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Services

Psychological Counseling 

During psychological counseling a psychologist will help you understand and treat emotional, mental and behavioral problems with active listening and empathy. The goal is to improve resilience, increase quality of life, resolve difficulties and promote positive change. 

In psychological counseling, contrary to the name, the psychologist is an assistant who supports the client, so we do not provide specific advice so that the client can develop their own solutions. Counseling is recommended in cases of anxiety or in difficult life situations, such as uncertainty at work, in relationships, or in professional careers. If you repeatedly find yourself in situations or relationships that trigger unpleasant feelings, it is worth exploring the underlying causes and the possibilities for change.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a complex method used to cure and treat psychological difficulties through the relationship. It is the highest level of treatment. 

Psychotherapeutic work has a thoroughly developed methodology and protocol, which is applied by a trained professional. In the introductory phase of therapy, the therapist selects the therapeutic method that best suits the client’s problem and personality. In the following work phase, they work together with therapeutic methods to eliminate the difficulty brought by the client. Therapeutic work is carried out in sessions and sometimes in the form of homework. After achieving the desired goal, the therapeutic process is concluded.

The common basis of all types of psychotherapy methods is the therapeutic relationship, which develops between the client and the therapist: it is a safe space, a holding medium, from which the client can take the newly acquired skills, try them out in his own life, and continue the work with the experiences he brings back from there.

Psychotherapy is also used in the case of specific diagnoses and recurring situations in our lives.

We use the following psychotherapy methods in our center:

• basic psychotherapy
• autogenic training
• couple and family therapy
• cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT)
• schema therapy
• EMDR

Psychotherapy is recommended in the following areas:

• Anxiety disorders: panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobias, social phobia, generalized anxiety (GAD)
• Mood disorders, depression
• Complex PTSD
• Self-esteem problems
• Personality disorders
• Relationship problems
• Stressful life situations

Schema therapy

Schema therapy is a direction of psychotherapy that combines several modern approaches into a new framework. Its greatest innovation, what makes it so popular now, is that it provides us with an accurate and detailed description of how the soul works, making it easy to name our inner workings. Schema therapy is most useful when we are looking for an explanation for a type of functioning we notice on ourselves or for frequently recurring situations (e.g. when someone in a relationship gets close to the other person, they get scared and move away, or when their boss asks for something at work, they can never say no). It helps to understand and systematize problems, understand their roots and change them. 

The goal of schema therapy is for the client to recognize and communicate their basic emotional needs and to be able to satisfy them. Their “healthy adult” functioning is strengthened, so that they can respond flexibly to the challenges of the world and can connect with others and their own inner child.

Health Psychology Consultation

Health psychology is a type of psychology that focuses primarily on physical health and related problems. It is based on the assumption that the development of our health is influenced by biological, psychological and social factors, and these interact with each other. Health psychology plays a role in disease prevention and health maintenance, in supporting doctor-patient relationships and in the psychological support for people living with chronic physical illnesses.

During the health psychology consultation, our colleague will help to manage the stress associated with the disease, so that the patient can better bear the physical and mental anxiety, pain and emotional fluctuations that occur after the diagnosis or is caused by the treatments.

During the health psychology consultation, these topics may be covered:

• treatment of stress (associated with the disease)
• psychological/health psychology support for physical (somatic) diseases, problems and conditions
• mapping of physical symptoms that can not be explained or are difficult to explain medically
• helping to cope with physical illness
• supporting healing
• supporting health awareness

Couple Therapy, Family Therapy

Couple and family therapy is a systemic approach in psychotherapy that starts from the assumption that we are all part of a community, not just standing alone.  And the relationships and members of this community, family, our partner can affect us, sometimes creating dysfunctional functioning.

Couple and family therapy does not look for who is responsible, but with its cyclical approach helps to recognize the impact of family members on each other, thereby creating a new kind of balance in which all family members can function in a more balanced and healthy way.

Couple and family therapy traditionally takes place with two therapists and the couple or family together. Sessions are usually 90 minutes long and occur on average every two weeks. This form of therapy is one of the time-limited therapies: the process consists of 12-15 sessions on average.

