About

I am a Belgian–Hungarian psychotherapist based in Brussels since 2010 (Registration No. 0826.942.321, LinkedIn), working in English and Hungarian with individuals and groups. Rooted in eight generations of Protestant pastors and a family of mathematicians, I bring both a humanistic and analytical heritage into my work. I am currently completing advanced training in individual and group psychotherapy with the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA), UK. I practice in accordance with the UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.

My therapeutic approach 

I work within a psychodynamic tradition, drawing on group analysis. Each person carries their groups within them, and every group is shaped by the people in it. This touches us all — in families, workplaces, friendships, and cultures. Exploring these patterns helps bring what is hidden into awareness, opening the way for change and new ways of relating. In our sessions we pay attention not only to what you bring — your thoughts, feelings, and concerns — but also to how things unfold between us and around you. Therapy is not just about solving problems, but about understanding yourself more deeply. As you become more aware of unconscious dynamics, new ways of relating and living can emerge.

Core Qualifications

• Advanced training in Group Analysis, Institute of Group Analysis (UK), 2023–ongoing

• Diploma in Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Institute of Group Analysis (UK), 2015

• Joint degree with Distinction in Education and Communication, Ferenc Kölcsey Protestant Teacher Training College (today part of the University of Debrecen), 2002

• Certified Gordon Instructor, Gordon Training International, 2000

Psychiatric Placement

• La Ramée Psychiatric Hospital, Brussels, 2024

Scholarships & Awards

• Special Awards, Hungarian Scientific Conference for Students (OTDK), 2001 and 1999

• Republic of Hungary Scholarship (Köztársasági Ösztöndíj), awarded to the country’s top-performing students, 1999–2001

• ERASMUS Scholarship, the Netherlands, 2000

A Journey Across Fields

Like many in the profession, I came to psychotherapy as a second career, a path that has been both unusual and deeply formative. My first career was in public service: as Senior Advisor at the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office, I coordinated EU-level digital governance and authored Hungary’s official glossary of e-government strategy. These early years gave me a strong grasp of how systems, institutions, and regulation shape people’s lives.

Alongside this policy work, I pursued academic research and teaching: publishing on multiculturalism with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, authoring and co-authoring lecture notes at Corvinus University in Budapest, and publishing in the International Journal of Psychotherapy, where I have also served as a reviewer. I later presented on psychotherapy transitions at the Hungarian Group Analytic Association’s Online Study Day (2020) (for a full list, see Publications).

Over time, my focus turned more directly to the human experience of change and resilience. I trained further in depth psychotherapy and group analysis, building on my earlier background in law, institutions, and anthropology. My latest research, Uncontainables: A Group Analytic Inquiry into the Wisdom of the Zohar and Its Relevance for Navigating the Untamable Dynamics of Contemporary Society (dissertation, 2025, before submission), written with the generous guidance of Prof. Daniel C. Matt, explores how group analytic practice can draw on thousand-year-old mystical traditions to relate to the challenges of contemporary society.

Clinical & Community Engagement

Beyond clinical practice, I seek to connect psychotherapy with wider communities:

• Founder and manager of an inclusive Register of Psychotherapy Practitioners in Belgium and the Brussels Therapy Hub mailing list, both dedicated to practitioners with serious professional training  (since 2018)

• Mentored women entrepreneurs through Sterke Onderneemsters in BXL (Markant vzw)

• Was administrator of the Group Analytic Society International Forum

Earlier experience in public service taught me to navigate legal and institutional frameworks, which I now integrate into voluntary advisory roles in Belgium, the UK, and Hungary.

Recognition & Memberships

I have/had been a member of:

International

• • • International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP)

    • Group Analytic Society International (GASi)

    • Mental Health Europe

United Kingdom

• • • Institute of Group Analysis (UK)

Belgium

• • • Belgian Association of Psychotherapy (ABP-BVP)

    • Markant vzw and UNIZO (BE)

Hungary

• • • Hungarian Group Analytic Association (CSAKIT)

    • Hungarian Gordon Association

    • Bolyai Műhely Foundation (invitation-only for Hungary’s most talented young scholars)

    • Hungarian Cultural Anthropology Association

Earlier pursuits in music and sport also brought recognition—from a piano competition to mathematics and martial arts contests—different expressions of the same motivation to learn and connect.

Legal and professional registration

• Registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO) in Belgium

• VAT exempt under Belgian healthcare law (Art. 44)

• Practising in Brussels in accordance with Belgian legislation on psychotherapy as a recognised form of mental healthcare