Family & Couple Therapist
The systemic approach permeates my whole thinking. Iván Böszörményi-Nagy's contextual, integrating approach is the closest to me. Its origins are in individual therapy and it evolved from classical family therapy. His main argument is a comprehensive grasp of the human condition, including both individual and relational elements of reality. Contextual therapy is intended to reintroduce the individuality of the person into systemic therapy and to build a bridge to individual therapy through relational interconnections and balances. The contextual approach is more than a therapeutic method because it also builds on biological and psychological foundations, transactional patterns, responsibility, and ways of interweaving these. Its outward-looking stance is inseparable from the primary preventive stance that adults take responsibility for the well-being of their offspring.
I started my work in child protection more than 20 years ago as a graduate mental health and social work professional. Since 2004, I have been working at the League of Family Services Foundation, Dr. Csaba Rátay's training workshop, until today.
During my time in child protection, I gained a lot of experience that has enriched and served my professional development. This difficult terrain has only deepened my commitment to a systems approach.
In 2016, I organised a national conference on "Family Therapy in the eyes of family workers", which focused on the motivation of families in need of therapy. I gave several case presentations on the practical application of family therapy at MCSE's travelling congresses.
This year, I was introduced to the newest approach to couple therapy, Emotion Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), in which I have since completed several modules. This is the approach I use to deliver couples therapy sessions to couples.
Since 2023 I have also been a lecturer at the Károli Gáspár Reformed Church University.
My method-specific trainings include: psychodrama, narrative therapy, emotion-focused therapy, ADHD parenting group, mediation, divorce-recovery group facilitator training, grief counselling training, hospice - supportive conversations for cancer patients and their relatives, Rogers individual person-centred counselling training, etc.
A couples and family therapy session is 90 minutes long and I do double-therapist sessions as well.
Main areas to work with:
- self-awareness
- difficult life situations
- blockages
- self-esteem problems
- low self-confidence
- impulse control
- relationship difficulties
- conflicts with others, with oneself
- young adulthood, challenges of adulthood, gate-opening blocks
- burnout
- self-actualisation
- grief
- divorce grief
- external relationship, cheating
- normative crises in the family
- communication problems in the family
- mother-child communication disorders
- parenting issues - parenting breakdowns
- separation problems
- complex child protection counselling