About
Background and approach
I am a sociologist, a family and couple therapist in training, a life coach, a lecturer at ELTE and a PhD candidate. Below I write about where I started from, how I think about our work together, and the professional background behind it.
Where I started
Since childhood, I have been fascinated by the “hows” of human behaviour.
Why do Mum and Dad always do things this way? Why are Sári and Kata friends at school if they fight all the time? Later, I wondered what motivates people in choosing a career, and how the relationship and family-building patterns of those around me take shape. – And why do I find it so fulfilling to reflect on these questions?
I was seeking answers to similar questions when, during my BA studies in Sociology at ELTE, I took part in researching the transgenerational trauma of Holocaust survivors as a junior researcher in the Social Trauma Research Group.
I then continued at Master's level with a specialisation in Social Psychology, and in its final year completed the 200-hour basic family therapy training of the Hungarian Association for Family Therapy in Pécs, led by psychiatrist and family therapy trainer Dr. Amaryl Árkovits.
Through many years of individual and group self-awareness work, I have personally experienced what it feels like to be guided and held as a client. I aim to provide this same safe holding to those who turn to me.
My perspective and our work together
In my work as a therapeutic consultant, I follow the principle that, whatever the blockage or difficulty, the path to resolution and healing has been within us all along.
I see our work together as a shared walk. When clients come to me as individuals, couples or families, I approach our journey with deep respect and genuine faith – knowing that I have done my job well if, at some point and at a safe pace, we can part ways; in other words, when the individual or family becomes able to take steps on their own path independently.
The dynamic, analytical and systemic approach that defines my work offers clarity, validation and empowerment. It helps quietly rewrite patterns that no longer serve the individual or the family. The patterns we bring from our family systems sometimes stand in the way of our growth like thorny bushes – in our sessions, we work on taming them.
“I have done my job well when, at some point and at a safe pace, we can part ways.”
Lecturing & research
My teaching is an integral part of my perspective as a social researcher and family therapist: as a lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), I have been teaching qualitative methodology courses in Hungarian and English since my university years.
The experience gained at the lectern is present in the therapeutic space too: it has taught me how to grasp complex phenomena clearly, in a structured way and with attentive presence.
I am also active in academia as a PhD candidate, with family therapy as my research field. The English-language doctoral programme, continuously following the international literature and taking part in academic conferences directly enrich my therapeutic practice. This background ensures methodological rigour and up-to-date scientific knowledge, allowing me to offer individual, couple and family clients evidence-based support grounded in the latest international findings.
I also consider it important to mention the critical perspective that, as a social scientist, I find fruitful in my own life. Some of my earlier “thinking out loud” pieces can be read here (in Hungarian):
Language proficiency & international services
- Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) certification
- Academic teaching and research in ELTE's English-language sociology programmes
- Sessions in English in Budapest, Gödöllő and online
- Life coaching as well as couple and family therapy in English for international, expat and intercultural clients
About
Education & professional training
- September 2026Life coachAcademy of Coaching & Integrated Sciences
- September 2026 — presentDoctoral (PhD) studies, in EnglishEötvös Loránd University (ELTE) · Research focus: family therapy
- September 2026 — present120-hour family therapy supervision groupTrainer: Dr. Amaryl Árkovits (family therapy trainer, psychiatrist)
- January 2025 — May 2026150-hour psychodrama self-awareness groupLeaders: Zsuzsa Marlok (psychodrama trainer), Dr. Zsuzsanna Nagy (psychodrama trainer) and Róbert Kajzinger (psychodrama leader)
- 2024 — 2025Family therapist professional training — systemic theoretical and methodological trainingHungarian Association for Family Therapy (MCSE)
- 2023 — 2025Master's in Sociology (MA) — Social Psychology specialisationEötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
- 2020 — 2023Bachelor's in Sociology (BA)Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Research projects
- January 2026 — presentCapturing habitus through semi-structured interviews: controlled observation of cleft habitus among South Asian immigrants in BudapestCo-researcher: Dr. Sumit Kumar, ELTE Institute of Sociology
- October 2025 — August 2026 (completed)Interaction, identity, ritual: the role of video games in the transformation of family dynamics, cultural capital and social relationsAuthors: Márta Katalin Korpics — Viktória Dömötör-Orosz — Réka Czelleng
- September 2024 — April 2025Habitus and mobility: multidisciplinary research on the everyday lives of people relocating from rural areas to BudapestELTE Institute of Sociology
- September 2023 — July 2024Transgenerational trauma research: descendants of Holocaust survivorsELTE Social Trauma Research Group and Yeshiva University — Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, New York
- September 2022 — April 2023Habitus analysis of a socially mobile individual in post-WWII HungaryELTE Institute of Sociology
Contact
Taking the first step toward change begins with reaching out.
Please feel free to get in touch if you feel stuck and wish to work on your relationship in a safe, holding environment.