It's Complicated

Judit Darvas

Counsellor

Available for new clients

I specialise in:

At a glance
Budapest, HungaryAvailable in-person and online

About me

My theoretical home is the gestalt therapy perspective. Gestalt therapy has come a long way since Fritz Perls and I find that contemporary relational and field theory based approaches align most with my values and my personality. I am integrating a number of approaches in my work respecting my clients preferences and considering them the experts of their own lives.

I speak:

EnglishHungarian

Location:

1026 Budapest, Hungary

Approach

Treatment Approaches
Family therapyRecommended for families who want to resolve conflicts, improve communication, and understand each other better within the family dynamic.
Gestalt therapyRecommended for those who want to focus on the present and take responsibility for their feelings and actions to promote personal growth.
Systemic therapyRecommended for those who want to understand how their relationships and environments influence their behavior and emotions, particularly within family or organizational systems.

Gestalt therapy is usually an extended process of self-reflection and experimentation with the primary objective of raising awareness.

Awareness of how we make sense of the world, of how we engage or disengage in situations, how we impact others and are impacted by others - this is a precursor of change. Once we have gained awareness, we may choose to stick to our habitual solutions or we may seek new ones. Instead of running on autopilot, such awareness allows us the freedom to choose our response in certain life situations.

Our habitual responses all have a function, all have become habitual for a certain purpose, but some may have become outdated in the meantime. While these ways of being were serving us in the past, they are making our lives more difficult, more constricted, more painful in the present. In gestalt self-awareness, we aim to gain freedom in our responses to life’s situations, and not be limited by our outdated and out-of-awareness ways of reacting.

In the non-judgemental, supportive, and confirming presence of a gestalt therapist, one can notice and stay with such ways of being, and can also experiment with alternative approaches. Flexibility, freedom, and an ability to respond to the actual situation (response-ability) can allow the person to form a more congruent relationship with him or herself, as well as with the environment.

My approach is based on the views of humanistic-existential psychology. I believe that everyone has an innate desire and ability for self-realisation, and we all need environmental support for that in the form of attention, approval and appreciation. The key to a self-actualised existence lies in the constant balancing between a sense of security and an acceptance of insecurity. We need stability, but in order to grow, we must also allow for change. Between the two lies our freedom.

Real presence, a non-judgemental attitude, acceptance, trust, respect, belief in the client and empathy are my most valuable assets in the helping professions.

Services

Individual Session

€60 1 hr Online & In-person

Insurances

Private Pay
At a glance
Budapest, HungaryAvailable in-person and online

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