group 1 - 3 months
PD JOVO group 1 - 4 months
ST semi-open group 3 - 6 months
ST individual 11 - 13 months
Publication date: 27 October 2025

Personality Structure Change Intensive

Module Waiting time treatment
Waiting time for young people (12-23 years) 3 months
MBT J (adolescents 15-19 years) 6 - 9 months
MBT A (adolescents 20-23 years) 6 - 9 months
TFP 12 - 19 months
ST Group Intensive 12 - 15 months
Publication date: 27 October 2025

Personality Structural change Part-time

Module Waiting time treatment
AFT-intensive 1 day 0 - 3 months
MBT ambulatory intensive 4 - 6 months
MBT ambulatory 13 - 15 months
Publication date: 7 January 2026

Waiting periods and insurance

Our waiting times are the same for everyone: it doesn't matter which health insurer you are insured with. Sometimes the waiting times are very long, which we call 'above the standard'. If that is the case, you can ask your health insurer for so-called 'waiting list mediation'.

Your health insurer can then support you so that the waiting time remains within the standards. These standards are the maximum waiting times that healthcare providers and health insurers have jointly agreed upon. We call this the 'Treeknorm'. This standard is that you have an intake interview within four weeks of the first contact with a healthcare provider. And that the treatment then starts within ten weeks after that intake interview.

We will do our best to welcome you as soon as possible!