Mental Health Fund
Precarious situations and coping with crises, problems, conflicts, insecurities, and fears regarding the future can lead to severe stress, which is why the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna encourages seeking professional help and support.
With the Mental Health Fund, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna would like to offer financial support to students who suffer from severe psychological distress and need to seek professional care. For this purpose, the Academy provides a sum of money from the annual Academy Auction. The award of up to 400 Euro, takes the form of a refund of payments already made for (psycho-) therapy.
Submission deadline & reimbursement
The funding is a reimbursement for (psycho-)therapy sessions already used in the current calendar year. Invoice copies from the current calendar year can be submitted from the beginning of October to mid November via the submission system at https://calls.akbild.ac.at/. The reimbursement payments will be made at the end of the year.
Important:
Individuals who wish to receive (psycho-)therapeutic treatment but do not yet have a therapy place can first contact the Psychosocial Counseling Center for Students for an introductory conversation- offered as a free support service by the Academy
Application requirements
- Active regular students at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Ongoing receiving of (psycho-)therapeutic support
An application is only possible via https://calls.akbild.ac.at/. To use our submission system https://calls.akbild.ac.at/ you have to register once (if you do not have access yet) - please use your @student.akbild.ac.at address to identify yourself as a student. Login is not possible with the AkademieOnline password, as this is a separate system.
Free & confidential advice
The Psychological Counselling for Students offers consultation, crisis intervention, short-term psychotherapies, and referrals to other professionals. The sessions are free of charge, of course confidential, and can be anonymous upon request.
Appointment scheduling & further information:
- Maga Elisabeth Höchtl-Wallner
Consultations every Tuesday between 8:30 - 12:30 h
Tel: 0664 8088-71106
Psychosocial service and support offered in English
- Alexander Parte
Consultations every Tuesday between 8:45 - 11:15 h
Tel: 0664 8088-71107
Psychosocial service and support offered in English I Assistance psychosociale en français
In urgent cases you can contact the University Clinic for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Tel: +43 (0)1 40400-30610