Media requests and press
The official contact point for media professionals, journalists and editorial enquiries about psychological counselling in Switzerland.
Press contact for editorial teams and media professionals
Are you researching mental health, life crises, psychological counselling, health insurance benefits or modern counselling formats in Switzerland? We support journalists with sound specialist information and quotes and connect them with qualified experts from our Swiss professional network.
Nicolas Bächtold
Managing Director and media spokesperson, IDEEAL GmbH
Note for media professionals: We generally respond to press enquiries promptly, within a few hours.
Key topics and expert pool
For editorial features, we are happy to connect you with qualified professionals for interviews, guest articles or background discussions on the following topics:
- Mental health and resilience in Switzerland: Preventing overload, burnout, relationship crises and major life transitions.
- Health insurers and costs (KVG vs. VVG): The Swiss care landscape, the prescription model for psychotherapy and the role of private supplementary insurance.
- Swiss professions and quality standards: Qualifications and clear distinctions between psychological counsellors (e.g. SGfB), university-trained psychologists (FSP/SBAP) and medical specialists in psychiatry.
- Digital and accessible counselling: Online video counselling, location-independent support and walk-and-talk sessions in nature.
About Psyvita (company profile)
Psyvita is a Swiss referral platform for quality-assured psychological counselling and coaching. People seeking support can quickly and discreetly find suitable professionals in their region or for location-independent online sessions. Before publication, Psyvita manually checks every registered professional’s qualifications, certificates and professional association recognition, including SGfB, FSP, SBAP and bso.
Psyvita is operated by IDEEAL GmbH based in Dürnten in the canton of Zurich.