Family therapy is recommended as a primary or secondary form of therapy for the treatment of the following disorders:

• Marital and relationship problems, communication difficulties
• Sexual dysfunctions
• Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, obesity
• Voice disorders: functional encopresis, functional enuresis
• Childhood asthma
• Addictions
• Anxiety disorders: panic syndrome, phobias
• Crisis situations: e.g. divorce or suicide attempt

Contact

Please reach out to us and schedule a session if you would like to come.

Our colleagues also work online!

Consultations are available in Hungarian and English.

Do you have any questions or would you like to make an appointment? 

If you would need help in choosing a specialist or a type of consultation, reach out to us via phone or e-mail! We will help you find the right specialist for your problem.

Contact information:

+36701549907

almafapszichologiaicentrum@gmail.com

Address: 1142 Budapest, Dorozsmai utca 110. and 1145 Budapest, Uzsoki utca 36/A. 2nd floor

Accessibility – Almafa Psychological Center

Child and adult therapy center – Dorozsmai utca center:

If you come with a car: free parking is available in front of our center for our clients arriving by car. Our psychological center is also easily accessible from M3 highway. 

If you arrive using public transportation: our center is located a two-minute walk from the Fűrész utca stop of trams 62, 62A, 69, and bus 5, and from the Nezsider park stop of trolleys 74, 74A. The Mexikói út terminus of the M1 metro is nearby. 

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 8:00 – 20:00

Saturday: 9:00 – 15:00

Accessibility – Almafa Psychotherapy Center

Adult, couple and family therapy center – Uzsoki Street center:

If you come with a car: paid parking is available nearby. Our psychological center is also easily accessible from M3 highway.

Public transportation: Our center is located a five-minute walk from the 3, 62, 62A, 69 trams, the 5 bus Laky Adolf Street stop, and the 82 trolley Uzsoki Street hospital stop. Tisza István Square is a 10-minute walk away, where lines 7, 8E, 108E, 110, 112, 133E stop. The Mexikói út terminus of the M1 metro is reachable within 10 minutes. 

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 8:00 – 20:00

Saturday: 9:00 – 15:00

Prices

As you reach out with your goals and problems during registration, our professional team will be able to provide professional guidance regarding our specialists. 

Please cancel your pre-arranged appointment at least 48 hours before the scheduled time, otherwise we ask you to pay the reimbursement fee. 

Mental health counseling

(50 minutes)

13,000 – 16,000 HUF

Couples therapy with 1 therapist

(60 minutes)

23,000 -25,000 HUF

Couples and family therapy with two therapists

(90 minutes)

35,000 – 40,000 HUF

Psychological counseling/individual therapy

(50 minutes)

14,000 – 20,000 HUF

Psychotherapy

(50 minutes)

17,000 – 20,000 HUF

Early complex assessment with Bayley-III test

18,000 HUF

Complex neurodevelopmental examination

18,000 HUF

Sensory integration assessment

18,000 HUF

(Our prices are in HUF.)

Our Professionals

Kinga Bartos

Psychologist, Coach, Grief counselor

In our lives, we sometimes face difficulties that seem to return again and again, as if we keep running into the same wall. These recurring patterns often come from childhood and can, even unconsciously, influence our feelings, relationships, and decisions.
My method, schema therapy, helps us recognize and understand these old patterns together, and step by step replace them with healthier, more supportive ways of functioning.

Asking for help takes courage, but once we do, we can begin a journey toward a more balanced, stable version of ourselves – and this is the path I would like to accompany my clients on.

Since childhood I have felt that psychology is my calling, and I have been continuously developing myself so that I can support my clients as authentically as possible. I believe that the potential for change is within everyone, and through empathetic connection and collaborative work we can bring it to the surface.
I welcome clients both in Hungarian and English, in person and online, who wish to get closer to themselves.

