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Ways to the self

I am a psychotherapist who uses several modalities and ways to help you to reconnect with ALL of YOU working with the body, feelings, mind and soul.

My journey to becoming a psychotherapist has been long and full of growth. I grew up in a small village in western Hungary, and as a child, I dreamed of living in the beautiful city of Budapest. I began my career as a teacher because I loved working with children, and later moved into the corporate world, supporting people in their personal and professional growth.

Over time, I realized I wanted to make a deeper impact – not just help businesses succeed, but help people transform their lives and reconnect with themselves. Life then led me to Amsterdam, a city of new opportunities and challenges, where my journey with psychosynthesis psychotherapy truly began.

For nearly 20 years, I have been practicing in Belgium. I am a 57-year-old Hungarian, divorced, and have a wonderful 19-year-old son. I work in Hungarian, English, and Dutch. As a psychotherapist, my mission is to help people reconnect with their whole selves – body, emotions, mind, and soul – and live more fully and authentically.

My studies

I have a diploma as a teacher, 1985 Hungary

I am a certified psychosynthesis psychotherapist, 2007 Psychosynthese Studies Nederland

I am a member of the Belgian Association of Psychotherapists

Integrative Psychotherapy, 2019 Gent, Belgium
Holder of ECP – The European Certificate of Psychotherapy
Breathwork facilitator – 2023 – Alchemy of Breath
Embodiment Coach
EMDR Therapist

People approach me searching for the answers to such questions:

Do you feel your life is incomplete?
Do you feel lonely, and that nobody understands you?
Do you ever think about who you really are?
What is important in life and what is your goal?
Are you experiencing a crisis?
Do you have problems in your relationship?
Do you feel that others direct your life?
Are you bored in your work either because it is not challenging anymore, or because you escape into work?
Do you find it impossible to relax?
Do you live in the present moment, or do you always look ahead, or back in time?
Are there things that can make you passionate, or have you got the feeling of being burned-out?
Is it difficult for you to breathe? Do you pay attention at all to your breath?

My services

psychotherapy

I use a mix of modalities

Breathwork

Breathwork is a tool in finding the path to yourself and regulate the nervous system

One of the aims of my work is to help my clients gain deeper self-knowledge, find harmony with themselves and their environment, live with an open heart, see the beauty in life, learn from challenges, embrace the past, and live a fuller life in the present.

I work with the body, emotions, mind, and soul. I believe that we all have the potential to live a fuller, more harmonious life, and I support this with love.

– I work with adults and I do couple therapy as well

– I rarely work with children under the age of 15

Giving meaning to pain

We all have pain. Some never want to face this fact and run away into various activities, bad habits or addictions. The gains of these cannot last long. I believe that pain has a function in life. Once we confront it we can realize that it is not necessary to escape. The more we escape pain the stronger it comes back. Learning to give space to pain, no matter what kind, makes us connect with our Selves on a very deep level; we have never experienced before. It is also true that the deeper we dare to go in pain the higher we can get, we can experience true qualities like authentic love, beauty and harmony with life.

Testimonials

“I began therapy with Monika around the time of the COVID outbreak. I had just turned 60 and can honestly say my life was in such a mess that I had no idea it was even a mess. I thought everybody was driven by circumstances, anger, hurt and misplaced duty: furthermore I thought being driven like this was “natural”. I had no idea that the roots of my behavior, emotions and understanding could be gently uncovered and explored. I never dreamed that I could call my life my own. I never knew I could rediscover the joy that is every person’s birthright, or take control of my own life – by losing my fear of what others thought and recognizing and addressing my repetitive patterns. About a month ago, I left Monika’s and felt the sun on my neck and the warm breeze on my face. I felt something completely new to me…GRATITUDE. I was no longer condemned to “suffer my life”. Thank you Monika, I owe you much in this process of re-birth.”

J.D.

“I heard about Monika just at the right time when I decided to ask for professional help. I needed to find answers to certain questions about myself. She helped me to work on my selfconfidence and we found explanation to situations that I felt confused about during that period of my life. We analysed together these situations and I manged to better understand my reactions and it helped me to change my approach to them and to see clearer. Monika always asked me the right questions so that I could search for the right answers inside me. I still often think of our sessions and I remember the thoughts and lessons that I learned and they still serve me as guidance.”

T.S.

“Before meeting Monika, I had undergone therapy for over 7 years and yet I continued to agonize over my past pains wrought with sexual, physical and emotional abuse. In a space of 13 months, Monika assisted me to confront my past traumas in a safe and loving environment, allowing me to feel the anger, fear and sadness so long denied or suppressed. Fully embracing my past allowed me to recognize my inner child, grow my adult self and tune in with the present. As a result I find myself naturally more genuine in my relationship with my family, friends and colleagues, and have set on the path to a new career that I’m passionate about. I’m finally in charge of my own life!”

Khaled K.

Work with me

My mission is to make you feel seen, heard, understood , and received by empathy and unconditional positive regard. Things that most of us did not receive as children. These are in fact my strengths. It is also a strength to ask for help in difficult times. I support you to discover the empathic will for your own self in the authentic connection between us. The sort of will that is kind and loving & you can relax into it like into a big hug and gives you wings because it is safe.

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