Areas I can support with

• self-awareness and personal growth
• anxiety
• stress management and burnout prevention
• grief and coping with loss
• career guidance, orientation, and decision-making
• conflict resolution and overcoming stuck situations
• relationship and communication issues
• self-esteem and self-confidence challenges

Qualifications

• Health Psychology Specialist Training, University of Szeged (in progress)
• Schema Therapy Consultant Training, Schema Therapy & Training Center (in progress)
• Grief Counseling, Napfogyatkozás Association, 2022
• ICF-accredited Coach Training, Ikigai Business, 2022
• M.A. in Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 2022
• B.A. in Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 2022
• OH Card Instructor, 2019

Ildikó Bertók

Psychologist, clinical psychologist candidate, couple and family therapist in training

Earlier I have been working at Félúton Foundation’s psychiatric institute, where I have gained experience with a variety of psychological and psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders, anxiety, panic, life crises, trauma and grief, as well as various personality disorders. Since I was very interested in this field, I started my training as a clinical psychologist, which is currently in progress. I also studied schema therapy, and I am a family and couples therapist in training. This gave me the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic of relationship difficulties and family problems, and other areas, like eating disorders.

I work with clients supporting anger management, self-esteem and self-awareness. 

I have been working in the private field since 2023. I have gained experience in healthcare, social work, corporate leadership development, and adolescents. Psychoanalysis plays an important role in my thinking, and this is also reflected in my work.

You can reach out to me via phone or e-mail.

My contact details:

+36205889277

bertokildiko.pszichologus@gmail.com

My qualifications:

Adult clinical and mental health psychologist training, University of Pécs (in progress)

Supervision phase of family and couple therapy training, Hungarian Family Therapy Association, from April 2025

Basic training in family and couple therapy, Hungarian Family Therapy Association, 2023-2025

Scheme consultant training, Hétszínvilág Association (in progress)

Helping grieving people and leading a grief group, Napfogyatkozás Egyesület, 2023

Coach training for psychologists, Mindset Change Consulting, 2023

MA in Psychology, clinical and health psychology specialization, Eötvös Loránd University (year of graduation: 2016)

Psychology BA, University of Szeged, (graduation year: 2014). Erasmus semester in autumn 2012: KU Leuven, Belgium

I work with individual processes, as well as with couples and families, in Hungarian and English. I do my work under professional supervision.

Eva Tamara Kiss

Counselling Psychologist; Counselling Psychologist of Addictive Behaviours; Schema Therapy Consultant Candidate

I am a Psychologist; a Counselling Psychologist and a Counselling Psychologist of Addictive Behaviours. I am also a student of Schema Therapy to become its Consultant. 
I believe in words, the power of words. The spoken, the hidden, the nice, the loving, the teasing, the
hurtful, the angry and the calming ones. They say so much about us. I have worked in the field of
Communication for 15 years, managed to experience so much and so versatile. We can influence
what, how and how much we speak out, hold in, use to provoke or manipulate.
I do believe that getting to know ourselves is the way to a more content life. We do not necessarily
always have to search the past, however we can reveal a lot going there by being able to answer
some of our questions. We can find peace, relief, solace there that can for sure support us in going
forward. It is extremely motivational to see the puzzle pieces finding their righteous place, releasing
energies this way to allow us spreading the wings.
I have studied a couple of relating methods like Family Constellation, psychodrama, NLP, visualisation
techniques, working with fairy tales. I am also a mediator, journalist and communications
professional, however I spent the first half of my carrier at big companies.
I also do volunteering work at NGOs in Hungary and abroad for 10 years.

I can support the clients – adolescents, adult individuals, couples or families – in the following areas:

• improving self-discovery, self-assessment
• challenges in managing life
• improving communication skills
• managing conflicts
• regulating emotions
• difficulties of partnerships or among family members
• couple and family consultation
• managing stress
• managing losses and grief
• work related issues
• carrier advice (change in carrier, preparation for job interview, managing changes)
• crisis situations (normative and accidental)
• prevention of addictions, reducing harm, supporting family members
• staying healthy

Appointments are available via contacting the centre or by emailing to pszichokatalizator@gmail.com.

STUDIES

• Schema Therapy Consultant, Hungarian Schema Therapy Association, Budapest
• Counselling Psychologist of Addictive Behaviours, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
• Counselling Psychologist, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
• Mediator, Vista Verde Training Centre, Budapest
• Psychologist (Master), Work and Organizational Psychology specialty, University of Debrecen
• Psychologist (Bachelor), University of Debrecen